Google to jury: Android was built with our engineers’ hard work

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SAN FRANCISCO—Google lawyer Robert Van Nest delivered a spirited defense to Oracle's accusations to a jury on Tuesday, telling them that Android was no shortcut—it was built with sweat and hard work.

"Google engineers spent several years and hundreds of millions of dollars to create Android using Google know-how," he said. "They created a brand new platform for innovation in smartphones and tablets that was beyond anything any of us had ever seen before."

Van Nest's strategy centered on a few key points. First, the Java language was open and free to use—a gift from creator Sun Microsystems to the world, he said. Sun wanted developers to take up Java and teach it in universities and schools.

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