Google’s been playing footloose and fancy free with Java patents and copyrights. Now, Oracle owns Java and decided to sue Google. Joel West in Seeking Alpha:
Google is being dragged kicking and screaming into the world of patents. Welcome, Larry and Sergei, to the mess that is our 21st century intellectual property system.
Oh, the irony.
Google’s founders had a vision of a world where superior efficiency and scale provided unchallenged market position and competitive advantage. CEO Eric Schmidt joined after being at two companies that lost such a game: Sun and Novell (NOVL). (Am I the only one who sees an irony in Schmidt being beaten over the head with a club he helped make?)
Funny.
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