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Google Developer Testifies That Java Memo Was Misinterpreted

Posted by timothy on from the not-what-I-meant dept.

benfrog writes with a piece that appeared in yesterday's Wall Street Journal about the in-progress legal battle between Oracle and Google over Java: "Ex-Sun and current Google employee Tim Lindholm testified that it was "not what he meant" when asked about the smoking gun email (included here (PDF)) that essentially said that Google needed to get a license for Java because all the alternatives 'suck[ed].' He went on in 'brief but tense testimony' to claim that his day-to-day involvement with Android was limited."

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  1. Liar liar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pants on fire.

    But we're on Google's side so we'll let it go.

  2. Re:Most vital lesson learnt: Hire the right person by thaylin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course you have never written a message like that, he used proper grammar in his emails. 8)

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  3. He meant a *driver's* license by larry+bagina · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know, go down to the DMV and get a driver's license so android could drive one of those google cars. In the country Java (note the capitalization), not for the JAVA SDK.

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  4. Re:Let me google that for you by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Funny

    You think a great man like Larry Page dirties his fingers with a computer keyboard?

    He has Siri look it up for him.

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  5. I was only following orders! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    From Eric Schmidt!