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The feeling was that the computer code being dealt with was basically a functional ... statements that ex-Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz made congratulating Google on Android's launch. Some jurors believed Google relied on that blog post by Schwartz ...  

Oracle has asked a judge to bar Google from using some testimony given by former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz in the companies' intellectual-property suit over the Android mobile OS, saying it has "no legal and factual predicate."  

Oracle may have run into an obstacle in its lawsuit against Google during testimony by former CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Despite Oracle's own CEO Larry Ellison being unsure if Java was free to use for Android's framework, Schwartz said the programming interfaces were always cleared for free use and weren't proprietary. Sun didn't sue Google over its early Android use as it didn't feel it "had any grounds" to take action, he testified....  

Former Sun CEO Scott McNealy, an off-again-on-again buddy of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, testified for Oracle Thursday in its infringement suit against Google and Android. His surprise appearance – in the middle of Google’s laying out its copyright defense – was used to scotch testimony given minutes before by his pony-tailed successor at Sun Jonathan Schwartz who testified for Google. (It’s just so utterly Sun.) As in all jury trials the...  

The presentations of evidence in the Oracle v. Google copyright case wrapped up on Friday, and only a few hours of closing arguments now stand between the jury and their deliberations. The beginning of the week was dominated by Google's defense case, with more star witnesses, including two former CEOs of Sun Microsystems: Eric Schmidt, who later became CEO of Google, and Jonathan Schwartz. Schwartz testified...  

Former Sun CEO Scott McNealy, an off-again-on-again buddy of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, is going to testify for Oracle Thursday in its infringement suit against Google and Android. His appearance could wrap up Oracle’s side of the copyright infringement part of the trial and he could be followed on the witness stand by his successor at Sun Jonathan Schwartz who’s supposed to testify for Google.read more  

In an effort to nullify the testimony of former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz, Oracle called former Sun executive vice president Brian Sutphin to the stand at the US District Court on Wednesday. Sutphin started at Sun in 1994. From 2004 until ...  

Law360, Chicago (May 15, 2012, 2:18 PM ET) -- Two whistleblowers whose False Claims Act and kickback suit against Oracle Corp. unit Sun Microsystems Inc. ended in a $46 million settlement with the federal government told an Arkansas federal court Monday ...  

Meanwhile, Oracle filed a motion last week asking for the court to preclude further use of testimony from former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Earlier in the copyright phase of the trial, a Google attorney asked Schwartz on the stand whether he ...  

Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy backed Oracle's contention that a license to use Java APIs was required, while Sun's last CEO, Jonathan Schwartz, testified that Google didn't need a license and was doing nothing wrong by using it to build Android. - Clashing testimony by two former Sun Microsystems CEOs highlighted Day 9 of the Oracle v. Google copyright lawsuit at San Francisco's federal courthouse on April 26. Sun co-founder...  

Scott McNealy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems Inc., talks about Oracle Corp.'s case against Google Inc. alleging copyright infringement over the use of the Java programming language for Android software. Oracle, the largest maker of database software acquired Java when it bought Sun in 2010. McNealy speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." - Bloomberg TV  

Oracle has asked a judge to bar Google from using some testimony given by former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz in the companies' intellectual-property suit over the Android mobile OS, saying it has "no legal and factual predicate."  

IDG News Service - Oracle has asked a judge to bar Google from using testimony given by former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz in the companies' intellectual-property suit over the Android mobile OS, saying it has "no legal and factual ...  

"Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz took the stand here today as a witness for the defense, and disputed Oracle's claim that Java APIs were proprietary code from Sun. Google's lawyer, Robert van Nest, asked Schwartz whether, during his tenure at Sun, Java APIs were considered proprietary or protected by Sun. 'No,' Schwartz said in explaining the nature of open software, 'These are open APIs, and we wanted to bring in more people... We wanted to...  

Oracle has filed a motion [PDF] asking the judge to prevent Jonathan Schwartz from giving certain types of testimony in phase 2 of the Oracle v. Google trial:Oracle moves to preclude Google's future use of certain testimony given by Jonathan Schwartz concerning whether Sun had made any decision to sue Google while he was CEO. Mr. Schwartz's testimony on this issue (i) has no legal nor factual predicate, (ii) raises issues irrelevant to Phase 2...  

In what might be one of the most anticipated appearances of the Oracle-Google trial thus far, former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz testified on behalf of Google at the US District Court on Thursday morning. Schwartz served as chief executive ...  

The jury is asking the judge questions, so while we wait for a verdict, I'd like to settle a question from the Oracle v. Google trial once and for all. If you recall, when Scott McNealy was on the stand in the Oracle v. Google trial, he testified under oath that then-CEO of Sun Microsystem Jonathan Schwartz's blog was just personal, not corporate. Michael A. Jacobs, Oracle's attorney handling the closing argument yesterday, repeated that...  

I'm guessing Schwartz is now permanently off Larry Ellison's holiday card list"Taking the stand during the ongoing court battle between Google and Oracle over the use of the Java programming language on Google’s Android mobile operating system, Jonathan Schwartz — the former CEO of Sun Microsystems, the creator of Java — said that Java has always been free to use and that although Sun didn’t necessarily like the way Android used Java, it had...  

March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Scott McNealy, former chief executive officer of Sun Microsystems Inc. and co-founder of Wayin.com, talks about his support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and ways tax policy and regulations can hurt innovation and small business. McNealy, speaking with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West," also discusses Wayin.com. (Source: Bloomberg)  

Summary: Former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz was called to the stand in the Oracle-Google trial on Thursday. Schwartz served as chief executive officer of Sun from 2006 until 2010. Schwartz is now the CEO of San Francisco-based startup ...  

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 22, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trident Microsystems, Inc. ("Trident" or "the Company") announced today that it has reached an agreement with Dr. Bami Bastani under which he will continue to serve as CEO of the Company through approximately May 1, 2012, on a part-time basis, allowing him to accept the position of CEO of Meru Networks, Inc., commencing immediately.  

Former Sun Microsystems Inc. executives disagreed in court on whether Google Inc. needed a license when it used Sun’s Java programming language to develop Android software for mobile phones. Ex-Sun Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Schwartz ...  

May 1 (Bloomberg) -- Scott McNealy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems Inc., talks about Oracle Corp.'s case against Google Inc. alleging copyright infringement over the use of the Java programming language for Android software. Oracle, the largest maker of database software acquired Java when it bought Sun in 2010. McNealy speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg)  

Furthermore, once again playing a major role in this trial, Jacobs recalled the November 2007 blog post by former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, congratulating Google for the debut of Android. Nevertheless, Jacobs asserted that Schwartz’s praise ...  

Dan Farber / CNET: Former Sun CEO says Google's Android didn't need license for Java APIs  —  Jonathan Schwartz (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET)  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz took the stand here today as a witness for the defense, and disputed Oracle's claim that Java APIs were proprietary code from Sun.  

SAN FRANCISCO -- Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz took the stand here today as a witness for the defense, and disputed Oracle's claim that Java APIs were proprietary code from Sun. Google's lawyer, Robert van Nest, asked Schwartz whether, during ...  

Jonathan Schwartz, who was president of Sun while McNealy was CEO and who served as CEO himself for the company’s final four years, told presiding Judge William Alsup and the 12-person jury that because Java is open-source IT, Google didn’t need to buy ...  

California based Sun Microsystems yesterday announced that it was shedding 6,000 jobs, in a move that Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun, said was designed to "align Sun's business with global economic realities." The move will shrink Sun's workforce by 15-18% ...  

, this view was the opposite of Jonathan Schwartz, who became Sun's CEO after McNealy and was also on the stand yesterday. Schwartz said that Java was open and said that Sun never felt it had ...  

Schwartz joined Sun in 1996 and 10 years later succeeded Scott McNealy as Sun CEO ... Did they teach you this at McKinsey? "Jonathan, this is a hard truth but you have to swallow it: If you’ve got something that for whatever reason nobody is willing ...  

For its part Google has shown the court statements by Sun’s last CEO, talkative Jonathan Schwartz. Schwartz “applauds” Android and vows to support it, in 2007. It’s thin stuff, though. As Florian Mueller points out in his analysis, Schwartz’s ...  

Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt testified that his company developed the Android operating system using the Java programming language after partnership talks with Sun Microsystems Inc. fell through and Sun made no demand for a license to use Java.  

The software maker tries to use the testimony of Sun co-founder Scott McNealy to essentially nullify everything said by former CEO Jonathan Schwartz earlier in the day.  

In what could be a major blow to Oracle's case against Google, former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz defends the openness of Java language and APIs at court.  

Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz and Java inventor James Gosling side with Google in its court battle with Oracle, while Sun's co-founder Scott McNealy takes Oracle's side. Who is right? Originally posted at News - Mobile