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Re:Remembering a relationship, one chat at a time on Thursday September 15, 2011 @07:01PM (#3002458)
This is a concept that I've (also) thought a lot about and started hacking on, but right now it looks like http://lockerproject.org/ has a head start.
Re:Has Google wasted $12bn on a dud patent poker-chip? on Monday August 15, 2011 @01:57PM (#2887943)
I don't think buying Sun would have protected Android from Apple/Microsoft/Nokia/etc., just as buying Motorola won't protect it from Oracle. If anything, buying both may have made sense.