Oracle and Java?

Now it seems to me that Oracle is suing Google over information that was originally shared publicly in order that Java would get wider adaptation.   Using only the specifications, a few years back, I actually started my own implementation.    (and when Java became more widely available on Linux, I dropped my work.  It was going off in weird directions anyway)

This quite worries me – Java was looking like a nice standard language with even a good security design.   I do not know the particulars of the lawsuit – just that it’s happening and it makes me wary.

I don’t currently have any work with Java.   I’ve worked on it with past employers, but these days I usually use python, perl, erlang or – more often – code it in C.   I quite like Java, but I don’t like this lawsuit.   It makes me feel worried about using the platform.

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