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How far do we take dismissing "non-lawyer" opinions? | 438 comments | Create New Account
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Oracle seem to be getting away with that more
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 26 2012 @ 02:42 PM EDT
Discrediting people as they are not legal experts.

They seem to want to have their cake and eat it on that
topic.

I wonder why Google didn't ask Rubin if he was a legal expert
on licensing terms, and then paint him as a technical expert,
but as a legal fool (at least I don't recall seeing that they
did.)

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Insider's view of Oracle from Sun programmer
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 26 2012 @ 02:48 PM EDT
Scroll to minute 33, listen for about 10 minutes. Funny. Brian Cantrill on Oracle and dTrace Compares Oracle to a lawn mover. A mower doesn't care if you stick your hand inside. It can't.

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Oracle: Schwartz is not a lawyer
Authored by: indyandy on Thursday, April 26 2012 @ 02:49 PM EDT
Call me naïve if you wish but I always thought it was the company lawyers' job
to implement the business strategy.

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How far do we take dismissing "non-lawyer" opinions?
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 26 2012 @ 04:07 PM EDT
My goodness, are lawyers the only people allowed to speak officially about a
company's legal position? Can we dismiss anything Gates, Balmer, Ellison,
Schwartz, McNealy or any other top executives say about their companies?

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  • Apparently so - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 26 2012 @ 04:35 PM EDT
    • Apparently so - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 26 2012 @ 05:02 PM EDT
    • Apparently so - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 26 2012 @ 09:14 PM EDT
  • Lindholm? - Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Thursday, April 26 2012 @ 09:47 PM EDT
What is this about?
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 26 2012 @ 04:11 PM EDT
It's not the first time, nor probably the last, in this case that
Oracle has objected to a witness' statement because
"he's not a lawyer". Reminds me of the folks here
who say they dare not read patents because of what it
might do to their employment. So is this opening another door?
That engineers should not read licenses either, leave all
that to the lawyers. Sounds like make-work for the litigation
industry with all the new infringement suits because an engineer
did not read the license before using something.

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