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Re: Does anyone understand this?

From Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Does anyone understand this?
Date 2015-08-17 19:06 +0200
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On 17.08.2015 18:17, Eternal Hope wrote:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33927848
>
> particularly
>
> ...In its legal papers, Oracle said the ongoing success of Android was
> in danger of "destroying" interest in Java.
>
> Does anyone understand why the success might destroy interest in Java,
> I'd have thought it was the other way around ?

What they probably mean: it will destroy the interest in the _right_ (as 
in "one and only") Java because people only see and use the _wrong_ Java 
(i.e. the on used on Android devices).

> ...The "widespread dominance" that Android had achieved in the mobile
> phone market had done "irreversible" damage to Java's potential market,
> said Oracle.
>
> Why? I don't get it

On a more abstract level I think Oracle is struggling and that's why 
they turn to lawsuits more and more.  The blog post recently about how 
Oracle intends to deal with people who find vulnerabilities in their 
products show a similar attitude (the post was removed later).  Here is 
a summary:

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/08/oracle_cso_mary_ann_davidson_doesn_t_want_to_hear_about_software_vulnerabilities.html

Cheers

	robert

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Does anyone understand this? Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-08-17 17:17 +0100
  Re: Does anyone understand this? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2015-08-17 19:06 +0200
    Re: Does anyone understand this? Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-08-17 19:00 +0100
      Re: Does anyone understand this? e.d.programmer@gmail.com - 2015-08-17 12:39 -0700
      Re: Does anyone understand this? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-17 20:07 -0400
    Re: Does anyone understand this? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-17 20:02 -0400
  Re: Does anyone understand this? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-17 19:53 -0400

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