What's more interesting is Oracle's lawyer's "rebuttal" to Alsup (according to Groklaw):
> I'm not an expert on Java -- this is my second case on Java, but I'm not an
> expert, and I probably couldn't program [rangeCheck] in six months.
I don't know, how can anyone be taken seriously after something like that? He's clearly either stupid or willfully ignorant if he thinks he (a no doubt well-educated and intelligent man) couldn't learn to program rangeCheck in six months.
Yes, I know, of course his defence against this charge will be "I can't be expected to know industry-specific things like this," but then why on Earth are you allowed to regulate and prosecute it?
Yes, I know, of course his defence against this charge will be "I can't be expected to know industry-specific things like this," but then why on Earth are you allowed to regulate and prosecute it?