Oh and 3) Google's "do no evil" schtick is a triumph of PR, but that's all it is. They are just a corporation like anyone else, and they will do what's right for them, period.
Consumers don't care
And speaking of corporate customers, those include companies like Adobe which also have investments on top of Java.
Oracle's large corporate customers will cheer them on for defending
their patents.
Quite the contrary, unless you have a patent arsenal the size of Microsoft's or IBM's, patents are one of the biggest nightmares you can have, especially since this lawsuit proves that companies like Oracle aren't acquiring patents just for "defensive purposes" and lawsuits are not reserved just to patent trolls.
Google's "do no evil" schtick is a triumph of PR, but that's all it is
Regardless of Google's morality, this discussion is not about Google, but about Oracle's lawsuit. Substitute Google with "X" and it would be the same.
But the fact is, they screwed Sun over and forked mobile Java without giving them a cent (and not respecting their license in the process).
Well Oracle would probably be granted damages if so the court finds that the patent was infringed.
They only have to frustrate a certain group of people to start suffering from repercussions