Can you imagine the reaction Google's shareholders would have had if Google had proposed buying a dying company that looked like it would be bought by IBM, just to prevent possible patent troll attacks? I think they're doing the right thing, and hope that they win the case. You can't just buy every company that has patents you infringe, because practically everything you do in software infringes patents - also there are some rules against monopolising.
If Google lose, presumably Oracle will then sue Microsoft, as the same patents hit .NET in the nose. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Chris Koerner <chessm...@gmail.com> wrote: > True, so now they have years and millions to spend on fighting Oracle. I'm > sure that is much more fun than buying Sun for its patents and Java. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/XgH0WNS1lwwJ. > 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. > -- 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.
