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Oracle Wants Judge to Bar Ex-Sun CEO Schwartz's Testimony in Google Suit | PCWorld Business Center

www.pcworld.com on 05/05/2012

Excerpt: Oracle has asked a judge to bar Google from using some testimony given by former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz in the companies' intellectual-property suit over the Android mobile OS, saying it has "no legal and factual predicate. " Similar Articles: Schwartz has provided some of the strongest testimony for Google in the case so far. Appearing on the stand last week, Schwartz was asked by a Google attorney whether, as CEO of Sun, he had made a decision not to sue Google over its use of Java in Android. "Yes," Schwartz replied. "We didn't feel we had any grounds. " Oracle acquired Sun early in 2010, gaining control of the Java programming language.... read the full post.

My Thoughts: Interesting. Would like to hear what Schwartz has to say. I've heard him speak several times and he seems like someone that would have a lot of insight on "open" vs. "enterprise".

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