Image by yuichi.sakuraba via FlickrBloomberg: SAP Must Pay Oracle $1.3 Billion Over Unit's Downloads: the largest jury award of 2010 ..... s the largest ever for copyright infringement and the 23rd-largest of all time for any jury award
Larry asked for two billion. SAP offered 20 million. So Larry upped the ante. He asked for four billion. Looks like he has been awarded close to what he asked for. Asking for two billion and getting 1.3 billion is close.
I guess he is no longer on the SAP payroll. But Apothepo hiding totally sank the SAP boat in this case. A not tech savvy jury will get swayed by such acts. Why is this guy hiding? Where is he? He was not publicly visible. Nobody knew where he was.
Apothepo got fired by SAP. Maybe hiding like this was his way to get even with SAP for firing him. That does not look good on the guy.
This guy cost SAP over a billion dollars. As to how much this guy will cost HP for however long he stays, that is anyone's guess.
Houston, we have a mess on our hands.
If Apothepo Is Innocent, Why Is He Hiding?
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