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Spotting The Truth
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 02:57 PM EDT
While I do not question the competency of Google attorneys, I
sometimes wonder whether they will spot things like these,
after all, they are just human. I can only hope and pray that
they do.

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Spotting The Truth
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 04:52 PM EDT
I smell M$ in this somewhere. Problem is, where? Oracle is
one of their best-poised competitors. Some left-field
guesses:
-- M$ quietly offered to take SQL Server out of certain
markets in exchange for Oracle winning this
-- M$ offered priority access to certain APIs in exchange
-- M$ offered to sell Dynamics to Oracle at a discount
Now that Oracle appears to be slowly losing, I think they
might play to lose at some point. Why? If APIs lose any
kind of intellectual rights protection, Oracle could
conceivably gain all kinds of access to M$ APIs. M$ vendors
and competitors previously held at arms' length by APIs
would be able to run amok on M$, finding ways to chip away
at their businesses as well as mete out payback in court.
Oracle would come away a winner in the long haul.

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  • Occam's Razor - MS not relevant - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 05:24 PM EDT
  • Paranoia - Authored by: sproggit on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 05:41 PM EDT
    • Paranoia - Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 05:53 PM EDT
      • Paranoia - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 07:52 PM EDT
      • Chess - Authored by: sproggit on Thursday, April 19 2012 @ 01:49 AM EDT
        • Chess - Authored by: PJ on Thursday, April 19 2012 @ 02:05 AM EDT
        • Chess - Authored by: bilateralrope on Thursday, April 19 2012 @ 03:39 AM EDT
          • Chess - Authored by: JK Finn on Thursday, April 19 2012 @ 06:02 AM EDT
    • Paranoia - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 19 2012 @ 02:48 AM EDT
  • MS, doubtful. Apple, likely. - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 18 2012 @ 06:27 PM EDT
Summing up:
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 19 2012 @ 06:28 AM EDT
The enemy of my enemy is my friend?

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