Oracle's case against Android narrows

In a report that should surprise no one, the USPTO rejected 17 of 21 claims of one of Oracle's patents. Patent claims are a poor way to maintain competitive advantage in software, and are usually a clear indication that the agressor is losing the technology race. Groklaw has the details on how many claims were rejected. Given Google Android's open source nature, I expect Oracle's case will at best result in minor changes to the Android Dalvik VM.

I'd prefer that Google deprecate Java and switch to their concurrent, elegant language go, but I doubt Oracle can effect that change.