On Fri, 3 Jun 2022 at 15:49, Bill Johnson <00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Saying it will or won’t be overturned is just as silly as insinuating IBM > will now hand over 1.6 billion at this stage of the proceedings. Yet, the > headline states and the OP assumes exactly that. Gleefully I might add.
Uh, no. The subject line is exactly "IBM ordered to pay $1.6b to BMC". Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, June 3, 2022, 9:58 PM, Jay Maynard <jaymayn...@gmail.com> wrote: Uhm, Bill...where, exactly, did Tony (I assume you mean Tony Harminc, right?) say that IBM was going to hand over $1.6e+09? Citation, please. With quote. On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 8:54 PM Bill Johnson < 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Tony thinks IBM is handing over 1.6 billion. Because the judge ordered it. > In the article it states IBM is going to appeal. Which means they don’t pay > anything, yet. Once they file a Notice of Appeal, usually within 30 days, > with documentation of why they think the trial judge was wrong, the appeals > court will decide whether the case gets heard. (Very likely) It gets > scheduled, might be a while, and the appeals court might overturn or uphold > the judgment. If upheld, IBM can appeal further. If overturned, BMC can > appeal. Meanwhile, BMC & IBM can negotiate a settlement while the appeals > play out. It could take years. No money changes hands while it plays out. > No matter what the judge said. > I was in law enforcement and was going to be a lawyer about 20 years ago. > Took the LSAT, passed with flying colors and was offered seats at a number > of law schools nationwide. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Friday, June 3, 2022, 9:34 PM, Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Well, look at the history (I saved it below): > > You: ....the headline states and the OP assumes exactly that [IBM will now > hand over 1.6 billion]... > > Tony: ...no. The subject line is exactly "IBM ordered to pay $1.6b to BMC". > > You said (among other things) that the articles headline states that IBM > will now hand over the fine. I don't think you meant that, you were > conflating the headline with the article, while distinguishing between the > judgement against IBM and IBM's putative obedience. Tony pointed out, > correctly, that the headline did not after all say exactly that. He was > picking out just that one part of your words, not the whole thing. > > The discussion kind of went south from there. I'm guessing you thought > Tony was disagreeing with the entirety of your post, not just that one > part, and the two of you started sliding down the slippery slope toward a > flame war. As usual, it isn't necessary. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. > The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. > -Churchill */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Bill Johnson > Sent: Friday, June 3, 2022 20:09 > > Explain it to me Bob. I gotta hear this. > > --- On Friday, June 3, 2022, 8:02 PM, Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> > wrote: > No, Bill, you don't, or at least you didn't in this case. I don’t mind > explaining it to you, if you really missed it. If you don't care, I'll > leave it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Bill Johnson > Sent: Friday, June 3, 2022 19:03 > > I read just fine. There’s more than just the headline. > > --- On Friday, June 3, 2022, 6:58 PM, Tony Harminc <t...@harminc.net> > wrote: > Do you not understand how to read? > > --- On Fri, 3 Jun 2022 at 17:11, Bill Johnson < > 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > And they’re appealing. So no payment will be made yet. Do you not > understand how courts work? > > --- On Friday, June 3, 2022, 5:09 PM, Tony Harminc <t...@harminc.net> > wrote: > Uh, no. The subject line is exactly "IBM ordered to pay $1.6b to BMC". > > --- On Fri, 3 Jun 2022 at 15:49, Bill Johnson < > 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Saying it will or won’t be overturned is just as silly as insinuating > IBM will now hand over 1.6 billion at this stage of the proceedings. Yet, > the headline states and the OP assumes exactly that. Gleefully I might add. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
