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Oracle Sues Google for Copyright Infringement Over Java APIs in Android

2010-08-13 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Oracle Corporation filed a lawsuit against Google on August 13, 2010, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging copyright and patent infringement over Google’s use of Java application programming interfaces (APIs) and approximately 11,000 lines of Java source …

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Oracle Completes Sun Microsystems Acquisition for $7.4 Billion, Gains Java and MySQL

2010-01-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Oracle Corporation completed its acquisition of Sun Microsystems on January 27, 2010, for approximately $7.4 billion ($9.50 per share in cash), gaining control of critical software infrastructure including the Java programming language, MySQL open-source database, and Sun’s hardware systems …

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