I understand your JME argument, except that all witnesses carried by Sun told the court that this was not a concern. They were sad or annoyed that Google did not want to play by their rules (conform, negotiate and share control) but they understood that there were no way to pressure Google legally. Also, JME is not an operating system, so it's hardly a competitive product.
On Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:59:48 AM UTC+2, fabrizio.giudici wrote: > Honestly, this is ridiculous. Android has been the JME killer, that is one > > of the few direct areas of profits by Sun for Java. I can't understand how > > one could really think that Sun was really blessing the operation. This > also contradicts the fact that there were negotiations between Sun and > Google (if Sun didn't want to sell a license and was pretty happy with > that, there were no need for negotiations). And doesn't explain why at a > certain point Google's management gave the instructions to search for > alternatives to Java. CEO's praise about Android was just the way in which > > Sun was trying to put it in diplomacy, avoiding to add to the damage the > possible spread of FUD of Java being in decline. And the relationships > between the two companies behind the scenes were very bad in the last > years. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/KcJ2QbZdGE8J. 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.
