I'm sure most software engineers don't know enough to have an opinion on those things, if you draw them at random. Not that having an opinion is necessarily a bad thing. On May 30, 2012 12:08 PM, "Cédric Beust ♔" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Fabrizio Giudici < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> So are you saying it's 12 persons with no specific competence that >> decided? :-) > > > For what it's worth, I think there is value in that, if only because every > single software engineer would have come to this jury with a lot of of > prejudices, at least about software patents and copyrights (I'm probably > one of the very rare software engineers who sees value in them) and > probably having feelings for or against one of the two companies involved > in this trial (Google and Oracle). > > And again, keep in mind that the jury did not have to decide on matters of > law nor technology, all that it was asked is "Did company X do Y?". > > -- > Cédric > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
