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"So the author's reliance on this de facto "rule not to litigate" is flawed." And also historically ignorant. Yahoo did the same thing to Google when they wen

by Steko 15y ago

"So the author's reliance on this de facto "rule not to litigate" is flawed." And also historically ignorant. Yahoo did the same thing to Google when they went public in 2004. Somehow the world didn't end.

dodedo 15y ago
No, they didn't. Your memory of history is incorrect. Overture, a completely different company, sued Google in 2002, two years before their IPO. Yahoo purchased Overture in 2003. After this, Google settled. Google's IPO wasn't until 2004.
- Steko 15y ago
  Thx for correction. Google reveals that Y! did sue X-fire apparently over a buddy list patent in 2005 which would also make the same point though.
  - dodedo 15y ago
    Absolutely. I should make it clear: I am not defending Yahoo's behavior here. Just trying to keep the facts factual.