Ellison probably just thought they were stealing his shiny IP which he had bought and wanted a sweet share of all those handset profits. Which, by all accounts,

Ellison probably just thought they were stealing his shiny IP which he had bought and wanted a sweet share of all those handset profits. Which, by all accounts, he had all the right to test in court no matter how infuriating it was. I don't think Oracle cares that much about independent developer goodwill. I don't see how they would have to. Oracle and along the same vein, SAP and their ilk are giants in the corporate world. They operate in space were corporate credibility is much more important than developer goodwill. Note: I might be totally wrong, please correct me.