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Oracle v Google

best analysis yet

If you’re an Android developer…don’t lose sleep over this. Even if things go the way of the “Nuclear Option”, you’ve still got a lot of time to build and sell apps and improve yourself as a developer. For a bit of novelty, start considering what a migration path might look like and turn that into a nice Android-agnostic application layer, something that’s largely lacking in the current Android APIs. Or explore Android development in languages like JRuby, which are based on off-platform ecosystems that will survive regardless of Android’s fate. Whatever you do, don’t panic and run for the hills, and don’t tell your friends to panic.

Stefano on Java IP

The trick is that Google doesn’t claim that Android is a Java platform, although it can run some programs written with the Java language and against some derived version of the Java class library. Sun could prevent this if they had a patent on the standard class library, but they don’t and, even if they did, I strongly doubt it would be enforceable since Android doesn’t claim to be compatible (and in fact, could very well claim that their subset/superset is an innovation on the existing patent and challenge Sun’s position).

sucks to be sun right about now. they should have listened to the ASF.

Oracle Vaporware

What is Fusion? Well, Oracle bills it as “The Only Comprehensive, Hot-Pluggable, Unbreakable Middleware.” And it would be, if only it existed.

This is the same product that Oracle was talking up 2 years ago as a way to tie together its disparate acquisitions. 2 years later, it seems that not a single line of code has been written. Greenbaum learned from Oracle that this isn’t cause to worry, because writing the code is the last thing that needs to be done (after mapping out the business processes, etc.). What a relief! I mean, it’s comforting to know that the code will just magically appear overnight after 2 years of talking about it.

oracle hasn’t written a single line of code after hyping for 2 years, but then again, why rock the maintenance boat (where the money is for them) with new products?