As we say farewell to 2020, we would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your continued support of Beeman & Muchmore. To say that 2020 has been an interesting year would be an understatement, as abrupt changes swept across the globe in nearly every profession and walk of life.
On December 11, 2020, Oracle Corporation announced that they will be moving corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas. Moving to the Lone Star State has recently been trending among tech companies and high-profile business titans. But what does this mean for the Oracle licensee?
We were thrilled to to be featured yesterday on Database Trends and Application's website as they shared the news of our exciting new endeavor with LicenseFortress!
The nakedly optimistic legal axiom “Where there is a wrong there is a remedy” gives a blanket assurance that all legitimate grievances are inherently susceptible to redress. For those of us who live in the software licensing space and believe Oracle’s infamously aggressive auditing and licensing tactics are such a wrong, we often ask ourselves whether Oracle will ever find itself targeted by the right remedy at the right time.
If any of your company’s employees use Java – which, if you are tech or tech-adjacent, some almost certainly do – your company’s vulnerability to Oracle audits is likely to increase over the next few years. And, in this post, we explain why.
In Part III, we delve into the possible reasons why Oracle is pursuing a teen-focused social media app with data security problems and what this might mean for the hapless Oracle software licensee.
In Part II, we attempt to set the stage with regards to Oracle’s involvement in the TikTok saga by first discussing the details surrounding Oracle’s association with the current administration.
This podcast couldn’t be more timely for the Oracle licensee. As the world collectively awaits the next round of rulings in the Sunrise Firefighters securities litigation and the Google vs Oracle copyright dispute (which is now before the Supreme Court), Oracle continues to pitch and pivot its strategy, making it increasingly difficult to forge a stable licensing plan.
While Oracle has made no secret of the fact that it has been currying favor with the current administration since the 2016 election, it takes some digging to understand why Oracle chose to cash in its new political capital in order to obtain quasi-control over a social media site with an overwhelmingly teenage base.
