Oracle's CEO ran into Google's top lawyer at a party and told him 'Thou shalt not steal'

When Oracle CEO Safra Catz ran into Google's top lawyer Kent Walker at a bar mitzvah party, she had a very sternly-worded message for him, she says: "Thou shalt not steal." 

Catz told this story during her testimony today on the stand for Oracle's ongoing lawsuit against Google. It was reported by Electronic Frontier Foundation Director of Copyright Activism Parker Higgins via Twitter.

At the heart of Oracle's lawsuit is the allegation that Google improperly used pieces of Java technology in Android without paying properly for the privilege. Oracle is seeking $8.8 billion in damages.

On the stand, Catz described "thou shalt not steal" as "an oldie but a goodie." Given that it's one of the Biblical ten commandments, it's especially appropriate for a bat mitzvah - a celebration of a Jewish teenager's first time being called up to read from the Torah.

 

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