Oracle’s Catz Tells Jurors Google Plays by Own Set of Rules
- She told Google lawyer ‘Thou shalt not steal’ at bat mitzvah
- Says Oracle licensing fees dried up after Google co-opted Java
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Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Officer Safra Catz put an Old Testament spin on her company’s software copyright battle with Google as she told jurors about an encounter with her adversary’s top lawyer at a bat mitzvah in 2012.
“You know, Safra,” General Counsel Kent Walker said, according to Catz, “Google is this really special company, and the old rules don’t apply to us.”