Reminds me of 1998, when Sun sued Microsoft over modifications on Java, which turned up to be the equivalent of C# delegates and could be easily implemented in Java but so far have not been included in Java (closures are far more ambitious, but still not implemented).
The result of the lawsuit was Microsoft dropping Java in favor of creating C#. If the result today is Google dropping Java, I doubt they will select another language. Probably they will just develop their own Java clone or use one of the available clones already in the open source world. I still don't see the point of Oracle. Java is already open source. If they are trying to protect the trademark, it is non-sense, anyone can copy Java, rename it, etc. If they are trying to protect any patent, they need to show proof that they reasonably attempted to protect their intellectual property (signing NDAs is the typical example http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000071.html). In this case, they didn't protect it if they open sourced it. Cheers, Guillermo. On Sat, 2010-08-14 at 17:37 +0200, Francois MASUREL wrote: > Yep, but it's not the full standard OpenJDK as some classes are not > accessible (white list). > > I bet Oracle doesn't agree with that. But they'll probably do one > thing at a time, we'll see. > > > I don't enjoy what is going on at the moment, Java being my main > developping language for almost 10 years now. > > > François > > > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 17:12, Wilson MacGyver <[email protected]> > wrote: > I don't think so. The lawsuit is really against the android VM > Dalvik. > Since GAE uses openjdk as far as I know, it's not a problem. > > On Aug 14, 2010, at 5:52 AM, François Masurel > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Will Google App Engine for Java be impacted ? > > > > I guess that if the Oracle patents are validated, Google > wont be able > > to use their "adapted" version of the JDK anymore because it > will not > > pass the TCK tests which is required to get the GPL patent > grant. > > > > Does that mean the end of the Google App Engine for Java > platform any > > time soon ? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" 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/google-appengine-java?hl=en. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine-java > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. -- Simplex Veri Sigillum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" 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/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
