James Gozlin was saying that during discussions with Oracle prior to them taking over Sun that they knew the kind of situation Google was in, and their lawyers' eyes sparkled at the thought of suing Google.
Check out the full blog article and the discussion it sparked: http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/the_shit_finally_hits_the Llies +44(0)7766541551 ----- Reply message ----- From: "Fabrizio Giudici" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Aug 14, 2010 15:34 Subject: [android-developers] Re: Chilling news: Oracle sues Google over Android To: <[email protected]> Cc: "netlander" <[email protected]> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/14/10 12:27 , netlander wrote: > > Now! can anyone (Google guys?) enlighten us on what's the lawsuit > about? > You can bet that none of Google will talk about this in the mailing lists :-) I suppose only lawyers, spokesmen and some executives will be allowed to talk in the next weeks. My point is that we developers should not be much worried about that. I don't think that Oracle has any real intention to shut down Android, since it's a pot of money. You usually want to have a part of it, or be part of the game, not to destroy it. My principal concerns about Android are the same as one week ago, that is to make my app work at best. - -- 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/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxmqYYACgkQeDweFqgUGxeQQQCgssZ5EBXd5lQQqfC0ZuLNVGZO L6QAoIEWRNQgxbg8mErHgb9Ed23d9ux8 =XOxW -----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
