but it is not a great message to send. why did they wait until android was overtaking the iphone to sue?
Clearly Oracle is a different beast to Sun and needs to learn how to engage the open source community otherwise this looks like a IP splurge. Bet monty is laughing now. Personally I'm going to be cautious using anything with there name in the title. Simon VassTechnical ManagerE-Tech Uganda Ltdhttp://www.etech.ugTel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621email: [email protected]: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]> To: lug <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:45:44 +0300 (EAT) Subject: [LUG] Re: Oracle vs Google re Java Lug, Oracle suing Google, hmmmn..... unfortunately, i will not lose sleep over this The Google legal department, is probably busier than their software development division. With law suits as ridiculous, as their logo, colors, name, etc Now when a giant like Oracle joins the fray, this becomes more spicy. of course, am no expert at copyright, but whatever the repercussions of this suit, i dont see the world coming to an end. Google should pay, if they have infringed any copyright, and if they are clean, well let the good courts decide. something tells me this law suit, is a muscle flexing gimmick for Oracle, to make them a relevant force in the Industry. Cavin On 20 Aug, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Paul Bagyenda wrote: You will no doubt have read about it. Now for some insight. Things like these as well as http://sstallion.blogspot.com/2010/08/opensolaris-is-dead.html for example tend to prompt one to start a hold-timer on Oracle/Sun open source ventures. MySQL anyone? -- patrick _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
