After takin' a swig o' grog, High Plains Thumper belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> For example, look at all the lawsuits with Microsoft as defendant:
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2005/07/14/microsofts-law...
>
> or http://tinyurl.com/59wley
>
> [quote]
>
> Award Amount Plaintiff
> -------------- ------------------
> $1,950,000,000 Sun
> $1,100,000,000 California
> $850,000,000 IBM
> $750,000,000 AOL
> $613,000,000 EU
> $536,000,000 Novell
> $521,000,000 Eolas
> $500,000,000 DR DOS/Caldera
> $440,000,000 Intertrust
> $250,000,000 Apple
> $240,000,000 Minnesota
> $202,000,000 Florida
> $150,000,000 Gateway
> $104,600,000 Arizona
> $96,000,000 Perma Temps
> $89,000,000 North Carolina
> $83,000,000 Stac
> $64,000,000 Tennessee
> $62,000,000 SPX
> $60,000,000 Burst
> $35,000,000 Immersion
> $34,000,000 Massachusett
> $32,000,000 Kansas
> $23,250,000 Be
> $22,600,000 Nebraska state
> $12,300,000 Montana
> $10,500,000 Maryland
> $10,500,000 Private (5)
> $9,700,000 Vermont
> $9,330,000 South Dakota
> $9,000,000 Employee fired (3)
> $9,000,000 North Dakota
> $8,960,000 Carlos Armando (1)
> $8,600,000 Daum (4)
> $6,200,000 Columbia
> $4,100,000 Bristol
> $3,150,000 New Mexico
> $2,000,000 Iowa
Need a bailout? Just sue Microsoft.
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The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue, a custom
whereof the memory of man runneth not howsomever to the contrary, nohow.
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