SAP Ordered To Pay $1.3 Billion To Oracle

bdcny7927 writes with news that a jury decided to award Oracle $1.3 billion in their lawsuit against SAP after deliberating for less than a day. "The verdict ... is the biggest ever for copyright infringement and the largest US jury award of 2010, according to Bloomberg data. The award is about equal to SAP’s forecasted net income for the fourth quarter, excluding some costs, according to the average estimate of analysts... SAP spokesman Bill Wohl said the German software maker will pursue all available options, including post-trial motions and will appeal if necessary."

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[afabbro]

And a confession in the USA isn't worth anything in the rest of the world. We all seen the figures about how many people would rather plead guilty for a crime they didn't do in order to avoid the life-destroying sentences. So a confession just doesn't hold any true value.

Kid, you should just stop now, because you're making less and less sense. Now you're comparing an enormous multinational corporation who can afford top-flight legal talent in a civil case to an indigent defendant who takes a plea bargain in a criminal case.

And I bet a couple of those non-knowing jury members found it a nice opportunity to fuck something un-american.

Yes. That must be it.