That's as clear an appeal to authority as I've ever seen. He gives absolutely no hint about what's happening here, other than his guess that "Oracle can't be that stupid". Sorry James, but, that's a nonsensical argument. A Patent Troll's patent portfolio may be blatantly aggressive and ludicrous, but legally sound. Oracle can do the same thing, of course!
I also don't think this is an indication he changed his mind about the stupidity (PR wise) and danger (for the IT community) that this case represents. I just fail to see how "Oracle's legal team must be competent" somehow translates to: "These patents pose little danger to the community". It doesn't matter that James Gosling is publically stating the same flawed reasoning. The reasoning is still flawed. On Sep 25, 7:59 pm, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/25/10 10:42 , Reinier Zwitserloot wrote:> I've looked through his blog > and can find absolutely no statement to > > this effect. > > > Link, paragraph, quote, etc, or it didn't happen. > > It did happen. Note that I'm not particularly interested in what Gosling > "revealed" in the latest pile of interviews. I was just curious because > it sounds as he's changed his mind on the topic, because, even though in > vagueness, I seemed to understand from his first interview that he > thought the opposite. > > http://www.dzone.com/links/r/interview_with_james_gosling_father_of_j... > > Gosling on the Android lawsuit (31:30): /*"I would guess that the Oracle > lawyers did their homework. Because Android is open source, its easy for > the lawyers to hire third party experts and do the comparisons. So they > probably have a fairly solid case." > > */ > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] -- 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.
