The Case For Oracle 341
An anonymous reader writes "In a lucid writeup, InfoWorld's Neil McAllister takes a different angle on the Oracle-Google lawsuit, giving an explanation why Oracle was right to sue Google. McAllister argues that Google is splintering the Java platform, just like Microsoft was doing back in the 90s, and should be held up to the same standards. He further cites Google's Josh Bloch calling for Oracle to take a lead role in steering Java, concluding that Bloch maybe 'should have been more careful what he wished for.'"
By this logic SCO was right (Score:1, Funny)
By this logic SCO was also right to sue IBM or whoever. Those bastards splintered SCO's "property" after all!
Re:Dalvik is not a Java VM (Score:5, Funny)
Is it a requirement for a tech reporter to be completely clueless?
No; but it helps.
Re:What the hell is he talking about? (Score:3, Funny)
Java isn't some religious manuscript that needs to be kept "pure" so the true believers won't rise up and slay those who would adulterate it.
It may as well be, because a computer is about as fanatical a purist as you can get. I mean, I drop one fucking semicolon and, by the pages of errors and warnings, gcc wants me hung drawn and quartered for apostasy.