Judge in Oracle-Google case gets a lesson in Java | Linux Today

Judge in Oracle-Google case gets a lesson in Java

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 7, 2011

“Lawyers for Oracle and Google gave the judge overseeing their
Java patent dispute a tutorial on Wednesday that underscored the
complexity of the case between the two companies. “Judge William
Alsup of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco was given an
overview of Java and why it was invented, and an explanation of
terms such as bytecode, compiler, class library and
machine-readable code.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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