alt Hacker NewsOracle's Java Mobile Edition could've crushed Android. No one stopped them.
> Google was the geek darling of do not evil, thus they got a pass from fanboys.
Oracle's case against Google went all the way up to Supreme Court of US. Oracle did not win anything substantial in courts against Google is not fanboys' doing.
Yes they did, although judge say despite Google's wrongdoing, fair use clause would apply.
Additionally to this day it is hit and miss to port standard Java code into Android unless you are lucky with the APIs being used.