> > ... apart from the FUD-spreading side effect against Java in general. >
I would not call it FUD, to write about a hacking project on your own blog complete with a Git repo and benchmarks. I take your reaction as a natural defensive position from a Java/JDK enthusiast. :) > Well, as an Android developer perhaps I'm optimistically naive, but I > don't feel menaced by the lawsuit. Maybe I'll get surprised, but in the > end most of us think that Google will just pay some money to Oracle (una > tantum, or in form of a fee), and much less than the original request. And > > the story is over. > Except, I'm willing to bet that the whole mess is creating a whole lot more FUD than anything coming out from the Mono camp. Not so much against Android, but the Oracle JDK ecosystem - which quite frankly has remained a very uninspiring place in what feels like an eternity. In any case, > Microsoft already makes tons of money out of Android (but indirectly) > thanks to patents (*): > It's very hard to get specifics about these things and in any case, it's very low profile and seems to be "business as usual" between large corporations and their lawyers. -- 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/-/4o-hShqtu78J. 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.
