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What IBM hopes to recover.....
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 25 2013 @ 07:02 AM EDT
is their good name, and they also want to warn off other potential vexatious
litigators by showing them what they would be up against if they should ever
think to try the same sort of antics with them.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

I get the impression.....
Authored by: PJ on Saturday, May 25 2013 @ 11:38 AM EDT
Well, one part is that at the time, David Boies had
the policy of taking all clients who paid the
fee. After SCO, that policy changed.

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This is all about signalling
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 26 2013 @ 12:03 AM EDT
There is no meat left on the SCO carcass for even the
hungriest of vultures. The only thing to be gained of this by
IBM is to send a message that they will vigorously defend
their business against intellectual property trolls.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

It was never about the money
Authored by: xtifr on Sunday, May 26 2013 @ 06:43 AM EDT

IBM hasn't been after money in this case ever. SCOG slandered IBM, and IBM wants to prove that it was slander. IBM's an old-fashioned company in that way--they actually care about their reputation with their partners and customers.

Accusing IBM of violating contracts and licenses is probably the worst thing SCOG could have done, as far as creating an implacable, unrelenting foe goes.

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Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for it makes them soggy and hard to light.

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To Ralph Yarro's Utter Destruction....
Authored by: SirHumphrey on Sunday, May 26 2013 @ 06:43 PM EDT
http://groklawstatic.ibiblio.org/articlebasic.php%3fstory=2010090209355689

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

We can only hope...
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 26 2013 @ 06:52 PM EDT
That IBM does to Boies what the they deserve: string it out until the entire law
firm is BANKRUPT!!!

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