Like it or not, this is how the game is played. If the situation were reversed, Google's lawyers would be all over Oracle like a cheap suit. They'd be neglecting their responsibility to their shareholders if they weren't.
If you think Google is "different" from any other multinational public corporation then you've fallen hook, line and sinker for their PR.
May be so , but so far no software patent lawsuits from Google. Yet.
I read somewhere that Schawrtz, the nincompoop former CEO of Sun, pitched Google lawsuit as an asset. A typical Asshat CEO meets douchebag investor love story.
May be my visceral reaction stems from the gradual acceptance of the fact that I would have to learn Haskell after all.
If you think Google is "different" from any other multinational public corporation then you've fallen hook, line and sinker for their PR.