IP: Microsoft lawsuit exhumation

[Dave Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 14:28:38 -0700
From: jwharton@netcom.com (John Wharton)




Dave--


1) I sent the following to some friends yesterday; Jim Warren asked me 
to also forward it to you.


>Guys--
>
>I just learned that Ray Noorda's new company, Caldera, just last week
>acquired the old Digital Research arm of Novell, apparently with the
>primary purpose of then being able to file suit against Microsoft in
>Digital Research's behalf.  Basically, many of the complaints the
>Justice department investigation of 1994 have now been revived in the
>form of this new private lawsuit -- filed the same day DR-DOS was acquired.
>
>Full detals, including the full text of the 11-page, 41-kilobyte
>complaint, are posted on "http://www.caldera.com/";.  I've heard of
>trying cases in the media; trying cases via the web may be an up
>and coming new ploy.
>
>  --john
>
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  --john wharton  415/856-8051