Jonathan about the NetApp/Sun lawsuit

Jonathan comments in Thank you, Network Appliance the lawsuit filed by NetApp

NetApps first approached StorageTek behind the cover of a third party intermediary (yes, it sounds weird, doesn't it?) seeking to purchase STK patents. After Sun acquired STK, we were not willing to sell the patents, We've always been willing to license them. But instead of engaging in licensing discussions, NetApp decided to file a suit to invalidate them. To be clear, we never filed a complaint or threatened to do so, nor did anyone, to the best of my knowledge, in the ZFS community.

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Finally, and perhaps most importantly (again, read here for why), I'd like to thank our friends at NetApps for ensuring every single customer in their installed base is aware of the outstanding economics offered by ZFS as a file system and storage virtualization platform.

PS: As usual in Jonathans blog, the URLs of his entries speak for themself: http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/on_patent_trolling