Suppose I want to write an honest negative review of a place, but I know might be sued for the review. I also know it is very likely that I'll be vindicated in court, but only after spending thousands of dollars I don't have and dedicating many, many hours that I don't have. I may well not write the review.
I suspect many people would find themselves in this position were these suits to become perceived as commonplace.
They publicly came out and said they would continue to support Office, when the perception (and somewhat the reality) was that so many other companies had decided to stop producing software for Macintosh as it was a near-dead platform. This, of course, was after they had done a great deal to try to kill Apple over the previous 10 or so years.
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Suppose I want to write an honest negative review of a place, but I know might be sued for the review. I also know it is very likely that I'll be vindicated in court, but only after spending thousands of dollars I don't have and dedicating many, many hours that I don't have. I may well not write the review. I suspect many people would find themselves in this position were these suits to become perceived as commonplace.
All of the Feynman stories are available in _Classic Feynman_ http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Character/dp/0393061329/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234139461&sr=8-1 I have my students read this and it's incredibly inspirational to them.
They publicly came out and said they would continue to support Office, when the perception (and somewhat the reality) was that so many other companies had decided to stop producing software for Macintosh as it was a near-dead platform. This, of course, was after they had done a great deal to try to kill Apple over the previous 10 or so years.