2 ms·

So then why sue Google for using Java in Android? The staff lawyers were getting bored and Ellison fell for the old "must defend our intellectual property or l

So then why sue Google for using Java in Android? The staff lawyers were getting bored and Ellison fell for the old "must defend our intellectual property or lose it" routine? Just in the hope of picking up a little short term cash by shaking down the deeper pockets in the Java community at the expense of making .Net look to 3rd parties like a legally safer ecosystem?

flomo 14y ago
On one level, the Sun people went to great efforts to prevent 'fragmentation' of the Java platform, and I think they felt honestly wronged by what Google did. Sometimes people sue over the principle, not the law. On another level, it was probably just dumb greed. But I do agree Oracle aggressively wanted to remind the industry they owned it. And that they don't really care if Java is COBOLized. (COBOL is still big business!)
- exhilaration 14y ago
  I think they felt honestly wronged by what Google did On the contrary, "Jonathan Schwartz, then CEO of Sun Microsystems, praised Google and others for incorporating Java into Android back in 2007" - http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110723095928839 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110723095928839