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My attitude on Oracle v Google

James Gosling · 28 Apr 2012

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    In Oracle v. Google, Oracle was in the right: Google wronged Sun over Java.

    Their wordsJust because Sun didn't have patent suits in our genetic code doesn't mean we didn't feel wronged. While I have differences with Oracle, in this case they are in the right. Google totally slimed Sun. We were all really disturbed, even Jonathan: he just decided to put on a happy face and tried to turn lemons into lemonade, which annoyed a lot of folks at Sun.

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