●●● From Techrights
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 and the BSA Align With Oracle in Patent Fight Against Android/Linux
●● 2012
Android FUD Watch: Paul Goldstein From Stanford Paid by Oracle
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
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, 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
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
ZDNet and IDG ‘Open Source’ Blogs Use Oracle for FUD
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
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
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