> Well, do you think that if you do something against me, you're all the > whole Italy? :-)
No but my logic is if Oracle says something very broad like (voluntarily exaggerating for the sake of the argument) "only Oracle has the right to make a VM because we have the patent". Then Android has a VM. And the VM comes from the Apache Harmony open source project (I know this is not the case, just making a point!). The logical conclusion is that the code implemented by Apache is "illegal". And I'm not denying Google may also be exploiting this idea for their own agenda. But in my opinion this law suit *does* have risks and at least a negative impact on Open Source projects like Apache Harmony. > I agree that the technicalities are so different that the comparison > is difficult to do. Genericaly speaking, I think it's fair to think > that Google is trying to create its own Java-like ecosystem such as > Microsoft did. To be honest, it's hard for me to see what Google did that was "wrong" here, whereas in the Microsoft case it was more obvious. And I'm not a Microsoft hater nor a Google lover :) At least I'm hoping so... BoD -- 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.
