Dispute Damages Would Exceed Android Revenues

CWmike writes "A new document in a year-old patent lawsuit filed by Oracle against Google over Android intellectual property suggests Oracle could be seeking huge damages from Google. The damages owed to Oracle, if granted by federal Judge William Alsup for the US District Court for Northern California, would 'far exceed any money Google has ever earned with Android' and could lead to a rewrite of Android's Dalvik virtual machine, considered integral to Android and used by Android device manufacturers and potentially thousands of Android app developers, wrote one blogger, Florian Mueller, who writes about intellectual property issues involving the software industry."

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Florian is not a blogger, he is a troll

[h4rr4r]

Florian is not a blogger, he is a professional troll.

Re:Florian is not a blogger, he is a troll

[gnasher719]

No kidding, when will this idiot disappear.

When Microsoft stops paying him.

Re:Florian is not a blogger, he is a troll

[Colonel Korn]

Florian is not a blogger, he is a professional troll.

I'd never heard of him before, but looking at his arguments is like watching Glen Beck. Given a lack of evidence to support his fear-mongering, he puts his fingers in his ears and repeatedly says, "I'm just asking the question: can we really say there's definitely no infringement?" When every specific example he cites is debunked, he returns to his litany and insists that infringement is possible, then chides his opponents for being unable to prove the impossible. Having debated competitively, I detect the belief that aggressively responding to every argument is equivalent to winning.

Re:Florian is not a blogger, he is a troll

[Nick Ives]

Ars Technica. It lacks the format of /. but, to be honest, this format is the problem.

If you want high quality tech news where the editors aren't afraid to post in the comments calling out idots for lowering the tone, start reading and posting at Ars.