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And this long-term view is, I suspect, how NewEgg justifies the short-term risk of losing a trial. Never negotiate with terrorists.
by alex_c 14y ago
And this long-term view is, I suspect, how NewEgg justifies the short-term risk of losing a trial. Never negotiate with terrorists.
- eksith 14y agoIsn't it odd that this is exactly what patent trolls have become? How many people (especially small company owners) are living in teror of being sued, or have already been sued, for being in violation of completely asinine patents? They've all pretty much been reduced to "X on a computer" or "X over a network" with "X" being ideas that are in many cases decades old and if patented, long since those patents have expired. I guess this is what we get with patent office incompetence and rubber-stamp-happy inspectors. The patent office a little while ago asked for "feedback" on the software patent issue. I had a good chuckle.
- lubujackson 14y agoSOYLENT TERRORISM IS CORPORATE PEOPLE!
- pjscott 14y agoIf you think "Don't negotiate with terrorists" is just overdramatizing, then you've misread. It's actually a reference to an interesting bit of theory about deterrence. A country which has a history of negotiating with terrorists will tend to get more terrorists making demands of them. Conversely, a country which steadfastly refuses to ever negotiate, even when this hurts them, will not get as many terrorist demands. This kind of reasoning also applies to border skirmishes, contract disputes, and patent trolls.