On 9/9/2010 10:25 AM, Richard Elling wrote:
This is welcome news.
-- richard
On Sep 9, 2010, at 9:38 AM, David Magda wrote:
Seems that things have been cleared up:
NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that both parties have agreed to
dismiss their pending patent litigation, which began in 2007 between Sun
Microsystems and NetApp. Oracle and NetApp seek to have the lawsuits
dismissed without prejudice. The terms of the agreement are confidential.
http://tinyurl.com/39qkzgz
http://www.netapp.com/us/company/news/news-rel-20100909-oracle-settlement.html
A recap of the history at:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/09/oracle_netapp_zfs_dismiss
Yes, it's welcome to get it over with.
I do get to bitch about one aspect here of the US civil legal system,
though. If you've gone so far as to burn our (the public's) time and
money to file a lawsuit, you shouldn't be able to seal up the court
transcript, or have a non-public settlement. Call it the price you pay
for wasting our time (i.e. the court system's time).
--
Erik Trimble
Java System Support
Mailstop: usca22-123
Phone: x17195
Santa Clara, CA
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