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On 19/09/10 20:02, John wrote: > > I can't think of any previous situation where a company has had to > universally recall and destroy items already in customers hands, can > anyone else? Not off hand. Although in the case of Amazon Kindle they just delete the stuff you've already bought. Usually a worst case judgement unsold items are recalled, and a fine is applied. > It sounds like Oracle is really trying it on. If they are infringing some copyright, or contravening some patent, then it is most likely that bit is rewritten, or disabled, and deployed. It might be more complex if Oracle own hardware patents, but I doubt that is the case here. > Its typical though, I got an android handset a couple days ago... Grrrr. Probably the whole thing is safely ignored. Oracle are desperate to capitalize on SUNs Java infrastructure market, I suspect they've just destroyed the bulk of the future value of that market by bringing this case, since anyone looking to do build on Java technology will now look around for something safer and more friendly from a company that keeps it word. I suspect the benefits that Google got from building on Java weren't that great, since at a fairly fundamental level the technologies diverge. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq