Oracle

Oracle, a CPTN member along with Microsoft and Apple, turned into a GNU/Linux enemy around 2010 when it abandoned a lot of FOSS projects acquired from Sun and then sued Google over Android. Here are some selected posts about Oracle.

2015

 * Openwashing Visual Studio and Oracle’s Worrisome Embrace of Mono Rather Than Java
 * Google’s Fight to Keep APIs Free is Lost, Let’s Hope Google Continues Fighting
 * White House Intervention Harms Android and Every Software Developer on the Planet
 * Working to End Oracle's and CAFC's Inane War on Interface Reuse

2013

 * Microsoft Florian Goes Ad Hominem in AstroTurf Against Android, Oracle and Microsoft Help Apple Attack Google
 * Microsoft and the BSA Align With Oracle in Patent Fight Against Android/Linux

2012

 * Android FUD Watch: Paul Goldstein From Stanford Paid by Oracle
 * Oracle Spreads GNU/Linux FUD
 * Patent Lawsuits Against Linux, Android; Call for Pressuring of Politicians
 * Apple’s Patent Cases Against Android Continue Falling Apart, Oracle Tries Again
 * Oracle Starts Fighting a Good Fight, Should Drop Case Against Android
 * Android Beats Oracle and Apple Patent Challenges
 * Goodbye Oracle


 * Google Beats Oracle’s Patents, But the Plague of Software Patents Remains
 * Android Under Patent Attacks From Nokia, Microsoft, and Oracle
 * Collateral Damage in Oracle’s Case Against Android
 * Apple, Microsoft, Oracle (CPTN) and the Latest Patent Hoard Against Android/Linux
 * Microsoft Patent War on Android/Linux is Backfiring, Oracle is Still Unable to Win a Single Case
 * Oracle/Apple Litigation Versus Android/Linux
 * Oracle vs. Google Becoming a Lost Cause
 * Patents Roundup: Oracle Lessens Android Demands, Red Hat Suggests Cure to Trolls, Debian Adopts New Patent Policy
 * Patents Roundup: Oracle, Microsoft (via MOSAID), and Apple Lawsuits Against Linux/Android
 * Oracle is Retreating From Android Patent Case After Steve Jobs’ Death
 * CPTN (Microsoft, Apple, Oracle) Attack on Android Faces New Setbacks

2011

 * The Difference Between Microsoft’s Racketeering Against Linux and Oracle’s Racketeering Against Linux
 * CPTN Members Oracle, Apple, and Microsoft Still Attack Linux With Software Patents
 * Oracle and SAP Get a Lesson About the Harms of Patents

2010

 * Red Hat and Oracle Respond to EIFv2, Microsoft Seemingly Plans More Patent Aggression
 * Apple, Oracle, and Software Patents of Convenience
 * Gizmodo Glorifies Patent Trolls, Oracle Nods to Software Patents
 * Adobe Distances Itself From Dave McAllister’s Attack on Oracle and Implicit Defence of Microsoft
 * Adobe Joins Novell in Daemonising Oracle and Whitewashing Microsoft
 * Bogus Oracle Patents, Broken USPTO, Apple’s Patent Aggression, and Acacia Gets More Money to Troll
 * Oracle Hires SCO’s (and Novell’s) Lawyers
 * Oracle in the SCO Case
 * ZDNet and IDG ‘Open Source’ Blogs Use Oracle for FUD
 * Oracle Action Could Cause Migration to GNU/Linux (at Expense of Solaris) and Help Vilify Software Patents
 * “Microsoft is Cashing Innovation Tax (aka Patent License Money) for Android, Now Oracle Joins the Scheme.”
 * Groklaw Suspects Apple Might Relate to Oracle’s Attack on Android, Jonathan Schwartz’ Story About ‘Pulling a SCO’ Recalled
 * Oracle’s Java Aggression Spills to Other Sun Projects
 * ‘Team Microsoft’ Uses Oracle Action Against Google to Promote C#
 * Apple Benefits From Oracle’s Patent Attack on Android
 * Novell/Mono Could be Sued by Oracle; Taleo Puts Sun’s Former CEO and Former Novell Employee in the Board
 * Michael Widenius Lobby Against Oracle a Matter of Self Interest
 * Oracle Doesn’t “Go Bananas Over EIF 2.0” Being Subverted by Microsoft and Friends
 * IBM Uses Novell to Take Market Share From Rivals Like Oracle

2009

 * Oracle Likely to Own MySQL Shortly, European Commission’s Credibility at Stake
 * Oracle’s Linux Moves — Novell/Microsoft Reminiscence
 * Does Oracle Still Acquire to Injure MySQL?
 * Patents Roundup: Oracle, Backlash Against Software Patents, and In Re Bilski (Again)

2008

 * Novell/Microsoft ‘Pulling an Oracle’ on Red Hat

2007

 * Is Oracle Microsoft/Novell’s Worst Enemy, Not Red Hat’s?
 * Is Oracle a Patent FUD-Fighter to Be?
 * Oracle to Join Open Invention Network
 * Microsoft and Oracle Pull the FUD Manoeuvre