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Oracle's Newest Move To Undermine Android

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-you-are-the-more-badder-one dept.

GMGruman writes "Oracle's decision to shift focus from the Harmony Java open source project to OpenJDK seems innocuous enough — but InfoWorld's Josh Fruhlinger explains it's part of an effort to derail Google's mobile Android OS by gutting the open source project that Android has been driven by. IBM has signed on, apparently in return for getting the Java Community Process reactivated, leaving Google in a bind."

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  1. Annoying Xerox ad cuts InfoWorld off at the knees by digitaldc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well I was going to read about this, but all of a sudden some Xerox jerk comes along and spills papers everywhere blocking the text of the article.

    I got so annoyed I just left...thanks InfoWorld/Xerox!

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  2. Re:Annoying Xerox ad cuts InfoWorld off at the kne by mcgrew · · Score: 2, Funny

    They must not like your browser, it didn't do that to me. But you didn't miss much -- TFA's author was really reaching, unless I missed something.

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  3. Re:Check, But Not Mate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Agreed, I think the usage of the term bind is excessive.

    You're right; they should have used an alternative like djbdns....

  4. Re:Rough times by poopdeville · · Score: 2, Funny

    Chicks are interested in my penis, not my clothes. Find better chicks.

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