SAP Tab for Theft
November 29, 2010
I love the US legal system. An 11 day trial and courteous behavior at every turn. The German software giant SAP admitted wrong doing. Silicon Valley’s Mr. Rogers explained in refined periodic sentences that its intellectual property was used improperly. At the end of the demonstration that manners are deeply rooted in the American business scene, Oracle received a positive judgment and a mere pittance for the wrong done.
You can read all about this flashback to the days of the 17th century England’s Restoration conduct in “SAP Must Pay Oracle $1.3 Billion Over Unit’s Downloads.” Here’s the hot bit:
SAP AG, the world’s largest maker of business application software, must pay $1.3 billion to Oracle Corp. for copyright infringement by a now-defunct software maintenance unit, a federal jury in California decided.
A mere pittance. Anyone remember this quip from The Man of Mode:
Next to the coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.
These old lovers—Oracle and SAP–will be conjoined in the future. T’will be, methinks, a love triangle with HP, dear HP, kneeling and eager.
Stephen E Arnold, November 29, 2010
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