yep - I didn't say it didn't make sense, but its disappointing from a community perspective.
It still may be a long term loss for them too, lets not discount the knock on effects. On Aug 17, 1:09 pm, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > >> .com> > >> . > >> 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- > Robert Castowww.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.
