Google calls Oracle Android lawsuit 'baseless,' says Java goes 'beyond any one corporation'

Oracle's decision to sue Google for infringing its patents and copyright on Java in Android has certainly stirred up a hornets' nest of commentary and analysis on the web today, but it's only just now that we've received Google's official statement, in which the search giant calls the suit "baseless" and vows to "defend open-source standards." Them's fightin' words -- and considering the Dalvik virtual machine at the heart of the Android OS is the centerpiece of this dispute, we wouldn't expect either side to back down quietly here. Get ready for years of litigation, friends. Here's Google's full statement:

We are disappointed Oracle has chosen to attack both Google and the open-source Java community with this baseless lawsuit. The open-source Java community goes beyond any one corporation and works every day to make the web a better place. We will strongly defend open-source standards and will continue to work with the industry to develop the Android platform.

[bufbarnaby Posted Aug 15th 2010 2:09AM]

See...open-source is crap like Ballmer said...it isn`t really open at all.
.NET , SILVERLIGHT , VISUAL STUDIO , AND EXPRESSION BLEND FTW !

[ZackC456 Posted Aug 15th 2010 10:35AM]

@bufbarnaby And if Microsoft ever goes under, the only thing that will partially survive that list is Silverlight.

[bufbarnaby Posted Aug 15th 2010 2:11AM]

WP7 uses all MSFT developed OS/Dev tools.
And the hardware standards are a big plus.
Button layout standardization and such.
For every good Android phone , there are a bunch of crappy ones.
MSFT is the winner here.

[bufbarnaby Posted Aug 15th 2010 2:12AM]

Droid for sale !

[bufbarnaby Posted Aug 15th 2010 2:14AM]

Microsoft went through all this in 1997 and it cost them over a billion dollars.
Ballmer is right. Open source is just a quagmire.

[bufbarnaby Posted Aug 15th 2010 2:15AM]

Java is a joke. If you make any significant money from it , Oracle will come after you for royalties.
Who wants to worry about that ???

[bufbarnaby Posted Aug 15th 2010 2:17AM]

If the handset makers don`t get indemnification in a settlement , you might as well kiss Android phones goodbye.

[bufbarnaby Posted Aug 15th 2010 2:23AM]

Devs are going to flee Java...Oracle shot themselves in the foot.
Look for MSFT stock to increase.