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"Newegg and Rackspace are definitely building a reputation " I can assure you that the overwhelming majority of their customers don't care about this and of th
by larrys 13y ago
"Newegg and Rackspace are definitely building a reputation "
I can assure you that the overwhelming majority of their customers don't care about this and of the ones that do any a portion of them would be able to even change buying decisions over it.
If you are the IT director explaining to your boss that you want to deal with Rackspace or Newegg (and pay higher prices or get not as good of a product) because of this just won't fly. If anything it even makes your judgement suspect in the same way that wanting to give business to your brother in law might. It's not an arms length decision process.
- unreal37 13y agoLarry, I normally agree with you quite a bit. But you're not seeing how much this helps them in the future. You're totally discounting the value of (a) not being sued as often and (b) not having to pay license fees that directly take away from profits. How much did they spend on this trial? How much was Alcatel asking for a license fee ($19 million). Did they litigate this for less than $19 million? I bet they did.
- larrys 13y agoPeople seem to misunderstand that the point I am making (sorry if this is not clear) has nothing to do with whether they should or should not have settled this case. Only the attitude of the legal officer and the statement that he made.
- jlgreco 13y agoThe statement he made will have the effect of further reducing the number of cases that he has to fight... If he were really interested in troll-stomping over all other interests he would be better off saying "We may have won this one, but most of the time we like to settle".