Mobile
Android, Ubuntu and the Oracle’s Java Lawsuit
Aug 17th
Ubuntu Founder Blasts Oracle’s Java Lawsuit
Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu Linux, says Oracle’s move is “going to be a significant setback for their relationship with the broader open source community.”
Before it was purchased by Oracle, Sun Microsystems enjoyed a strong relationship with the open source community, particularly for its Java programming language, which the company evolved over time to adapt to an open source framework.
But last week Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) surprised the open source community with a patent infringement suit against Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), over the search giant’s use of Java in Android, its open source mobile operating system. Datamation reports on what a key open source advocate, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth, has to say about the impact of Oracle’s suit.
Last week’s move by Oracle to sue Google over Java use in the Android open source mobile operating system, may well end up having an impact that effects far more that just Android. And that has some key stakeholders in the open source community concerned.
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu Linux, is among those in the community who don’t see a positive outcome from Oracle’s lawsuit, which was based around claims of Linux-based Android wrongfully treading on Oracle’s patented Java code and copyrights.
Palm loses their Ex-Apple PR Head, Lynn Fox
Jun 26th
HP’s buyout of Palm may have won them webOS, but it doesn’t seem to have won them many friends within the company. There are only so many names within Palm that are so oft-mentioned that I could name them off hand — and of those, the talent seems to be disappearing left and right. First to go was interface mastermind , followed shortly thereafter by Rich Dellinger, best known for coming up with webOS’ incredible notifications system.
And now, they’ve lost another; I’m hearing from an unshakably solid source that Lynn Fox, Vice President of Public Relations, left the company earlier this week.
Does the name sound familiar? It ought to — she was one of the handful of major talents that Palm prior to the launch of the Pre, having served as Apple’s Director of Mac PR from 2006 to 2008 (and their Director of Corporate PR from 2000 to 2004.)
This is a pretty big loss for Palm, just days before is finalized. While the advertising chunk of their marketing was up until recently sorely lacking, their public relations team has always been top notch. While I haven’t had the opportunity to work with Lynn directly, I’ve worked with her team on a fairly regular basis — and I’ve never been anything but impressed.
So, where’s Lynn headed next? No one’s quite sure — including Lynn, it seems. On her Facebook profile, her current employer is listed as “Consult Until-I-Find-Another-Job Consulting, LTD”, with a description reading:
I respectfully declined the opportunity to join HP after its acquisition of Palm, so am looking for my next career adventure.
Go get’er, talent scouts.
