On: Yahoo Crosses The Line

[Steko]

"So the author's reliance on this de facto "rule not to litigate" is flawed."

And also historically ignorant. Yahoo did the same thing to Google when they went public in 2004. Somehow the world didn't end.

[dodedo → Steko]

No, they didn't. Your memory of history is incorrect.

Overture, a completely different company, sued Google in 2002, two years before their IPO.

Yahoo purchased Overture in 2003. After this, Google settled.

Google's IPO wasn't until 2004.

[Steko → dodedo]

Thx for correction.

Google reveals that Y! did sue X-fire apparently over a buddy list patent in 2005 which would also make the same point though.

[dodedo → Steko]

Absolutely. I should make it clear: I am not defending Yahoo's behavior here. Just trying to keep the facts factual.