It has been a tumultuous time for Java – the transition to Oracle ownership has been rocky, there has been JCP drama, the language is falling behind feature-wise, and it’s future on a increasingly important platform (OS X) was briefly looking bleak. Oracle’s stewardship over Java has been the center of a lot of controversy [...]
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More updates about the Oracle vs Google lawsuit
Posted by Spencer Uresk on August 13, 2010
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The text of Oracle’s complaint is available online, here (courtesy of Rick Ross of JavaLobby and dzone). It appears as though the complaint centers around 7 patents and a claim of copyright infringement. Patents There are 7 patent claims, all of which seem to center around virtual machine related concepts: 6,125,447 – Protection domains to [...]
Oracle sues Google over Android
Posted by Spencer Uresk on August 13, 2010
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I recall a few years back when rumors were swirling about potential buyers of Sun Microsystems. There seemed to be a consensus within the Java community that it would be better for the future of Java for Sun to be acquired by Oracle rather than IBM. Oracle had been a good participant in the JCP [...]