01-06-2003, 02:00 PM
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Sordid Details Come Out In Sendo Court Filing
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/28724.html
Forget watching 24, CSI Crime Scene or any other gripping drama on TV this winter. Just sit back and watch the case unfold between Microsoft and Sendo!
"Sendo's 27-page filing in a Texas court - disclosed here for the first time - is a rich litany of double dealing, betrayal and larceny - if the dramatic (and at times apoplectic) allegations can be believed.
"The claim alleges - are you ready to start counting? - misappropriation of trade secrets, common law misappropriation, conversion, unfair competition, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, two counts of negligent misrepresentation, two counts of breach of contract, fraudulent inducement and tortious interference. Phew."
Phew indeed. :agrue: If these allegations are only 10% true, Microsoft has still lived up to its reputation as being a very tough company to be partners with.
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01-06-2003, 02:26 PM
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Pupil
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Wow... TheRegister... now there is an unbiased/unpartial reporting agency. Notice the "StinkerOS" as a case in point.
Bill
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01-06-2003, 02:43 PM
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Pupil
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See Jason? I told you MS was stealing  I know, nothing's been proven yet, but tons of internal memos have been proving they have lied on numerous occasions. Sendo was completely out of its league. Not even the US governement can get a fair deal. On second thought, TheDude can apparently 
Yes, it's a TheRegister article, but most of the article is just reporting what's in the case filing.
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01-06-2003, 03:05 PM
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Pupil
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Sendo's allegations
Until early last year, I worked for Microsoft in their mobile group and witnessed some of their dealings with their mobile phone partners first hand.
On that basis, I would believe the Sendo allegations. There are a few other (much bigger) ex-partners out there that probably also have cases against Microsoft.
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01-06-2003, 03:11 PM
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On the face of it this looks pretty negative to MS. But there are a couple of "funnies" in here.
1. The $12m investment is mentioned but not what happened to it! Did Sendo just "burn" through it or what? If so they can't have been all that strong a business!!!!
2. If you sign an NDA that gives the other partner full rights to your intellectual property (8O) in the event of you going bust - and you've (presumably) burnt the $12m they invested in you ( 8O 8O ) - why on earth would you expect them to bail you out when you needed even more money?
Still looks very bad for MS though!!!
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01-06-2003, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by someppcuser
Yes, it's a TheRegister article, but most of the article is just reporting what's in the case filing.
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Which is an allegation by Sendo and doesn't make it the truth. Doesn't mean it isn't true, but doesn't mean it is either. Right now we are just watching the fur fly.
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01-06-2003, 03:42 PM
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Most of these allegations seem to hinge on the fact that Sendo is claiming that they believed that Microsoft would actually deliver a brand new OS by a certain date. If Sendo really believed that, they have to be the most naive people in the world. Now, if Microsoft actually committed to those dates contractually, Sendo might have a case, but I have I hard time believing that Microsoft would do that. As bad as this makes Microsoft look, I can't help thinking that Sendo will come out of this looking like a bunch of idiots.
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01-06-2003, 04:10 PM
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Intellectual
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What on earth did Sendo think they were doing when they signed an agreement that made them more valuable to Microsoft dead than alive!? :? To agree that all Z100 intellectual property would go to Microsoft should anything happen to Sendo was signing their own death warrant!
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01-06-2003, 04:36 PM
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It does seem like a pretty silly thing to do. Maybe Microsoft got them all drunk?
I'm sure MS would have made the terms attractive to Sendo such that they would not have expected to be in the position they are in now.
Daniel
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01-06-2003, 04:36 PM
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Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by PlayAgain?
To agree that all Z100 intellectual property would go to Microsoft should anything happen to Sendo was signing their own death warrant!
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Yeah, I can't figure this one out either. :? Didn't Sendo have lawyers?
--janak
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