I should point out that the Florian Mueller, author of that piece, is getting a reputation as saying headline grabbing things rather than considered thoughtful things.
Groklaw is much more reliable on the real legal issues, and a recommended read if you come across a Mueller piece: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110607223038471 "It's hilarious to read Florian "Android is Doomed" Mueller, as I now call him, providing journalists with breathless hyperbole that this Google filing means Google will have to pay astronomical sums. That has the issue before the court precisely backwards. Here's a sample of what Mueller wrote, as quoted by several journalists:" Stephen On Jun 9, 8:32 am, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/06/oracle-wants-huge-cut-of-goog... > > Those who can't roll, can always become a patent troll. Oracle perhaps > you should start to innovate instead, you haven't replaced all > engineers with lawyers right? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@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.
