From the article: >Some speculated an Oracle win could have scared programmers away from Java, but that kind of ruminating is a moot point now. I'm not so sur

From the article: >Some speculated an Oracle win could have scared programmers away from Java, but that kind of ruminating is a moot point now. I'm not so sure they had to win to make that happen. Bringing this case forward in the first place was a great step in destroying the Java platform. And it wasn't even their first step, though it's gotten more attention than anything else so far. Oracle is killing Java. The metaphor of the goose that lays golden eggs is terribly apt, here.