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Re: The Future of PHP [message #171046 is a reply to message #171045] Fri, 17 December 2010 09:29 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Erwin Moller wrote:
> On 12/17/2010 1:02 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>> Kevin wrote:
>>>
>>>> Looks like there are alot of pissed off people who don't want to use
>>>> Java any longer because of Oracle's take over of Sun.
>>>
>>> This is hardly reasonable behavior. Probably they also stopped, among
>>> others, washing their clothes, eating sweets, brushing their teeth,
>>> shaving/using make-up, using batteries, washing their hair, diapering
>>> their babies, and coloring their hair. For e.g. Procter & Gamble Co.
>>> owns the brands Ariel, Bounty, Crest/Oral B, Braun, Gillette,
>>> CoverGirl, Duracell, Head & Shoulders, Pampers, and Wella, among others.
>>>
>>>> Could this ever happen to PHP ?.
>>>
>>> I daresay it has happened already because LAMP/WAMP are frequent
>>> combinations, and MySQL AB, previously a wholly owned subsidiary of
>>> Sun Microsystems, Inc. (2008), is now a wholly owned subsidiary of
>>> Oracle Corp., too.
>>>
>>>
>>> PointedEars
>>
>> And as long as the code is free, and it works, I personally couldn't
>> care less.
>>
>
> Does anybody know what the charges exactly mean that Oracle charged
> against Google? It had to do with Java and Google's Android.
>
> What I see happening:
> 1) Android is developed with Java. Everybody is happy.
> 2) Oracle buys Sun, and thus gets Java.
> 3) Oracle brings Google to the courtroom.
>
> I am horribly bad at reading legal stuff, so somebody can explain it to
> me in a more logical/clear way, please do.
>
No idea Erwin.

Except Google is doing another Microsoft.

And Oracle loathes Microsoft, for all the right reasons.

My guess is that the fine print on Java says that it's under some sort
of 'you cant use this for profit without also... ' license. And Google
hasn't kept to the strict letter.

> Regards,
> Erwin Moller
>
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