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> That said there are ALL KINDS of interop code that is at risk with the ruling

Yes, there are parties that stand to lose a lot in the short term from a decision for Oracle.

But would it be so bad in the long term if proprietary vendor-specific protocols were put at a disadvantage? Maybe back-to-basics open protocols (or at least protocols formally contributed to the public domain) would resurge, and interoperability would actually _increase._




Yes because the entire history of software industry shows what the problems are with Vendor Lock-in and how it will be abused

Oracle is a case book study if it, that is their entire business model




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