[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <jvemg8$h5n$1 at solani.org>, Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de>
writes: 

> I'm not a legal expert, but any half decent legal system
> allows for a second round. 

There is a statement on the Oracle website saying that they will appeal.

> Nothing is "final" until then.
> Even if HP "wins" in the end, it will be a pyrrhic victory.

Right---sort of like winning a court case for unfair dismissal or 
something.  If monetary compensation is awarded, then fine, but if one 
wins the right to work for the boss who unfairly fired one in the first 
place, is that something one really wants, even if one can have it?