Agreed, there's a lot of poor coverage/interpretations of the technical aspects. Then again, it IS a very complicated case... the guys over at TWiL (This Week in Law) jumped rather rapidly over it too, not because it does not deserve coverage, but probably because it requires very deep knowledge of IP law coupled with VM technology - hard to come by.
On Aug 15, 11:33 pm, Fabrizio Giudici <fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Anyway, I'm appalled for how grossly inaccurate can be articles, even > by what I supposed were reputable sources. Take this from CNN: > > http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/13/technology/oracle_android/ > > "Rather than license the more sophisticated version of Java from Sun > and Oracle that's designed for smartphones, Google essentially created > a workaround using the free Java version. Google developed its own > Java virtual machine -- software that runs Java-based applications -- > for the Android operating system now used on millions of smartphones." > > So 1) JME would be "more sophisticated" and 2) Dalvik would be a > _Java_ VM. Great. > > - -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxoXSUACgkQeDweFqgUGxcvMQCeKZihYFiiVgNpg3vQVUO+LHtN > p+QAn0MCfol/M6MHcgDsGIcG2PDhwaQ6 > =MveY > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
