Who's your daddy? If you're asking that above Java, the answer would be James Gosling, who has been hired by Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) after becoming a free agent once he left Oracle.
Gosling quit Sun Microsystems a few short months after being acquired by Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL).
He said on his blog about working for Google: "I don't know what I'll be working on. I expect it'll be a bit of everything, seasoned with a large dose of grumpy curmudgeon."
This is an interesting part of the narrative of the ongoing battle between Google and Oracle, whereby Oracle sued the search giant in the summer of 2010 for infringement on the patents used in the Java development platform, saying Android software is "borrowed" from them.
Google closed Monday at $575.36, falling $4.38, or 0.76 percent. Oracle closed at $32.56, dropping $0.08, or 0.26 percent.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL) Settles Over Sun Microsystems Kickback Claims
The U.S. Justice Department announced Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL) has settled with them over allegations Sun Microsystems Inc. paid kickbacks of consulting firms in return for their recommandations that federal agencies acquire products from Sun. Oracle settled for $46 million.
Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, completing the transaction 2010; the reason they had to settle in the situation.
Also taken care of in the settlement were the allegations that Sun also handed out inaccurate or incomplete information to government contract officers, which was said to have caused the agencies to have paid too much for Sun's products.
The U.S. Justice Department had alleged Sun's submission of false claims resulted in others also submitting false claims to federal agencies, including the General Services Administration.
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Tony West said in a statement, "Kickbacks, illegal inducements, misrepresentations during contract negotiations—these undermine the integrity of the government procurement process and unnecessarily cost taxpayers money."
Oracle closed Monday at $32.03, gaining $0.03, or 0.09 percent.
Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, completing the transaction 2010; the reason they had to settle in the situation.
Also taken care of in the settlement were the allegations that Sun also handed out inaccurate or incomplete information to government contract officers, which was said to have caused the agencies to have paid too much for Sun's products.
The U.S. Justice Department had alleged Sun's submission of false claims resulted in others also submitting false claims to federal agencies, including the General Services Administration.
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Tony West said in a statement, "Kickbacks, illegal inducements, misrepresentations during contract negotiations—these undermine the integrity of the government procurement process and unnecessarily cost taxpayers money."
Oracle closed Monday at $32.03, gaining $0.03, or 0.09 percent.
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