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Why didn't Google buy Sun when Sun was looking for a buyer? Google based its operating system on a patent-encumbered language like Java. They had licensing issu
by jinushaun 15y ago
Why didn't Google buy Sun when Sun was looking for a buyer? Google based its operating system on a patent-encumbered language like Java. They had licensing issues with Sun around Java even before Oracle bought them. Why didn't they buy Sun?
- baguasquirrel 15y agoI can't shake the feeling that it's because they didn't want to play the bad guy. Sun was hemorrhaging money. Layoffs were going to have to happen.
- markokocic 15y agoEither that, or they were not sure that they could affort to outbid Oracle? The fact is that Oracle can make much more money from Sun aquisition than Google ever could. And part of that moneymaking include suing everyone else.