Oracle has a long track record of Sales & Marketing tactics which we can use as a reliable benchmark to predict outcomes.
Oracle will likely pursue the most aggressive strategy they can get away with Java.
I don't believe Sun was suing Google, but Oracle did.
The fact that Google is switching to Kotlin is mostly a means to absolve themselves of the 'Oracle risk' - it's a big change surely, a decision not taken lightly.
The future of Java under Oracle is hard to predict but there's legit concerns Oracle will make things hard.
Oracle will likely pursue the most aggressive strategy they can get away with Java.
I don't believe Sun was suing Google, but Oracle did.
The fact that Google is switching to Kotlin is mostly a means to absolve themselves of the 'Oracle risk' - it's a big change surely, a decision not taken lightly.
The future of Java under Oracle is hard to predict but there's legit concerns Oracle will make things hard.