[sten]

whoa! a judge that actually has a clue about development and doesn’t think it pfm

there could be a small chance for a sane ruling

I’m stunned

[JRandomFreeper]

I sat jaw-dropped for a while myself. It is stunning. Is that allowed in the USSA?

/johnny

[editor-surveyor]

Sane ruling?

Both companies are as shifty and crooked as can be; they should both be shut down on general principles.

[zeugma]

I’m stunned

Me too. I haven't been following this case close enough to tell who the good guys and bad guys are, but I'm really glad that the judge, for once, actually understands what he is being asked to rule on.

From the article, it sounds like Oracle is pinning a lot to this 'rangeCheck' function (though I wouldn't be surprised if the reporter got that wrong). If so, the judge rightly shut them down. Hell I can set up a function to validate input in a line or two of shell code in bash, and I'm not even a programmer.

Disclosure: Over the past few years, I've really come to hate Oracle with a passion, so I'm tempted to root for them to lose regardless of the facts.