Losing $1.3 billion at trial is a crushing blow. SAP lost their case against Oracle.<\/p>\n
SAP and Oracle have been rivals since anyone can remember. Unfortunately, over time, SAP took a few more liberties than they perhaps should have and crossed some lines in the sand. They were sued by Oracle and they lost; a huge loss of $1.3 billion. The court\u2019s decision will have major ramifications for other companies when it comes to copyright infringement issues.<\/p>\n
This particular loss was so large that the company may be faced with folding its tent and vanishing into the desert sands. It\u2019s either that or appeal, an unappealing proposition given the nature of the decision and the court\u2019s verdict.<\/p>\n
The court\u2019s decision was quite blunt about finding SAP to have been outrageously flagrant in swiping software and documents from Oracle\u2019s secured websites. So outrageous in fact, that they also awarded Oracle just about all of the (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Losing $1.3 billion at trial is a crushing blow. SAP lost their case against Oracle. SAP and Oracle have been rivals since anyone can remember. Unfortunately, over time, SAP took a few more liberties than they perhaps should have and…<\/span><\/p>\n