Oracle only has 3 concerns. 1. Larry Ellison 2. Stock Holders 3. Serving the wishes of #1 and #2
It has always been about power and control. Money is a means to an end, and enabler. It also serves as a good way to measure and compare. This is just business and they won't loose sleep over what it will do to the community. On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:53 PM, work only <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Oracle/Sun is protecting Java, you just can't have any company (Google) > implement a Java environment that does not follow Sun’s specifications! You > need your Java code to run on any JVM! > > Plus its about money and IP. > > Paul > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Michael Neale <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I think in summary of the last weeks happenings, we have our answer in >> how Oracle will treat the community. >> >> Regardless of the right/wrongness of patents, and in particular those >> generic patents (all with prior art) - the fact that the first big >> public noise from Oracle regarding Java is a patent threat to google >> (who were doing something interesting, although not "pure java" by any >> means) is clearly disappointing to me and many others. The damage that >> I am concerned about is purely to the community. Both Android / Google >> and Oracle will be just fine pretty much no matter what. >> >> Had it been mixed with other announcements, clarifications, or perhaps >> NOT used patent troll techniques (ie use trademark, or copyright, if >> they could), then things would be different. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Robert Casto www.robertcasto.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
