 Guru5
join:2005-12-01
Canada | MS will never pay MS will dodge this one with their highly paid lawyers.
Plus, the story seems to have more than meets the eye. |
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| The good thing here is that while Microsoft is getting sued and is at 70k employees, Google is NOT losing billion dollar lawsuits and is at 10k employees if you go by Yahoo figures. Eventually Google will surpass Microsoft in size AND scope while Microsoft gets hit with 1.2 Billion dollar lawsuits consistently. This wont be the last lawsuit against Microsoft and the dollar amounts will ONLY get higher.
1.2 Billion is only a fraction from Microsoft's cash coffers but its being spent on lawsuits and not for R+D and investments in the firm. |
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| Yeah, Google just buys $1.65 billion in worthless internet video companies. How could one search company become so powerful? I mean Yahoo and MSN Live and Ask.com do the same thing. I guess the creative "playing with legos" act paid off. It seems like ever since they went public they have just been buying companies instead of actually producing something themselves. |
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Likely scenario:
1- The judge will reduce the award considerably. Juries are notorious for over-awarding judgments, especially against very large corporations.
2- MS will still appeal anyway, even if the award is reduced, so as not to set a precedent in future cases.
3- An Appeals court in Wash,DC is much more likely to override the decision than any California Court.
4- Final resolution sometime in 2010 or after.
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said by Prentiss:The good thing here is that while Microsoft is getting sued and is at 70k employees, Google is NOT losing billion dollar lawsuits and is at 10k employees if you go by Yahoo figures. Eventually Google will surpass Microsoft in size AND scope while Microsoft gets hit with 1.2 Billion dollar lawsuits consistently. This wont be the last lawsuit against Microsoft and the dollar amounts will ONLY get higher. 1.2 Billion is only a fraction from Microsoft's cash coffers but its being spent on lawsuits and not for R+D and investments in the firm. And how is that good? Because MS is evil and Google is altruistic. That is a very poor reading of the relative underlying motives of a corporation. Neither is good or evil. And Google is no better or worse than MS in its future goal of making huge profits for the shareholders.
Your Google fanboy attitude is sadly naive.
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 vpokoPremium
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Boston, MA | reply to fAcEtIOUs
said by fAcEtIOUs:3- An Appeals court in Wash,DC is much more likely to override the decision than any California Court. An appeal from the California District Court would normally go to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California, it would only make it to Washington if the Supreme Court granted review. |
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 rfharThe World Sport, Played In Every CountryPremium
join:2001-03-26
Buicktown,Mi | reply to fAcEtIOUs
Ain't that the truth. |
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said by vpoko:said by fAcEtIOUs:3- An Appeals court in Wash,DC is much more likely to override the decision than any California Court. An appeal from the California District Court would normally go to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California, it would only make it to Washington if the Supreme Court granted review. Read the news item. It goes to Wash,DC because that is where all patent case appeals are heard.
»www.nytimes.com/2007/02/23/techn···&emc=rss
If he does not, Microsoft will probably take the case to the federal appeals court in Washington, which hears patent cases. »usgovinfo.about.com/blfedcourts.htm
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit( » www.fedcir.gov/about.html ) has nationwide jurisdiction and hears specialized cases like patent and international trade cases.
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 RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
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said by Prentiss:The good thing here is that while Microsoft is getting sued and is at 70k employees, Google is NOT losing billion dollar lawsuits and is at 10k employees if you go by Yahoo figures. Eventually Google will surpass Microsoft in size AND scope while Microsoft gets hit with 1.2 Billion dollar lawsuits consistently. This wont be the last lawsuit against Microsoft and the dollar amounts will ONLY get higher. 1.2 Billion is only a fraction from Microsoft's cash coffers but its being spent on lawsuits and not for R+D and investments in the firm. I'm not defending Microsoft, but let's be realistic here. Microsoft has annual revenues of 40+ Billion. Google is around 3.5 billion. Google will never surpass Microsoft in size (employee and revenues).
When Google is split up by the U.S. Government because of anti-trust reasons, then you can say that Google surprassed Microsoft. Until then, Google is just a puppet in this game while investors get rich off their stock. Enjoy it while it lasts. |
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| No Google will more likely become part of the RIAA/MPAA or some media company because of the copyright material uploaded to YouTube |
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RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
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kudos:2 | said by hottboiinnc:No Google will more likely become part of the RIAA/MPAA or some media company because of the copyright material uploaded to YouTube Yep.
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I believe the statement was that this is 6 weeks of cash flow. Not a big deal by any means to them. |
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Ahrenl
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North Andover, MA | reply to fdghdfe
Because they're not a search company, they're THE internet advertising company. They have over 50% market share of internet advertising with very sophisticated targeting software that surpasses any of their competitors capabilities. Their company is worth so much because they grow their revenue by 100% every year. GOOG is worth 1/2 of MSFT. |
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