On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Steven Susbauer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Android uses the Java language, but this is not what that suit is about.
> Oracle claims the Dalvik VM infringes on their patents. If Android was using
> the Java VM there would be no lawsuit. Sun was able to successfully sue
> Microsoft for similar reasons in 1997 (incomplete implementation of the Java
> standard). Somehow people continued using Java, despite this.

Actually they were not. If I remember correctly, the Microsoft Java VM
was abandoned because of this and everyone had to switch to the Sun
one.
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