In my opinion the worst outcome would be one where Oracle could extract royalties from Android sales **and** Oracle felt free to do Microsoft-like licensing, where they gave different "partners" different terms, tied licensing to use of Oracle software, etc. A simple $5-$10 a pop phone license, on the other hand, would be painful but not a killer, and not enough to seriously distort the market.
On Aug 15, 3:24 am, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 8/14/10 23:04 , Sebasti n Treu wrote:> The problem it's not if Oracle > wants to shutdown Android. The > > problem is how this will *affect* the android platform both > > acceptance and distribution. Android is new and it's making his way > > in the market. With this issue on the horizon, how will affect > > Android to be the choice of phone makers? Will you risk, as a phone > > maker, to continue supporting Android and distributing it in your > > phone without knowing what is happening behind the scenes? > > Good points, but Android has already made its way in the market. The > same day Oracle filed the complaint (not a coincidence IMHO) there was > the news that Android has passed iPhone in the USA and it's #2 on the > USA market. So, it's well consolidated. The Oracle legal issue might > certainly make some damage, but it largely depends on how long the > trial will go on. I suppose that time is precisely one of the cards > that Oracle is playing. If they settle down to an agreement in a > relatively short time, we won't be affected by any major problem. So, > there are still some months before one should be worried, I think. > > - -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxnpDcACgkQeDweFqgUGxcgagCgj82bwFlhqpq0BuyUC2cB9ohp > HW8An2zqzHyjRX1inXC8VbBAW1g7qdo2 > =bTFY > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
