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Who the hell would want to live in a world where supplier error or even malice would screw innocent third parties downstream in the supply chain? That would be
by gte910h 17y ago
Who the hell would want to live in a world where supplier error or even malice would screw innocent third parties downstream in the supply chain? That would be hideous in today's IP soaked technical landscape.
- hga 17y agoPerhaps a company that can't retain its technical staff? Hmmm, perhaps that thought goes further, maybe their lawyers are lousy because they can't retain good ones who will push their novel (and as you point out insane) legal theory?
- gte910h 17y agoYeah, we need a neologism for companies pursuing crackpot legal theories, betting their entire company on the outcome. This feels like a SCO trial part II.
- hga 17y agoThe bulk of SCO Group v. The World (them vs. IBM and Novell) wasn't as I recall based on crackpot legal theories, their problem was that the facts weren't on their side. I.e. they didn't own UNIX(TM) and IBM didn't do anything illicit with UNIX(TM) anyway. That's in part why it took/is taking longer, there have to be findings of fact which a judge can't do (Novell's summary judgment win on ownership was reversed, so they had to put it before a jury, where they won).