No, if google had gone with C#/Mono, they'd have only a quarter of their current userbase, and what makes you think Microsoft would NOT have sued Google with a bunch of overly broad patents? Microsoft has more at stake than Oracle, and would have a more destructive end- result in mind (killing off android to make room for windows mobile 7).
On Aug 17, 6:36 am, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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! > > Sun's existing Java silos are old and unsophisticated for this > purpose. I'd argue Android could not have succeeded had it been based > on JME or JSE. Remember, Sun/Oracle does not allow partial > implementations. Interestingly, had Google gone with Mono, they > would've been in a better position since 1) language and API are two > separate things and 2) the MCP permits whatever supersets you may > ponder. > > > Plus its about money and IP. > > Yeah and that's BS. Lars Bak who used to run the HotSpot team is now > working on his 8'th virtual machine (V8 for Chrome) and there are only > so many ways to optimize performance. Patents seems to be used like > nukes as well as to try and keep employees tied down. If we let > patents rule the day, we'd be stuck in the mud constantly. We need to > get rid of that crap and send the lawyers to a remote island where > they can do as little harm as possible. > > /Casper -- 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.
