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Not to mention that it wouldn't have been Oracle's fan base, but Sun's fan base. Android 1.0 was released in September 2008. Oracle bought Sun in April 2009.

• pjmlp 13y ago
  > Of course, Sun wouldn't have sued in the first place... Yes they would, but were out of money. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57423754-94/java-creator-james-gosling-google-totally-slimed-sun/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57423754-94/java-creator-ja... "Just because Sun didn't have patent suits in our genetic code doesn't mean we didn't feel wronged. While I have differences with Oracle, in this case they are in the right. Google totally slimed Sun. We were all really disturbed, even Jonathan: he just decided to put on a happy face and tried to turn lemons into lemonade."