One thing I keep thinking about through all of this --- What about the American tradition of presumption of innocence? Don't we pride ourselves as a country on presuming that a person is innocent until proven guilty? Has there been a trial of PSI or IBM's claims yet? Maybe in Phil's mind, but not in a court of law.
If we put them out of business because of IBM's claims that never result in a trial we have done exactly what IBM wanted in the first place. If we presume them innocent, then they must have the right to continue business as long as they can as legal as they can. Tom Moulder -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick O'Keefe Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:59:15 -0600, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... >Why would you expect them to mention it or stop advertising? Has any >other company ever stopped advertising their product because of >impending litigation? >... I was questioning SHARE's apparent endorsement of the ad by sending it as a SHARE email. I received an explanation off-list. I think I understand SHARE's position in this, but I still find it a bit disconcerting. 1. The ad is for goods and services that, as near as I can tell, will not be available unless and until the suit is decided in PSI's favor. 2. This is the only ad I remember getting from SHARE that wasn't about SHARE itself (although I might have just automatically deleted them without remembering). It sort of feels to me like SHARE and SHARE members are being manipulated. If I hadn't been reading IBM-Main I would not have been aware of this PSI issue. As both a SHARE member and officier it bothers me SHARE is giving (perhaps can give) only the vendor's comments. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.26/594 - Release Date: 12/20/2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
