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abhisec
This is really awful. Only proves that money drives oracle and not ethics and community. Wonder what's in store for mysql.
Niten
It's worse than that, it proves that short-term money drives Oracle. What kind of effect do they think this behavior will have on long-term Java vs. .NET/CLR platform adoption?
tzs
Actually, I wouldn't mind a good threat against MySQL--it would make it easier to convince them at work to consider switching to PostgreSQL.
corruption
I think this type of behavior was what everyone feared would happen, but I never really believed they would stoop this low.

This may mean that JCP is dead, harmony is doomed and it must be pretty scary for companies heavily invested in Java.

Niten
This would be like Microsoft suing the Mono team for its C# and CLI implementations, which it has irrevocably promised not to do:

http://www.microsoft.com/interop/cp/default.mspx

I was worried when Oracle acquired Sun, but I never thought I'd see them clamp down on Java to the extent that .NET is a significantly more open platform. But there it is.

[dead] corruption
Well, I think I am wrong on my initial gut reaction, kindly pointed out by wmf. This would be like Microsoft suing RedHat for creating a non-compatible C#-like language and virtual machine.
wmf
This has nothing to do with the JCP or Harmony. Sun's long-standing policy has been to grant Java licenses to compatible implementations, which Dalvik certainly is not. Also, Sun was only willing to grant free licenses to open-source non-mobile VMs, which again Dalvik is not eligible for.
[dead] corruption
You are right - my initial gut reaction bested my brain :)
MisterWebz
Could the timing they chose have anything to do with the whole deal between Google and Verizon?
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abhisec
I think we can probably expect this from Oracle. I think next on the chopping block would be GWT and then companies who use J2EE.
dannydulai
and people thought Java was a safer platform than .NET/Mono !