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Judge Wants Ellison, Page To Settle Differences

Posted by samzenpus on from the taking-care-of-things-personally dept.

itwbennett writes "Apparently, Oracle's president, Safra Catz, and Google's head of mobile, Andy Rubin, aren't senior enough to attend a court mediation session. Judge William Alsup, who is overseeing the dispute between the two companies, wants the Larrys to go head to head instead. Oracle agreed with part of Alsup's recommendation, saying in a Wednesday evening filing that, 'Oracle believes the prospects for a successful mediation will be far greater if Google's executive-level representative is a superior to Mr. Rubin, who is the architect of Google's Android strategy — the strategy that gives rise to this case.' Oracle also noted that Rubin has represented Google in past, failed mediations."

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  1. Oh, Lordy. by hey! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does the judge even know who Larry Ellison *is*? A normal person's first reaction would be to throttle the man for the good of humanity.

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    1. Re:Oh, Lordy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Does the judge even know who Larry Ellison *is*? A normal person's first reaction would be to throttle the man for the good of humanity.

      I would assume he does. I mean, his name is right in the company... I mean, that's what ORACLE stands for, right? One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison?

  2. Page should know by twoears · · Score: 4, Funny

    Page should know you don't negotiate with terrorists. Ellison is a software terrorist.

  3. Re:Can oracle win the suit? by cwebster · · Score: 3, Informative

    He was wrong on the details and displays terrible ability to use google to find the right article, but he was right that the 1.3B judgment was struck down. To my knowledge a new amount has not been settled on. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-billion-award-tossed-sap-oracle.html

  4. Re:I've got a solution.... by Sloppy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    His idea is stupid, but it's not a freedom issue if you replace "company" with "corporation." There are no ethical barriers to imposing conditions in exchange for the miraculous perk of limited liability; there are only performance issues.

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  5. Our IP laws are just too complex and absurd by bigsexyjoe · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The judge has no idea what to do. The lawsuit is just a giant mess. Our IP laws strongly discourage competition and the judge doesn't want to admit it. He probably can't even begin to decide how the laws actually determine this complex case.

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