The 1998 suite was more about trademark, since MS created J++, using Sun's Java branding in their completely non Java programming language.
On Aug 14, 12:15 pm, Guillermo Schwarz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > examplehttp://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.
