Google was right not buying Sun. My hope though was that IBM would have bought them. I think they are a much better suitor seeing how fully they jumped onto the language almost from the beginning.
If Oracle wins doesn't that essentially mean you should buy the oldest patents you can find and then sue everyone? IBM came before Oracle so they should be suing Oracle for infringement of many of their discoveries. Hit them for 150% of their entire existence and see how they handle that. Google is probably better off fighting this battle while behind the scenes eliminating or limiting the damage that would be caused if they lost. This battle could go on for years and by then everything will be different and they might not care one way or the other. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]>wrote: > Can you imagine the reaction Google's shareholders would have had if > Google had proposed buying a dying company that looked like it would > be bought by IBM, just to prevent possible patent troll attacks? I > think they're doing the right thing, and hope that they win the case. > You can't just buy every company that has patents you infringe, > because practically everything you do in software infringes patents - > also there are some rules against monopolising. > > If Google lose, presumably Oracle will then sue Microsoft, as the same > patents hit .NET in the nose. > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Chris Koerner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > True, so now they have years and millions to spend on fighting Oracle. > I'm > > sure that is much more fun than buying Sun for its patents and Java. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/XgH0WNS1lwwJ. > > 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. > > -- Robert Casto www.robertcasto.com www.sellerstoolbox.com -- 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.
