[Am-info] Re: MS Depositions

[Hans Reiser]

John J. Urbaniak wrote:

>
>Felmon Davis wrote:
>
>>On Wednesday 30 January 2002 04:45 pm, John J. Urbaniak spake and
>>saith:
>>
>>>sturde@az.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>The problem I have with an ad hominem attack such as this on
>>>>"American Justice" is that it is plain wrong.  If the judge made
>>>>a decision, it would be based on law and her reading of the law
>>>>with the facts before her.  MS has lost consistently before
>>>>judges, not once, but again and again.
>>>>
>>>Y'know - this brings up an interesting question.
>>>
>>>Has Microsoft *ever* won one of those laswuits brought against it?
>>>
>>>I don't mean settlement.  Has there ever been a case where the
>>>Judge or jury ruled in favor of Microsoft?
>>>
>>>If, as I think, the answer is no, why are all these lawyers so
>>>terrified to take the bastards on?
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>I thought they lost against Stac, some kind of illicit code use
>>issue. (Stac also lost against them on some other issue.)
>>
>
>No. They won against Stac for ~~$100 million.  The jury sided with
>Stac.  MS flat-out stole Stac's property.  I think they also launched a
>suit against Stac for about 1 tenth of that amount for something else.
>They were awarded about $10 mil, but they lost the main case.
>
>Of course, the Press trumpeted that as a great MS "Victory."
>
>John
>
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I thought Stac won the case, but couldn't collect the money 
successfully, and then MS bought stac to settle?

Hans