JME needed killing. It didn't have a hope against iOS and was getting further behind JSE each year. Competition is good.
Sun was deliberately vague on this and other matters. I'm sure that working with Sun as it was ten years prior Google would have had its arm twisted to include Sun in the money chain or Google would have chosen a different language and the decision would have been quick. Sun just moved like molasses in its last years. On May 24, 2012 6:00 AM, "Fabrizio Giudici" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2012 10:37:19 +0200, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Not ignorance. Google showed evidence that it actually had Sun's >> *blessing* >> for its work on Android, everyone was excited about the potential for the >> Java ecosystem. This is a far cry from Sun being silent on the matter >> > > 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. > > This not to say that I disagree with the decision of the court - it's > legal stuff I can't speak in this field. I just find illogical that the > decision has been made on that premise. The legal world is really a > parallel universe. > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > [email protected] > http://tidalwave.it - http://fabriziogiudici.it > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <javaposse%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/javaposse?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en>. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "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.
