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. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
