“Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Google’s Larry Page are expected to face each other on September 19 in an attempt to settle the year-long patent infringement case between their respective companies,” Lance Whitney reports for CNET.
“After trying to skirt any appearances by promising to send other people to the conference table, the two CEOs were ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal last Friday to attend the settlement talks themselves,” Whitney reports. “Beyond the September 19 appearance, the two chief executives may also need to show up for further discussions on September 20 and September 30.”
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Whitney reports, “If the two companies can’t patch up their differences through mediation, they’ll have to head to court for trial starting October 31.”
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Long term “bulldog” CEO
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Freshman “do no evil” CEO
Would love to be a fly on the wall in that room
XS…my very thoughts. This might turn out to be the tech version of WWF Smack Down. 😉
I got the drinks, you make the popcorn. Man, I would absolutely pay money to see that clash of the Silicon Valley Titans.
Go, Larry!
Hmmm. Steve Jobs’ very good friend vs. the CEO of Google who tried to screw Apple over under Steve’s watch.
Hmmmm
Will Larry turn up with 3.14 pies in his face?
Which of the two Larrys?
Is the plural for Larry Larries? (as in lorry – lorries, berry – berries…)
Larri
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Is “Larri” a Latin derivative?
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This should be interesting. LIke him or hate him Larry – (‘Silicon Valley Samurai’) – is one tough dude (unlike the whimps in Jobs absence that were outfought by Gates over Windows).
A determined competitor (look at his yacht racing wins) – Ellison apparently sued his neighbour whose trees blocked his view.