Ballmer says Red Hat infringes MS IP

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 20:03 -0700, eric© wrote:
> I'm waiting for RH to sue MS for making false claims that could
> negatively impact RH's business.
> 
> eric
> 
> On 10/10/07, David Munson <david.munson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yeah, the first though I had upon reading that was "Oh really? Then sue!"
> >
> > > I think that the larger story is corporate responsibility. If Balmer
> > > actually believed that Red Hat is infringing on Microsoft's IP, then not
> > > to aggressively move to protect their valuable assets would be an
> > > abrogation of his responsibility as CEO and Microsoft shareholders would
> > > have an actionable complaint against him.
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if they could prove damages, it would be interesting - though I would
have to wonder if a non-technical jury could comprehend technical issues
because normally, patent litigation is done in front of a single judge
(though not always). The issue is that juries get lost in the technical
mumbo jumbo.

Craig