Two of the world’s most powerful companies are engaged in a legal battle that has its roots in the world’s most popular mobile operating system: Android. Google is playing defendant, while Oracle is laying claim to a crucial set of code in the foundation of Android. Doesn’t ring any bells? That’s likely due to the fact that this dispute goes back four years.
Just this week, Google filed a petition with the United States Supreme Court to decide once and for all which company is in the right.
So, what are these two internet giants fighting about? The short answer is Java, which Oracle owns. The real answer, of course, is far more complex Oracle is a seriously big company. Google is similarly huge. They’ve both got tremendous cash reserves (tens of billions of dollars), enormous profits each year and — most importantly — the will to see this dispute through. That’s evident from the past four years of shots from both sides.
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