Google CEO Larry Page took the rack in Union lawcourt today to answer interrogative sentence from über - attorney David Boies — he of U.S. v. Microsoft , Bush v. Gore anda bajillion other high profile cases — in a guinea pig that pits Oracle against Google . So how did it go ?
Er . Well it ’s not quite noon here on the West Coast , but I go for Larry has already been able to bulge out undecided a cold-blooded one . As The Washington Post reports:“The taciturn Page often look uncomfortable on the looker endure as he sparred with David Boies , ” and “ Page rarely looked at Boies and frequently said he could n’t remember seeing some of the internal Google documents that Oracle is using to build its type . ”
On the positive side , he come out sway , arguing that Google “ did nothing unseasonable , ” says Bloomberg . Then again , bumble that he’s“not sure ” he would sayAndroid is a critical Google asset fills out Page ’s minus column nicely .
The guinea pig go around around whether or not Google improperly used Oracle ’s Java engineering ( which belonged to Sun Microsystems at the time ) to originate Android . Oracle has already enclose numerous internal emails that make the type that Google should have licensed Java , including one from Andy Rubin that straight - out stated“my proposition is that we take a licence . ”
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison had his day in court yesterday , and today it was Page ’s turn to get grill by boy . The visitation is expect to last up to ten hebdomad ( ! ! ! ) so do n’t put too much weight behind one bad day . There ’s a mess to issue forth , and Google is certain to mount a Game of Thrones - worthy defense . [ Bloomberg , Washington Post ]
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