Run away! Run fast little Netapp. Don't anger the sleeping giant - Oracle!
David Magda wrote:
> Seems that things have been cleared up:
>
>> NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that both parties have agreed to
>> dismiss their pending patent litigation, which began in 2007 between Sun
>> Micro
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Bob Friesenhahn <
bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Sep 2010, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>
>>
>> True. But, I wonder if the settlement sets a precedent?
>>
>
> No precedent has been set.
>
>
> Certainly the lack of a successful lawsuit has *failed* to s
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-
> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Bob Friesenhahn
>
> There should be little doubt that NetApp's goal was to make money by
> suing Sun. Nexenta does not have enough income/assets to make a risky
> lawsuit worthwhile.
But in a
On Thu, 9 Sep 2010, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
True. But, I wonder if the settlement sets a precedent?
No precedent has been set.
Certainly the lack of a successful lawsuit has *failed* to set any
precedent conclusively indicating that NetApp has enforceable patents
where ZFS is concerned.
Ri
On 9/9/2010 11:11 AM, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 12:58 -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
On Thu, 9 Sep 2010, Erik Trimble wrote:
Yes, it's welcome to get it over with.
I do get to bitch about one aspect here of the US civil legal system, though.
If you've gone so far as to burn
> "dm" == David Magda writes:
dm> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/09/oracle_netapp_zfs_dismiss/
http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20050121014650517
says when the MPL was modified to become the CDDL, clauses were
removed which would have required Oracle to disclose any p
On Thu, 9 Sep 2010, Erik Trimble wrote:
Yes, it's welcome to get it over with.
I do get to bitch about one aspect here of the US civil legal system, though.
If you've gone so far as to burn our (the public's) time and money to file a
lawsuit, you shouldn't be able to seal up the court transcri
On 9/9/2010 10:25 AM, Richard Elling wrote:
This is welcome news.
-- richard
On Sep 9, 2010, at 9:38 AM, David Magda wrote:
Seems that things have been cleared up:
NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that both parties have agreed to
dismiss their pending patent litigation, which began i
This is welcome news.
-- richard
On Sep 9, 2010, at 9:38 AM, David Magda wrote:
> Seems that things have been cleared up:
>
>> NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that both parties have agreed to
>> dismiss their pending patent litigation, which began in 2007 between Sun
>> Microsystems and N
Seems that things have been cleared up:
> NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that both parties have agreed to
> dismiss their pending patent litigation, which began in 2007 between Sun
> Microsystems and NetApp. Oracle and NetApp seek to have the lawsuits
> dismissed without prejudice. The term
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