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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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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Rubin says he doesn't remember this.
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Oracle: *incredulous* Are you telling me you don’t remember that, when the top brass of the company was saying, 'Get it done, Mr. Rubin'?
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Rubin: *dryly* I don’t recall them saying, 'Get it done, Mr. Rubin.'
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Oracle questioning about Rubin's reaction to the iPhone.
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Oracle: There was an Atlantic article about this, right? It was called ‘The Day Android Had to Start Over.’
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Oracle asks if he said, as reported in the article, "Oh my god, we can’t ship that phone, we have to start over."
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He says he never said that. Oracle: But it was reported that way. Rubin: It was reported wrong, then.
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Oracle: *pauses, shuffles through papers.* How about, "Holy crap we’re not going to ship THAT phone"?
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Rubin: That sounds more like my style, yes.
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Google Product Strategy meeting notes/transcript:
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Eric: What about Java? Andy: We’re doing it ourselves, have JVM but not libraries. Still shopping for libs/JVMs.
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