On Sat, 2010-08-14 at 00:11 +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
> Which begs the question... why aren't Google using a standard JRE?
>
> It's great to demonise Oracle as some sort of "baddie", but the truth
> is that Google are a commercial company too who are "doing very well"
> by pretending (imho) that e
Which begs the question... why aren't Google using a standard JRE?
It's great to demonise Oracle as some sort of "baddie", but the truth
is that Google are a commercial company too who are "doing very well"
by pretending (imho) that everything they do is "for the greater
good"... it isn't, any mor
On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 11:27 +0100, Bruce Beardall wrote:
> For those who don't already know, Oracle has decided to sue Google for
> using Java, somehow missing the whole "Java is Open Source" idea. Is
> this what Oracle had in mind when buying Sun? An IP cash cow?
>
> Details here:
> http://www.th
I had a bad feeling about Oracle taking over Sun. I think that Oracle's
goal is to make money, and it continues to develop and make available
the free stuff that it inherited from Sun only because there would be an
outcry if they started charging for VirtualBox and OpenOffice.org.
Any company t
On 13 August 2010 11:27, Bruce Beardall wrote:
> For those who don't already know, Oracle has decided to sue Google for using
> Java, somehow missing the whole "Java is Open Source" idea. Is this what
> Oracle had in mind when buying Sun? An IP cash cow?
>
> Details here: http://www.theregister.co
You're right, of course, Alan but perhaps this lawsuit will test that very
principle?
On 13 August 2010 11:34, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 13 August 2010 11:27, Bruce Beardall wrote:
> > For those who don't already know, Oracle has decided to sue Google for
> using
> > Java, somehow missing the who
On 13 August 2010 11:27, Bruce Beardall wrote:
> For those who don't already know, Oracle has decided to sue Google for using
> Java, somehow missing the whole "Java is Open Source" idea. Is this what
> Oracle had in mind when buying Sun? An IP cash cow?
>
> Details here: http://www.theregister.co
On 13 August 2010 11:27, Bruce Beardall wrote:
> For those who don't already know, Oracle has decided to sue Google for using
> Java, somehow missing the whole "Java is Open Source" idea. Is this what
> Oracle had in mind when buying Sun? An IP cash cow?
>
Just because Java is (now) under a free-
For those who don't already know, Oracle has decided to sue Google for using
Java, somehow missing the whole "Java is Open Source" idea. Is this what
Oracle had in mind when buying Sun? An IP cash cow?
Details here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/13/oracle_sues_google/
Regards
Bruce
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