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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by s73v3r_ on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @12:16PM (#16689939)
Considering the pain that has been caused by Google deciding they needed to reinvent Java, and do so in a way that isn't really compatible with the new releases, I would say I'm ok with this.
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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by icebraining on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @04:47PM (#16692588)
So you're OK with causing massive problems to anyone trying to provide alternatives to proprietary APIs just to stick it to Google?
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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by sjwright on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @02:57AM (#16695958)
Judges don't decide what's fair or ethical, they determine how disputed action intercedes with law.
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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by icebraining on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @03:43AM (#16696121)
I'm not commenting on the judge's decision, I'm commenting on s73v3r_'s position.
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