Oracle wants $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android

Re:Oracle wants $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android by jinst8gmi on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @09:17AM (#11381189)

I don't think anyone has used "hip and cool" and "Java" in the same sentence for at least 15 years (2001) and no amount of Android can fix that.

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Re:Oracle wants $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android by StavrosK on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @09:23AM (#11381232)

"Damn, that grotesque-looking android startled me and I spilled my cup of Java all over my hip, fortunately it was cool so I didn't get burnt".

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Re:Oracle wants $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android by StavrosK on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @09:31AM (#11381275)

This reminds me of that contest where people had to get the phrase "I smoke crack rocks" into a published academic paper, and the winner was something like "we burnt iodine (I) solution to observe its corrosive effect on stone and witnessed I smoke crack rocks".

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Re:Oracle wants $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android by NicoJuicy on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @10:55AM (#11381905)

Kotlin? :) --> https://kotlinlang.org/

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Re:Oracle wants $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android by jinst8gmi on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @11:08AM (#11382001)

...which uses the Java API and libs... It's a more pleasant option than Java but it's not going to solve the API copyright issues.

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Re:Oracle wants $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android by Loque on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @09:33AM (#11381294)

Java devs talking to me about Groovy always made me chuckle

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Re:Oracle wants $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android by jinst8gmi on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @09:47AM (#11381389)

Groovy has to be one of the most cringe-worthy names in the history of programming languages.

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