What does the playgound bully do when some little kid walks away with marbles fairly won?
Kick sand.
What does a big database company (think Sybase) do when some whizbang technology company (ANTs Software) has a proprietary compatibility server that can, say, easily roll the data marbles from Sybase to Oracle?
Or from Sybase to another database competitor?
Do they try to work with ANTS to develop a Sybase to Oracle or Sybase to IBM marble shooter?
Nah!
They would rather kick up some legal sand, perhaps hoping it might distract ANTS, the marble mover. The lawsuit whines about former ANTS employees who went over to Sybase and were subsequently offered higher compensation by another employer.
If you would like a copy of the lawsuit, just email me @ Roberta (at) SanDiegoPreviews.com
And for additional juicy reading about the database company that is losing its marbles, read David Ott's:
Whodo-Voodoo
--Roberta Murphy
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Hi Roberta, I have been very busy lately, but I just had to take a minute and thank you for the nostalgic moment you just invoked. I remember the "old" marble shooting days when the bully who couldn't cut it would yell "keepsies",then grab all the marbles and run. I think that is called stealing, but I have learned over many,many years that "legal" thievery is condoned and sometimes even encouraged in our society. But usually this tactic is a sign of weakness and ultimately a box of tissues is the only answer. So, I have a new box labeled CryBase with Mr.Chen's name on it. I'll save it for him.
~~David~~
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