The company with the motto “Do no evil” definitely is going to have issues when in the second quarter of 2010 the Google Android smartphones sales passed the iPhone in worldwide sales. As outlined by the Wall Street Journal, the Android OS violates Oracle’s Java copyrights which is why Oracle Corp. is suing Google Inc.. Eric Schmidt, a former Sun chief technology officer, who’s Google’s founder, and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison are against one one more in the suit. Oracle acquired Sun, the company that invented the Java programming language, in January 2010. The Android Smartphone as well as hundreds of other electronic devices use Java.
Lawsuit from Oracle wants damages paid for
WSJ explains Oracle lawsuit would like “unspecific damages and an injunction against ‘continued acts of infringement’ by Google.” The public has yet to hear from Google who everyone thought was allowed to use the free open-source Java licenses, since Sun would give these out to many. A deal between Google and Oracle never was announced to the public. If an injunction against Google is given by the presiding California court, developers would be barred from creating applications for Android OS and shipments of Android phones would come to a halt.
Safeguarding property
Sun has always had free exchange of ideas policies also as open-source software, although, according to Ray Wang who spoke to the Journal, the Oracle “takes a lot more care in terms of guarding its IP, and Java is one of the crown jewels of the Sun acquisition.”. PC World thinks that the Oracle is scared because if its tax evasion which is why it needs its IP. Now the company is rivaling Google instead of Microsoft, a court system is looked to in order to get some more money flowing in.
Further reading on this topic
PC World
pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/203336/oracles_fall_from_tech_giant_to_patent_troll.html?tk=hp_new
Wall Street Journal
online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748704407804575426122820659864.html
“Trade the Trend” report on the Oracle-Google lawsuit
youtube.com/watch?v=ooYOG00oXpY
