News - Former CEO of Sun states Android didn't need Java licence

[HEXUS]

Google didn't advertise the use of Java or allow for cross-platform compatibility.

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[cheesemp]

Well at least this makes it clear what a money grabbing exercise this is by oracle. Just hoping for a judge with half a brain...

[MaddAussie]

On the Irony!!!

This web page (the articel) need to install a web component... Java...

[crossy]

Hmm, in "splitting hairs" mode I can't help thinking that perhaps Google does perhaps owe Oracle a small amount of money for the use of the (proprietary?) Java API's. That's not the same as needing a full Java license, which is what those greedy beggars in Oracle seem to be angling for.
Personally I would have thought US$100M more than adequate compensation/license for the use of the API's. Unfortunately with the appeals process I suspect that this one will rumble on for years.

Well at least this makes it clear what a money grabbing exercise this is by oracle. Just hoping for a judge with half a brain...

Half a brain? Doesn't that make him/her over-qualified to sit in on this kind of case?

[Blademrk]

Hmm, in "splitting hairs" mode I can't help thinking that perhaps Google does perhaps owe Oracle a small amount of money for the use of the (proprietary?) Java API's.

There's the rub though, Google didn't use Oracle's API's, they developed their own (apart from 9 lines of code that were inadvertently included by a programmer who used to work for SUN).

From what I've read on this case the Judge seems quite clued up on what's going on - the jury on the other hand...

[AGTDenton]

On the Irony!!!

This web page (the articel) need to install a web component... Java...

I noticed that with my laptop earlier. I denied it as I can't stand Java and dont install it at all now. Its plagued with viruses for web viewing and doesn't seem to add anything useful to websites.

[crossy]

There's the rub though, Google didn't use Oracle's API's, they developed their own (apart from 9 lines of code that were inadvertently included by a programmer who used to work for SUN).

Oh right, it keeps getting reported that they patterned their API's after the official Java ones - so developers with "real" Java experience (couldn't think of a more appropriate way to put that) could just slot right into Android and feel at home.