Linus Torvalds on the Google vs Oracle verdict

Re:Linus Torvalds on the Google vs Oracle verdict by EternalFury on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @06:34PM (#4015678)

Oracle could pull all resources dedicated to the development of Java. Burn the forest to get the Google tree. Drastic and unrealistic, but Ellison doesn't like to lose.

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Re:Linus Torvalds on the Google vs Oracle verdict by ConstantineXVI on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @09:47PM (#4016346)

Keep in mind this started because Google built their own Java implementation from scratch instead of working from the JDK. That said...

a) Java customers tend to also use Oracle DB and Solaris, two other big Oracle products. Revenge on Google can't be worth giving up owning the full stack.

b) Google (perhaps with IBM and Red Hat) would be absolutely delighted to pick up Java development were Oracle to stop working on it; quite the opposite of what Oracle would hope to accomplish.

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Re:Linus Torvalds on the Google vs Oracle verdict by excuse-me on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @06:48PM (#4015740)

Resulting in an improvement in Java for everyone

C/C++ doesn't seem to have done too badly since Bell labs stopped developing it!

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Re:Linus Torvalds on the Google vs Oracle verdict by huhtenberg on Thursday May 24, 2012 @12:56AM (#4016881)

> C/C++ doesn't seem to have done too badly since Bell labs stopped developing it!

I wouldn't be so sure about the C++ part ;)

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