LXer: This week at LWN: A very grumpy editor's thoughts on Oracle

LXer · 08-29-2010, 01:42 AM

Published at LXer:

Many electrons have been expended in the discussion of Oracle's recently-filed lawsuit against Google alleging patent and copyright infringements in the Android platform. Your editor is somewhat reluctant to contribute to the flood; at this point, the amount of real information which is available is minimal while the amount of speculation is high. This will be an important case, though; the world will be watching to see how it turns out. So here are a few thoughts to add to the pile.

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Kenny_Strawn · 08-29-2010, 01:49 AM

Again: P@t3nt Tr0££s are simply stupid for using $0ftw@r3 P@t3nt$ in the first place. Again: $0ftw@r3 P@t3nt$ are a violation of antitrust law as they exist to attack competition.

brianL · 08-29-2010, 06:25 AM

Kenny
There appears to be something seriously wrong with your keyboard layout. Please fix immediately.

MrCode · 08-29-2010, 06:36 AM

Yeah I never understood the deliberate use of 1337 5p33k here. To me it just seems immature.

Kenny_Strawn · 08-29-2010, 09:03 AM

Yeah... Sorry for editorializing. I was simply trying to insult the use of $oftware Patent$ (sorry, had to lease the dollar signs in there, as that's what software patents represent: greed).

brianL · 08-29-2010, 09:13 AM

Yeah, it's OK in small doses, I use M$ now and then. But your first post in this thread was a bit OTT.