Comments on: Consumers finally vindicated, Dell charged with fraud, bad business http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/05/27/consumers-finally-vindicated-dell-charged-with-fraud-bad-business/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ken http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/05/27/consumers-finally-vindicated-dell-charged-with-fraud-bad-business/comment-page-1/#comment-95820 Ken Wed, 28 May 2008 03:06:31 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=5394#comment-95820 Lawsuits against large corporations with deep pockets don't really prove much except folks and lawyers like money. Her's one: http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/apple-to-settle-ipod-lawsuit/2008/05/11/1210444222028.html Here's another: http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/03/26/apple-settles-millions-of-colors-lawsuit/ Or perhaps this: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DE153BF93BA15751C0A963958260 See? The truth is companies get sued all the time. Some are for an actual injustice. Some get settled to save money. Some are outrageous: http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/03/14/apple-lawsuit-you-cant-sue-a-dream-but-you-can-sure-try I left out the morons that sued Apple when the iPhone's price was cut. Your article was accurate. Thanks for posting it. The conclusion is an iffy one. I'm unaware of any successful company that doesn't get slammed with lawsuits. I could have posted links about settled or guilty lawsuits for IBM or HP but it wouldn't be as much fun. Lawsuits against large corporations with deep pockets don’t really prove much except folks and lawyers like money.

Her’s one: http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/apple-to-settle-ipod-lawsuit/2008/05/11/1210444222028.html

Here’s another: http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/03/26/apple-settles-millions-of-colors-lawsuit/

Or perhaps this: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DE153BF93BA15751C0A963958260

See? The truth is companies get sued all the time. Some are for an actual injustice. Some get settled to save money. Some are outrageous:

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/03/14/apple-lawsuit-you-cant-sue-a-dream-but-you-can-sure-try

I left out the morons that sued Apple when the iPhone’s price was cut.

Your article was accurate. Thanks for posting it. The conclusion is an iffy one. I’m unaware of any successful company that doesn’t get slammed with lawsuits. I could have posted links about settled or guilty lawsuits for IBM or HP but it wouldn’t be as much fun.

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