http://www.osnews.com/story/26098/Oracle_accepts_0_in_damages_from_Google Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sat, 18 May 2013 17:53:02 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://www.osnews.com/thread?523148 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523148 lets hope USA courts will fix these stupid nonsense litigations for good on next cases. Hopefully, on a not so distant horizon, a decision will be reached about patenting "ideas" instead of the original intention, which was about "real" products and "real" process. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (acobar) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523149 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523149 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shipwreck_Beach_Sign.JPG Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Radio) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523151 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523151 Odds are only 98% that that sign belongs to Larry Ellison. About the same odds of losing the case against Google.Edited 2012-06-21 10:20 UTC Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gus3) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523153 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523153 After all, it isn't as if Google were offering a few billion dollars. The headline makes Oracle sound like some pillar of the community who's temporarily down on his luck. "No, that's OK, I really don't need it, give it to someone who does."

As PJ likes to say, puh-leez. Google offered precisely US$0.00. Not even a penny.

Oracle has no choice but to live with it. Any other move on their part, and they run the risk of getting literally laughed out of court. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gus3) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523156 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523156 What Oracle is saying here is that damages was always a red herring, they are chasing after ongoing infringement that would require Google to buy a license (which will probably be in terms of a cost per device). The maximum damages were always a lot lower than the potential of getting a slice of the Android pie indefinitely, and possibly being able to bring it back into the more Oracle-controlled Java sphere. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vaette) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523165 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523165 Here are the explanations of each of those...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc#t=37m10s Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (FunkyELF) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523166 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523166 Oracle isn't accepting any damages. They're going for an appeal. This story is far from over. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Sodki) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523184 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523184 If I read correctly, Oracle has to accept the offer to promptly start an appeal. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (robojerk) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523186 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523186 And they failed miserably on this first round. Will they stand up and fight again? If good sense prevail about their last combat, may be not, but we are talking about Oracle on which case we never know. Perhaps, they see it like they lost a battle but the war is still going on.

They may try again but the more I see the whole picture the more I doubt they will succeed on any noteworthy aspect. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (acobar) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523189 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523189 Morons. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (shmerl) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523191 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523191 I think if Oracle plays it cards right, there is very much a chance that Google will have to pay twice the damages. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fretinator) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523194 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523194 Unless they'll come up with some new claims - they probably won't get anything. But given that the whole patent / copyright system is rather broken and corrupt, they might find a loophole of course. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (shmerl) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523201 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523201 Hey man, I think your sarcasm sensor is running low. The double of zero is still zero. fredinator has a fall for that. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (acobar) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523203 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523203 I always forget to add the [s] [/s] tags. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fretinator) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523204 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523204 Come on man! We know you do it on purpose!

Hum, fell in the same trap!!Edited 2012-06-21 17:49 UTC Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (acobar) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523241 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523241 That talk was great, thanks for the link. Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Lennie) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523272 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523272 Now if only Google would stand up to MS over this Android licensing bullshit and get it negated through the courts too! Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Sauron) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?523303 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523303 How would they do that ?

MS never asked Google for money (on Adroid or Linux related issues) ? Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Lennie) Comments