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Compuware Brings IBM to Antitrust Court

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dragging-them-back dept.

pcs305 writes " According to a news article at Yahoo, Compuware is accusing IBM of stealing code and copying Compuware manuals. They also accuse IBM of being a monopoly in the mainframe market and of anti-competitive behaviour. "

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  1. IBM a monopoly in the mainframe market? by AMuse · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's still a mainframe market?

    1. Re:IBM a monopoly in the mainframe market? by hawk · · Score: 3, Funny
      >well, you know the concept of clusters, do you?


      Yeah, that's when a bunch of them are close enough to one another that the fire can spread from one to another . . .


      :)


      hawk

  2. Lazy or malicous by Merik · · Score: 4, Funny
    Parts of IBM's manuals were identical to his company's and documented features available in Compuware products but not in IBM's, he added.

    I wonder if this damning evidence was the result of a moron or by some employee pissed off cause he was forced to rip someone elses sh!t.

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  3. Re:What is http://promo.yahoo.com/bigblank/ by GigsVT · · Score: 2, Funny

    Being totally unqualified to respond, I feel like I should. Hell, this is Slashdot after all! :)

    What exactly are you saying, sort of like allowing the customer to rewrite dynamically linked libraries?

    I'd think that in some applications, full code would be necessary for any non-trivial customization.

    Can you give details?

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  4. Re:IBM _is_ a monopoly by smyle · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's sad. Every time I see 's/390', I can't help but think 'but what are you replacing 390 with?'

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