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Does anyone else feel that the fact that Google made this offer and Oracle rejected it, seems to indicate that they believe that they are going to lose this fig
by j_col 15y ago
Does anyone else feel that the fact that Google made this offer and Oracle rejected it, seems to indicate that they believe that they are going to lose this fight with Oracle?
- nknight 15y agoHardly. Modest settlement offers to make a problem go away are very common, even when companies don't expect to lose. Also, the difference between "expect to win" and "expect to lose" can be the difference between 49% and 51%. Civil cases turn on simple preponderance of the evidence.
- Jabbles 15y agoLegal battles are expensive. Also, these settlement talks were court-mandated: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2012032323250553 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2012032323250553