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I am biased towards Oracle because I do want Android to be closer to orginal Java and wish both companies collaborate for future Java versions. However I do agree that Google's PR has tried to picture Google as victim. If we see Google specifically didn't choose OpenJDK to avoid GPL. So they wanted to make profits but avoid collaboration. If this makes them bring to use GPL, let it be.

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> If we see Google specifically didn't choose OpenJDK to avoid GPL.

As far as I know, when Android started to be developed, OpenJDK didn't exist

You're right, but it existed early enough (before Android's release) to be adopted by Android. Here is the relevant timeline -- http://www.pcworld.com/article/253666/a_timeline_of_oracles_.... OpenJDK was released in May 2007.

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