II. Governing Collaboration

HP-Oracle alliance lawsuit

January 8, 2014 Leave a comment

The lawsuit between HP and Oracle has received a lot of press. Prior to the conflict, the companies used to be the best of partners. Here is some information on the case.

The press settlement regarding the Hurd conflict, which later led to further conflict about what this settlement really means: Hurd settlement Sep2010 (excerpt).pdf

HP’s original complaint against Oracle (with redactions): HP Complaint againt Oracle.pdf

Oracle’s reply to Oracle’s complaint: Oracle’s Cross-complaint against HP.pdf

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In Facebook Deal, Board Was Little Involved – The Wall Street Journal.

April 18, 2012 Leave a comment

I thought you would be interested in the following story on WSJ.com.

In Facebook Deal, Board Was Little Involved

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304818404577350191931921290.html

On the morning of Sunday, April 8, Facebook Inc.’s youthful chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, alerted his board of directors that he intended to buy Instagram, the hot photo-sharing service.

It was the first the board heard of what, later that day, would become Facebook’s largest acquisition ever, according to several people familiar with the matter. Mr. Zuckerberg and his counterpart at Instagram, Kevin Systrom, had already been talking over the deal for three days, these people said.

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Foxconn buys into Sharp for iDevice screens – Rethink Wireless

March 28, 2012 Leave a comment

http://www.rethink-wireless.com/2012/03/28/foxconn-buys-sharp-idevice-screens.htm

The massive importance of Apple in the Taiwanese manufacturing base was highlighted this week by news from key partner Foxconn. The company and its founder Terry Gou will invest $1.6bn in Sharp’s display unit, as Apple looks to bolster the Japanese firm as a counterweight to Samsung.

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Peugeot Won’t Seek GM Shares Yet – The Wall Street Journal.

March 7, 2012 Leave a comment

I thought you would be interested in the following story on WSJ.com.

Peugeot Won’t Seek GM Shares Yet

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204781804577267304275783044.html

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From iPod. Pls excuse brevity, typos.