On 10/28/2010 11:02 AM, PICdude wrote:
> Actually, there are a lot of similarities, which have started becoming =20
> more known since the Oracle-Google lawsuit recently.  First, Android =20
> dev in done in Java, so it should be a much easier port.  But =20
> apparently the java class files get converted into a slightly =20
> different format of the same code to be run on Android.  And =20
> apparently the VM's (JVM & Dalvik) are almost identical.  Hence the =20
> suit.  I don't remember all the specifics offhand right now.

Just the other day I read about (at least part) of the lawsuit
where Oracle claims that Google stole the API. I've not yet read
what the rest of the lawsuit claims.

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