Oracle Thinks Google Owes $6.1 Billion In Damages 243
An anonymous reader writes "When Oracle acquired Sun in 2009, the company got its hands on a lot of desirable technology. While OpenOffice may have fallen by the wayside, Oracle isn't about to let the Java programming language and its associated patents remain untouched if they can generate some additional revenue. In fact, the company is currently in the middle of a legal battle with Google over those patents that could potentially net Oracle billions and leave Android crippled. In August last year Oracle sued Google for infringing Java patents and copyright by developing Android. Oracle argues that Android uses technology derived from Java and therefore infringes multiple patents. It wants compensation, but with most court documents and details not publicly available, it's hard to know specifics. However, new documents made available late last week revealed just how much Oracle thinks is an acceptable damages payment for Google to make. According to an expert Oracle hired, Google could be looking at a bill between $1.4 billion and $6.1 billion for its alleged infringements."
New Google Strategy (Score:5, Funny)
1. Buy Oracle
2. Sack those who are responsible for the suit.
3. Open Java to the Public Domain
4. Sell Oracle.
Re:Yesterday? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Compensation for Java? (Score:5, Funny)
Offset by saving some of us from C++.
Re:They should not have used Java (Score:2, Funny)
and people should have used what they pleased to develop under Xfce, Meego, Gnome, KDE, or some other relatively well established GUI.
Yes, and then Android on your phone could have been as successful as Linux on the desktop!