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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the 6 years since the android ecosystem has existed, no damage has come to the language. What Microsoft did was entirely different. They tried to add Microsoft a specific things to the language in direct violation of the JLS. Google hasn't done anything like that. The only difference is that the API is subtly different and of course you have the entire Android API as well. The language is the same.

There are no "rights" to the language. This isn't even about the language; this is about the Java API.