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Re:CEO Larry Page defends Google on the stand: “Declaring co... by crispyambulance on Friday May 20, 2016 @08:50AM (#11737328)
It is clearly not ludicrous, as this fight has been going on for 6 years now. Oracle believes in it, and of course their well-compensated lawyers believe in it.

What I don't understand is WHY Oracle wants to go through with long legal battle. They make good revenue on their database ecosystem as well as some other products of dubious value (has anyone ever enjoyed Oracle EBS?). They've secured their interests in Java on the serverside, android is not a threat there.

Is this REALLY all about monetizing their purchase of Sun Microsystems? Seems like a round-about way to make money and it certainly carries a lot of risk.

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Re:CEO Larry Page defends Google on the stand: “Declaring co... by Corrado on Friday May 20, 2016 @09:41AM (#11737657)
Doesn't this action also warn other companies away from using Java (or any other Oracle technology) for anything ever again? It would if I were running a company or had purchasing power.

I'm guessing that Oracle is looking at the short term gains and ignoring the long term impacts. Business as usual in the corporate world. :/

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