And since ThrustSSC went supersonic, we now know what a real supersonic run looks like. Sonic boom, visible shockwaves, disturbance to the ground surface etc. The Budweiser Rocket did none of those things. It definitely went fast but supersonic? I doubt it.
To the contrary, NetApp may end up like SCO vs Novell, where the initial complainant ends up owing the respondent. Sun could very well end up both pwning AND owning NetApp.
As for the antivirus companies - I wish, but there will always be *some* "useful fools" around, and people whose financial self-interest aligns with enabling them to stay dumb and foolish.
According to a post on a Sun website
And, guess what, if you look on NetApp's website they disagree!
Neither of these are likely to be good sources of information. It's quite possible that prior art will deal with all the patents in play by both companies.
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And since ThrustSSC went supersonic, we now know what a real supersonic run looks like. Sonic boom, visible shockwaves, disturbance to the ground surface etc. The Budweiser Rocket did none of those things. It definitely went fast but supersonic? I doubt it.
The NetApp vs Sun lawsuit over ZFS isn't going the way NetApp would like it to ...
http://www.sun.com/lawsuit/zfs/index.jsp
To the contrary, NetApp may end up like SCO vs Novell, where the initial complainant ends up owing the respondent. Sun could very well end up both pwning AND owning NetApp.
As for the antivirus companies - I wish, but there will always be *some* "useful fools" around, and people whose financial self-interest aligns with enabling them to stay dumb and foolish.
According to a post on a Sun website
And, guess what, if you look on NetApp's website they disagree!
http://blogs.netapp.com/dave/2008/11/lawsuits-and-fo.html
Neither of these are likely to be good sources of information. It's quite possible that prior art will deal with all the patents in play by both companies.
Pete