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"Their business model is dying"
Authored by: Yossarian on Monday, April 16 2012 @ 01:12 PM EDT
That's the key issue.
If your business model is dying then you need a new one.

Suing for patents seems like the way to go, e.g. Microsoft
suing Barnes & Noble. The idea in those patents lawsuit is to:
1) Collect some money.
2) Cripple the competition.

IMO Google has to go after Oracle, hard, so the next guy with
that bright idea will realize that there is some cost to pay.

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"Oracle have quite a lot to lose"
Authored by: kuroshima on Monday, April 16 2012 @ 02:12 PM EDT
Well, they might go where other software giants have gone
before, switch to patent trolling! Hell, this trial is a
good first step!

Sincerely, I'm against software patent litigation, but if
there's a case where I would not entirely disapprove, it
would be when Google Strikes Back. Now, it would be
completely OOC for Google to do so, as they had chances
before, and never took them. Maybe they want to reassure
people that the patents they're getting from Motorola
Mobility aren't going to be used in a thermo-patentuar war?

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"Oracle have quite a lot to lose"
Authored by: DannyB on Monday, April 16 2012 @ 02:20 PM EDT
Google must counter sue. Remember the famous quote:

All that is necessary for Oracle to succeed is for Google men to do nothing.


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The price of freedom is eternal litigation.

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"Oracle have quite a lot to lose"
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, April 16 2012 @ 07:56 PM EDT
As a former Oracle DBA -the sooner Oracle goes down the better.

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