Oracle sues Google over Android: What's up with That?

Posted by Andy_Updegrove on Aug 14, 2010 1:14 AM EDT
ConsortiumInfo.org Standards Blog; By Andy Updegrove
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As most of the technology world knows by now, Oracle has brought a suit for patent infringement against Google, asserting that the Java elements incorporated into Google’s Android operating system infringe patents that Oracle acquired when it took over Sun Microsystems.  What no one yet knows for sure yet is why?

My crystal ball isn’t any clearer than the next guy’s but here are a few thoughts to consider.

First and foremost, let’s remember that for Oracle as much or more than any other company, this will be all about business, and not ideology. That means dollars and cents, which means that it’s either direct revenues lost or available that are at issue, or an indirect economic motivation that has to do with a threat to, or an opportunity for, profits in some other fashion.

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