I am not a programmer so permit my probably naive questions.<p>1. How difficult will it be for Google to 're do" Android and base it on another language say Objective C/UNIX like iOS?
2. Do you guys think this will affect Symbian?
3. What other OS's will this affect?
4. Is MYSQL next?
Could someone be so kind to explain why this is bad for Java instead being bad for patents? I guess we all agree that software patents are bad. This issue seems to be just about them. Why is Java dragged into this? (Genuine curiosity.)
This sort of things makes me think that <a href="http://www.illumos.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.illumos.org/</a> (formerly OpenSolaris) could run into trouble sooner rather than later...
This week seems to be particularly bad for Big Names and their stance on such things as Net Neutrality and Software Patents, first Vint Cerf (who after Jon Postel was my internet hero #2) and now James Gosling, who seems to imply prior knowledge that this one was in the cards.<p>So, if he saw their eyes sparkle that means that he is saying that he had an inkling that they were going to use that patent, and then he says "I hope to avoid getting dragged into the fray".<p>Great guy, not only does he sell a cocked gun to a company that is well known for using guns, on top of that he hopes that he's not even going to have to testify.
for those who can't see the page, heres the coral cache link
<a href="http://nighthacks.com.nyud.net/roller/jag/entry/the_shit_finally_hits_the" rel="nofollow">http://nighthacks.com.nyud.net/roller/jag/entry/the_shit_fin...</a>
It seems like there's something missing from the story. I don't see how Google wouldn't have known they were infringing on Sun's patents. How could they release Android without a licensing agreement? It would be insane.
There has to be more behind this. They can't be suing Google just because they wrote their own embedded Java VM because if they were they'd be suing RIM too.<p>And they certainly know RIM develops its own since they say so right on their own site: <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/index-139239.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/index-139239.html</a><p><i>RIM's support for J2ME includes development of its own Java virtual machine (JVM) 1, which supports the Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP).</i>
Text for anyone who can't see it due to site being down:<p>Oracle finally filed a patent lawsuit against Google. Not a big surprise. During the integration meetings between Sun and Oracle where we were being grilled about the patent situation between Sun and Google, we could see the Oracle lawyer's eyes sparkle. Filing patent suits was never in Sun's genetic code. Alas....<p>I hope to avoid getting dragged into the fray: they only picked one of my patents (RE38,104) to sue over.