"On the other hand, Google’s copying helped Google makea vast amount of money from its Android platform. And enforcement of the Sun Java API copyright might give Oracle a significant share of these funds. It is important, how-ever, to consider why and how Oracle might have become entitled to this money. When a new interface, like an API or a spreadsheet program, first comes on the market, it may attract new users because of its expressive qualities, such as a better visual screen or because of its superior functionality. As time passes, however, it may be valuable for a different reason, namely, because users, including programmers, are just used to it. They have already learned how to work with it. See Lotus Development Corp., 49 F. 3d, at 821 "

Interesting to see SCOTUS citing Lotus v Borland, which was originally deadlocked at 4-4 (although Breyer seems to have voted in favour of Lotus back then). Does this elevate the precedential value of Lotus?