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Him: spare change he can find in the couch. Google: Billions of dollars to piss away on stupid ideas. Yeah... he's not going to win. See Microsoft versus the

by adekok 9y ago

Him: spare change he can find in the couch. Google: Billions of dollars to piss away on stupid ideas. Yeah... he's not going to win. See Microsoft versus the poor sap who trademarked "Internet Explorer". He had a black and white ownership of the trademark. He sued MS, and we all know what the result was: they're still using the name "Internet Explorer" Why? They buried him with lawyers. Then, offered to pay his legal expenses if he stopped the lawsuit, and turned over the trademark to them. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/02/business/microsoft-settles-lawsuit-over-trademark.html?mcubz=0 http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/02/business/microsoft-settles... If anyone thinks the justice system is about justice, you're deluded.

unityByFreedom 9y ago
Him: An anonymous person with a story and no evidence Us: Gullible Edit: Downvotes please explain why I should believe everything I read on the internet.
- mythrwy 9y ago
  He was talking bad about Google so you aren't supposed to question it. (kind of like the parent article). Angry pitch fork Internet mobs don't like skeptics. They probably would have been superstitiously burning witches 1000 years ago but now there's a different work of Satan to get all frothed up about. It's ridiculous. Google has done an immeasurable amount of good in the world by bringing knowledge to millions of people. By helping cross cultural barriers and disseminate ways of thinking. Unlike most "startups" Google really has changed the world. But hey, a professor got fired and some opportunistic journalist is making un-evidenced spin, so fire the torches up. If you don't get with the mob you are obviously a witch as well.
  - fuck_google 9y ago
    Do you honestly think that Google is somehow magically better than other search engines? Or are Google ads the culmination of civilization? Google has definitely changed the world, but not always for the better. In many ways Google is worse than Microsoft in the past because abusing its market power has more far reaching consequences.
- Sacho 9y ago
  GP started with "If what you say is true", so the following discussion would be under that assumption.
- brightball 9y ago
  I'm not going to tell you that you should believe everything you read on the internet, but when it comes to lawsuits there are absolutely "weight classes" involved. Multiple attorneys have talked to me about this. What it boils down to is that when an attorney sends an accusation to your legal team, your legal team has to respond. The bigger the company, the more nonsense requests they can afford to send to your team which drives up your legal expenses in terms of billable hours. They can't not-respond. The old "get 50 boxes of files" when requesting an single paper trope is a thing that actually does happen. The bigger the opposition, the more of those requests will come across and the more things your team will have to respond to. If you had a $2000 dispute with a huge company, if they wanted to they could ensure that your legal bill was hundreds of thousands of dollars, which increases your personal level of risk if you lose the case. If you lose, you're bankrupt. The only way you can afford to get in a court battle like that is if you have that type of money to risk. Source: Friends with a lot of lawyers for some reason
  - unityByFreedom 9y ago
    > when it comes to lawsuits there are absolutely "weight classes" involved I don't dispute that. I think it's common knowledge, particularly among techies who are all too familiar with patent trolls. Lawsuits aren't the only option. He could also go to the press. Unless this guy settled a suit, he's not legally bound to be vague. As it is, it's another unverifiable claim on the internet from an anonymous source. Too many to count.
    - drdeca 9y ago
      I am a little confused. by "he" are you talking about the commenter in this thread or the person who is said to have had a trademark for "Internet Explorer" ?

by adekok 9y ago

unityByFreedom 9y ago

Him: An anonymous person with a story and no evidence Us: Gullible Edit: Downvotes please explain why I should believe everything I read on the internet.

mythrwy 9y ago
He was talking bad about Google so you aren't supposed to question it. (kind of like the parent article). Angry pitch fork Internet mobs don't like skeptics. They probably would have been superstitiously burning witches 1000 years ago but now there's a different work of Satan to get all frothed up about. It's ridiculous. Google has done an immeasurable amount of good in the world by bringing knowledge to millions of people. By helping cross cultural barriers and disseminate ways of thinking. Unlike most "startups" Google really has changed the world. But hey, a professor got fired and some opportunistic journalist is making un-evidenced spin, so fire the torches up. If you don't get with the mob you are obviously a witch as well.
- fuck_google 9y ago
  Do you honestly think that Google is somehow magically better than other search engines? Or are Google ads the culmination of civilization? Google has definitely changed the world, but not always for the better. In many ways Google is worse than Microsoft in the past because abusing its market power has more far reaching consequences.
Sacho 9y ago
GP started with "If what you say is true", so the following discussion would be under that assumption.
brightball 9y ago
I'm not going to tell you that you should believe everything you read on the internet, but when it comes to lawsuits there are absolutely "weight classes" involved. Multiple attorneys have talked to me about this. What it boils down to is that when an attorney sends an accusation to your legal team, your legal team has to respond. The bigger the company, the more nonsense requests they can afford to send to your team which drives up your legal expenses in terms of billable hours. They can't not-respond. The old "get 50 boxes of files" when requesting an single paper trope is a thing that actually does happen. The bigger the opposition, the more of those requests will come across and the more things your team will have to respond to. If you had a $2000 dispute with a huge company, if they wanted to they could ensure that your legal bill was hundreds of thousands of dollars, which increases your personal level of risk if you lose the case. If you lose, you're bankrupt. The only way you can afford to get in a court battle like that is if you have that type of money to risk. Source: Friends with a lot of lawyers for some reason
- unityByFreedom 9y ago
  > when it comes to lawsuits there are absolutely "weight classes" involved I don't dispute that. I think it's common knowledge, particularly among techies who are all too familiar with patent trolls. Lawsuits aren't the only option. He could also go to the press. Unless this guy settled a suit, he's not legally bound to be vague. As it is, it's another unverifiable claim on the internet from an anonymous source. Too many to count.
  - drdeca 9y ago
    I am a little confused. by "he" are you talking about the commenter in this thread or the person who is said to have had a trademark for "Internet Explorer" ?