Actually they Did in Europe. European courts sided with Neon

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> On May 1, 2020, at 22:07, Steve Smith <sasd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> No.  Neon was a software company.  They sold a product called zPrime that
> allowed unauthorized usage of zIIP and zAAP for almost any kind of
> workload.  IBM already runs much of DB2 on zIIP.
> 
> IBM only allows code to run on zIIP when you have specific contracts that
> allow you to for specific things.  Neon either violated those, or more
> likely reverse-engineered it, which is almost certainly a violation of some
> other contract they were bound to.
> 
> I don't know any details, but it's hard for me to see how that Neon thought
> they were going to get away with it.
> 
> sas
> 
> 
>> On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 8:42 PM Mike Schwab <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Neon was a product to run some DB2 on zAAPs or zIIPs.  Only the
>> workload specified by IBM could run on those processors.
>> 
>>> On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 5:45 PM Peter Baumann <peterhbaum...@gmx.ch> wrote:
>>> 
>>> In a lawsuit against Neon Enterprise (John Moores) the court ruled in
>> favor of IBM. They had to take zPrime out of the market.  There was also a
>> permanent injunction issued against Neon.
>>> 
>> 
> 
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