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Oracle Sues Google For Infringing Java Patents 510

Posted by timothy on Friday August 13, 2010 @07:55AM from the here-we-go dept.

Bruce Perens writes "Oracle has brought a lawsuit against Google claiming that Google has infringed patents on the Java platform in Android. Scribd has a copy of the complaint. But there's a patent grant that should allow Google to use Java royalty-free. Has Google failed to meet the terms of the grant?"

Submission + - Oracle sues Google over Android and Java (cnet.com)

Submitted by prone2tech on Friday August 13, 2010 @07:19AM

prone2tech writes: Oracle is dipping into Sun's patent portfolio, and using it against Google in it's "buy once sue anywhere" strategy to keep Java from fragmenting in the mobile device space. Because Google's Java implementation for Android isn't part of the Java Community Process (JCP) that Sun established in 1999 to oversee the development of new Java features, all Android mobile devices don't support the same Java features established by the JCP. Essentially Google is attempting to do to Java in the mobile device space what Microsoft tried to do to Java in the desktop space back in 1997. What's next for Google, G++?

Comment Maybe not much is happening (Score 1) 1

by flimm on Monday August 09, 2010 @02:11PM (#33192324) Attached to: Linux Stories Buried on Social Networking Sites?

I was listening to the Linux Action Show podcast, and their take on it was that there was simply not as much news about desktop Linux as there once was. Android, though, is getting a lot of press, as well as searches, according to Google trends.

Submission + - Linux Stories Buried on Social Networking Sites? (computerworld.com) 1

Submitted by Hugh Pickens on Monday August 09, 2010 @10:56AM

Hugh Pickens writes: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes on Computerworld that those who follow Social Networking sites have long known that sites like Digg, Reddit, and StumbleUpon are susceptible to external gaming. "In early 2009, new popular Linux stories would pop up every day or two on Digg. By mid-2010, Linux stories on Digg became popular only once every week or so. Why? Has everyone who once interested in Linux suddenly vanished? Have people stopped writing about Linux?" writes Vaughan-Nichols. "The only explanation I can come up with is that Linux stories are getting down-voted on a regular basis on Digg these days. Who's doing this? In whose best interest is it to make it appear that there's little interest in Linux?"

Comment But is it caused by humans? (Score 1, Interesting) 1657

by flimm on Thursday July 29, 2010 @12:49PM (#33071154) Attached to: Global Warming 'Undeniable,' Report Says

I thought the issue wasn't whether climate change was happening, but whether it was artificial or natural.

Comment Re:Religious Viewers= $ (Score 1) 955

by flimm on Monday May 24, 2010 @10:12AM (#32322916) Attached to: <em>Lost</em> Ends

sci-fi != scientific

Comment Diaspora (Score 5, Informative) 363

by flimm on Sunday May 09, 2010 @09:27AM (#32146438) Attached to: A Call For an Open, Distributed Alternative To Facebook

Diaspora is a project that aims to be that open and distributed alternative. The four students and graduates that started it have already managed to raise $16k to work on it this summer.

Comment Re:So many things wrong with the article (Score 0, Flamebait) 692

by flimm on Sunday April 04, 2010 @06:22PM (#31727502) Attached to: Science Attempts To Explain Heaven

the hostility comes from all the choices religous groups take away from us, forcing their faith on us all. stem cell research? can't have that. abortion? can't have that.

instead of just letting people live their lives, their faith forces them to interfer.

People can't live their lives if they're being aborted.

Comment Avast history (Score 1) 896

by flimm on Thursday March 18, 2010 @02:49PM (#31526092) Attached to: What Free Antivirus Do You Install On Windows?

You always had to register for the free version of Avast, and re-register every six months.

Comment Re:you will lose this argument every time. (Score 1) 1252

by flimm on Friday February 12, 2010 @06:24PM (#31120656) Attached to: Texas Textbooks Battle Is Actually an American War

Sorry, I'm afraid that just doesn't cut it. Even if you refuse to argue with them because you're expecting them not to listen, name calling is not justified. Or absurd generalisations.

Comment Free SSL certificates (Score 2, Interesting) 275

by flimm on Thursday January 14, 2010 @05:53AM (#30762170) Attached to: Gmail Moves To HTTPS By Default

There is a free certificate authority: http://www.cacert.org/ . Unfortunately, it's not "official", but the root certificate is installed by default on a lot of free systems. (see ca-certificates package in Debian) I'm sure slashdot users are techy enough to understand it.

Comment Re:That Ices Open Systems for Me (Score 1) 515

by flimm on Wednesday January 13, 2010 @06:20PM (#30757196) Attached to: Google.cn Attack Part of a Broad Spying Effort

I like companies that think "do no evil" is good for business. We should have more of them.

Comment Not news (Score 5, Informative) 210

by flimm on Wednesday January 06, 2010 @12:16PM (#30670762) Attached to: Ubuntu "Memberships" Questioned

Ubuntu membership has not been introduced recently, it has been around from before I started Ubuntu (2006), at least. This is not news. The title needs changing.

Ubuntu members get @ubuntu.com addresses, their blogs syndicated on planet.ubuntu.com, a free subscription to LWN, and they vote for certain things.

Comment Re:Comments are good (Score 1) 660

by flimm on Monday November 16, 2009 @07:45PM (#30123768) Attached to: If the Comments Are Ugly, the Code Is Ugly

I suppose you also delete all the white-space and use one letter variable names?

Comment Re:Stability (Score 1) 891

by flimm on Saturday September 12, 2009 @11:02AM (#29398281) Attached to: Why Users Drop Open Source Apps For Proprietary Alternatives

I'd have to agree here. All the video editors under Linux that I've tried crash frequently. The reason I recommend pitivi is simple: it crashes the least.

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