Litigation update: Sun 1, NetApp 0

Bill Todd  |   Jun 30 2008   1:07AM GMT

Horses#!t. Sun was the aggressor from Day 1, continuing the demands on NetApp that StorageTek had initiated before it was acquired by Sun - culminating in a specific demand for $36.5 million from NetApp to license StorageTek intellectual property (that NetApp denied it was infringing) well before NetApp responded with its suit.

Apparently you’ve been as easily taken in by Sun’s propaganda as so much of the rest of the world has been - but as a reporter you really ought to consider yourself a bit more responsible for actually investigating your statements before making them public.

Beth Pariseau  |   Jun 30 2008   8:41AM GMT

netapp was the first to litigate. the post is about the litigation. hence, i began it with netapp’s suit.

you are correct that there were discussions that lead to that lawsuit, but as to the nature of those discussions, there are only a few people who really know what happened–and so far, publicly, the facts of those discussions are under dispute.

Bill Todd  |   Jun 30 2008   9:14AM GMT

I’m afraid that your statement “NetApp started all this” seems considerably more general than your explanation above suggests: if your intent was as limited as you claim, then your choice of phrasing was unfortunate.

And the letter sent by Sun to NetApp demanding $36.5 million well before the beginning of any court action is, as far as I’ve seen, under no dispute whatsoever.

Beth Pariseau  |   Jun 30 2008   9:39AM GMT

well, a less than ideal choice of words is a far cry from being “taken in by Sun propaganda”, so let’s call us even.

Bill Todd  |   Jun 30 2008   1:46PM GMT

Indeed: my apologies for having responded appropriately to what you said, rather than to what you now say you meant.

Hollye Merton  |   Jul 13 2008   2:58PM GMT

Litigation in this manner never results favorably for either side. They both need to sit down at the table and hash it out.

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