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Oracle signals an end to OpenSolaris – Computerworld
“Oracle appeared to confirm this week what many in the computer industry already suspected: The OpenSolaris project is dead.
Oracle laid out its Solaris strategy in an internal memo that was leaked to the OpenSolaris mailing list on Friday. It says Oracle’s efforts are focused on a commercial Solaris release that will help expand the sale of its servers and other products.”
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Google calls Oracle lawsuit ‘baseless,’ vows to fight it – Computerworld
“Google will put up a fight in response to the patent- and copyright-infringement lawsuit that Oracle filed over the use of Java in the Android mobile phone platform.
Oracle’s lawsuit is a disappointing and “baseless” attack not only against Google but also against the open-source Java community, Google spokesman Aaron Zamost said via e-mail on Friday.”
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Oracle Wields Java as a Weapon – PCWorld
“I’ll say this for Oracle, at least it’s consistently contradictory. The executives will extol the virtues of their partners, then turn right around and kick them in the–well, you know–and deploy an “innovative” copy of their partner’s free software.
Or they’ll claim to love open source, then let a prominent open source project suffer death by ignoring.
Or they’ll tout open standards, then turn around and use patents on a standard programming language, then sue one of the biggest users of that technology.”
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