Re: "TigerTools Says It Can Remove OS/400 Governors" -- MIDRANGE-L

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From: "Lou Forlini" <lforlini@sspi-software.com>

>> At 4:52 PM -0700 10/29/01, Nathan M. Andelin wrote:
>>Would anybody be willing to predict IBM's response?  Change CFINT?  Legal
>>Action against Tiger Tools?  Price interactive and batch the same?
>
> Legal.  IBM already has plenty of lawyers, and they like to keep
> them busy.  IBM will send an intimidating legalese letter, and Tiger
> Tools will become a toothless cat.

Maybe.  But will a letter be enough intimidation?  Tiger Tools could force
IBM to file for injunction.  Since Tiger Tools hasn't changed any IBM owned
software they may feel that IBM's case is weak.

If IBM were awarded an injunction, then Tiger Tools would probably be
awarded a bond (to make IBM pay for any business loss that results from IBM
filing an injunction that doesn't hold up in court).

At that point however, IBM still holds the advantage.  One attorney told me
that our legal system doesn't punish people who file weak cases.  Tiger
Tools lawyers will be asking their client for perhaps $60,000 to $100,000 to
retain them for a possible multi-year legal battle.  It should be enough to
bankrupt a small company.

Nathan M. Andelin
www.relational-data.com

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