one of the main technologies that keeps java afloat, and reasons why java is used today, is android. (so oracle needs to review their patent claims and just let people use java)
and if oracle wants java to be a player in internet of things business, they need to wish android success in that niche instead of suing google constantly.
#android #java #oracle #internet_of_things #business #market #patents #freedom #software
In an attempt to spur innovation, Tesla Motors says that it will allow anyone to use its patented technology on electric vehicles — even its biggest competitors http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/12/5804122/tesla-opens-patents-to-all
#patents #innovation #teslo #electric-car #technology #vehicles
I personally have no problem with the whole #Apple #patents brouhaha. Steve #Jobs did a miraculous job on "dumbing-down" the smart #phone, to the point where it now has no buttons at all, and the only thing the user can do is finger-paint on it. The #touchscreen may seem like a cool approach to a user interface, but it also subtly locks the user into being merely a #consumer of information, never a #producer. The rest of the #cell phone #industry has blindly rushed down the rabbit hole right behind Apple. The jury really was right -- the whole world now is filled with iPhones and #iPhone wannabes. These corporations needed a good smack in the side of the head to remind them that Apple's way is not the only possible way to design products. Stuff like pinch-to-zoom is popular because Apple made it popular, not because it is necessarily the best way to do things. Right now, I don't see _anyone_ trying to actually compete with Apple. The default response seems to be what #Nokia did -- just give up, dump your entire internal R&D department, and license the latest #iOS clone from #Microsoft or #Google. Maybe if Apple wins enough patent cases, somebody will get the hint and go back to designing a device that isn't an iPhone