Hi all, It is my understanding of the problem that Oracle is looking to bring Delvik in line with the standard Java, no more no less. Of course it will involve licensing fees and my guess is that Google didn't feel the need to play ball so... in to the courts we go where Oracle will force the issue. I don't believe they actually want to squish Delvik but when you go to war to need to bring all your toys with you. Consider what happens if Oracle loses.
Regards, Kirk On Aug 17, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Casper Bang wrote: > On Aug 17, 12:17 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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). > > Power corrupts and Microsoft have indeed been abusive in the past, but > if Google sticked to the Ecma spec I don't see how they could do > anything against a clean-room implementation like Mono. Hopefully they > will eventually replace their monkey CEO, but for the time being > Ellison is the scary one and Ballmer is the one to pity. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
