I don't follow this whole "Android makes Google no money" line of reasoning. Presumably Google believes that the NPV of android is positive, otherwise why invest the capital?
I guess I'm asking, what happens if, in 5 years, it turns out that Google is reaping $billions from Android, can Oracle sue again for damages?
Florian Müller is an obvious anti-Android/anti-Google trolling FUD-ster and on top of that he currently has a consulting relationship with Oracle. Reading his side of anything Google related for "balance" is sort of like watching Fox News to "balance" the supposed liberal slant of mainstream media.
Balance is overrated in debate. Researching and providing a wealth of multiple viewpoints is fantastic, but there is rarely a need to try and present all viewpoints as equally valid.
The need for balance seems to be something that has crept out of news debates where they want to provide an illusion of objectivity and provide lots of entertainment value, and it rarely helps get towards an actual understanding of the subject at hand.
If you think Florian has a point, then by all means post his articles and give an overview of what you think the salient points are, but balance for the sake of balance is almost content free.
Judge Alsup: I said, you can make your pitch to the jury. This is being sprung on me... if you want to say to the jury that you're asking for hundreds of millions of dollars for nine lines of code, you can do that if you want. I'm not going to blurt out some ruling now. I took back what I said yesterday: if you want to make out a case for infringer's profits based on nine lines of code and seven files that aren't even part of the Android system, well, that's an extremely weak proposition, but I can't tell you it's illegal as a matter of law. It could be I'd be surprised by some statement in a decision somewhere....
I'm starting to really like Judge Alsup. Mostly for being an extremely sarcastic bastard.
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[ 2.2 ms ] story [ 18.1 ms ] threadI guess I'm asking, what happens if, in 5 years, it turns out that Google is reaping $billions from Android, can Oracle sue again for damages?
Florian Müller is an obvious anti-Android/anti-Google trolling FUD-ster and on top of that he currently has a consulting relationship with Oracle. Reading his side of anything Google related for "balance" is sort of like watching Fox News to "balance" the supposed liberal slant of mainstream media.
The need for balance seems to be something that has crept out of news debates where they want to provide an illusion of objectivity and provide lots of entertainment value, and it rarely helps get towards an actual understanding of the subject at hand.
If you think Florian has a point, then by all means post his articles and give an overview of what you think the salient points are, but balance for the sake of balance is almost content free.
I'm starting to really like Judge Alsup. Mostly for being an extremely sarcastic bastard.