GOOGLE VS ORACLE – WHAT THE INTERNET USERS CAN LEARN?

by STEVE MICHEALS on 18 AUGUST 2010

You may have come across petty quarrels between individuals in your day to day life. However a week before the news of tussle between Google and Oracle came into the limelight. After getting into the details I must say that this is not just a spat between two multi billion dollar corporations but something more than that.   

Actually the story goes like this; Oracle sues Google over the use of Java platform in developing Android. For common internet users like you and I Java software platform belongs to Oracle (Oracle purchased from Sun Microsystems) and Android an operating system for mobile services belongs to Google. Now Oracle is pissed off by the use of java software development kit by the Google.

So what is that the internet users can learn from it? Well if Google is a search engine giant for the information then Oracle is the backbone of database management systems used in almost every single organization. Both of these companies develop cutting edge technologies.  

Interestingly, we depend heavily on Google for searching information on daily basis. So the use of Google is quite apparent however people appreciate the importance of Google but they tend to forget and underestimate the contribution of Oracle. Because the technologies developed by Oracle is used by Google and it functions behind the scenes. Therefore both of them count for internet users.

Another interesting thing that we have to note is that the unlimited power of search engines. Why I say so? The reason is that the Google has complete control to block the search results for Oracle whenever someone is searching about them. For instance about 8 million people around the world daily search for Oracle. Hence if Google blocks the search results for oracle even for one week then it is going to hurt Oracle very badly.

From the point above what internet users can also learn is that Google can block not just Oracle but can also stop indexing the websites of individuals (called webmasters) in their search results. But I believe Google will be reluctant to do so because in a long run people may start doubting its credibility. But on the other had even Google depends upon technologies developed by Oracle and its subsidiaries. Actually both Google and Oracle are indispensible to each other.

Therefore in the end I would say that internet users to some extent are affected by the tussle between two giants. I hope that the both companies are able to solve their differences because in today’s world we all depend on each other.