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Oracle, NetApp Drop ZFS Patent Suit

Posted by Soulskill on from the there-will-be-peace-in-our-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It seems Oracle and NetApp have kissed and made up over the ZFS patent lawsuit. Before Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, NetApp sued Sun claiming ZFS infringed on its patents. Sun later sued NetApp back. From today, all is forgotten and Oracle and NetApp are friends. NetApp CEO Tom Georgens even said the two companies have shared a 'common vision' focused on providing solutions that reduce IT cost and complexity. Both companies now want collaboration between them to continue."

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  1. Re:Bigger Stick by Overzeetop · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, don't throw me into that briar patch!

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  2. Re:Reduced cost & complexity? by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have some nice swap real estate to sell them...

    Yeah, once they find out they can only inhabit as much as they can page in at once they're going to be pissed.

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  3. Re:Reduced cost & complexity? by TheRaven64 · · Score: 2, Funny

    What are you talking about? Oracle is all about reducing cost. Once they've got you locked in to their ecosystem, the cost of sales and marketing alone, not to mention support, goes down considerably.

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