The US Court has postponed the trial that could see an agreement reached between Oracle and Google over the use of Java in the Android operating system.
The case has been in court for over a year and was expected to finish at the end of October, but yesterday US District Judge William Alsup put it on hold.
According to Reuters the decision had been expected, but perhaps less likely was the judge’s other bit of news, that he might hand the case over to another judge.
Perhaps no one expected the case to go on this long, or perhaps it was just whoever controls Alsup’s diary, as he explained that he has another criminal trial to deal with, one that might last until February next year.
“Your case is huge and needs the attention of somebody who can give it more time than I can,” Alsup said, despite his familiarity with the case.
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