In court for #googacle Day 3. (Depending on how you're counting. I'm counting days of jury proceedings).
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Alsup just said that what Van Nest said about "giving software away" was "your propaganda."
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We're still arguing over whether Simon Phipps will be allowed to testify. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Phipps_(programmer) …
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The jury is in. Rubin is still being directly examined. I anticipate slower tweets for a while.
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Reminder that I made this: https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/lists/oracle-v-google …
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Is his flat affect normal, or coached after a fail depo?https://twitter.com/Ross_Todd/status/730779425135075328 …
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Rubin cross-examination begins. Oracle attorney, ominously: "Let me get set up here, there are a lot of documents for this witness."
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The other day Alsup remarked dryly that Oracle was probably looking forward to "beating up on" Andy Rubin.
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I gather things did not go well in the first trial.
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Annette Hurst is cross-examining for Oracle.
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Rubin made $2.6 million in the Google acquisition of Android. His relatives also received tens of thousands.
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Rubin stood to gain much more money if Android did well.
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We are now doing math in court to see how money is at stake.
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60 million dollars in milestones.
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First milestone -- getting into a contract with a wireless carrier with 15 million customers. "T-Mobile or higher."
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He gets none of the 60 million if he doesn't get the first milestone.
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"Uhh, no, I didn't consider Blackberry a competitor."
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"I thought a lot about the distinction between hardware and software, and I wasn’t in the business of building hardware."
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Showing a video of a depo from 2011. Rubin said he had to do “everything I possibly could to get a solution in the shortest time possible."
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Oracle: And you, and your friends, and your family had $60 million riding on it, didn't you? Rubin: *weakly* No.
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Rubin says he wants to clarify that *he* wasn't going to gain $60 million from just the first milestone.
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Oracle: Isn't it true that all the $60 million would be forfeited if you did not meet that first milestone?
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Rubin: It's what the contract said. Whether I thought that is a different matter. Oracle: You don't believe in honoring contracts?
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Rubin: *resigned* I do.
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Oracle: Did you feel any pressure from Mr. Page? Rubin: No, I never felt any pressure from Larry.
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Oracle: Did you not write an email to Mr. Page saying, "Is it time to cancel Android because of the schedule"?
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Oracle: Didn’t you tell a lot of people that you couldn’t make a smartphone in the available time?
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Rubin: I’ve had a lot of people tell me I couldn’t do stuff in my entire career.
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Oracle questioning on a 2006 end-of-year strategy meeting.
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O: Are you denying that you made a presentation about Android strategy in this meeting? Rubin: No, just that I don’t remember it.
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Oracle highlights the part in the meeting notes that says: Larry: Disappointed in Android’s timing.
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