On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Neil Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> That's kind of what Google did. It's called Android. They got sued for
> patent infringement, and so would you ;-)
>

Note that Android is not being sued about anything related to Java...


> No, I think we need to look at something old rather than something
> new. A platform that can't be threatened by patents because it
> consists entirely of prior art. Tech that was invented before the JVM
> was but a twinkle in Joy and Gosling's eyes.
>
> Smalltalk anybody?
>

Nope, nobody :-)

"Old" is not the only option when trying to find legally unencumbered
technology (it's probably a risky choice too).

-- 
Cédric

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