Rackspace Goes On Rampage Against Patent Trolls 132
girlmad writes "Rackspace has come out fighting against one of the U.S.'s most notorious patent trolls, Parallel Iron. The cloud services firm said it's totally fed up with trolls of all kinds, which have caused a 500 percent rise in its legal bills. Rackspace was last week named among 12 firms accused of infringing Parallel Iron's Hadoop Distributed File System patents. Rackspace is now counter-suing the troll, as the firm said it has a deal in place with Parallel Iron after signing a previous patent settlement with them."
Getting "tough"? (Score:5, Funny)
Rackspace is now counter-suing the troll, as the firm said it has a deal in place with Parallel Iron after signing a previous patent settlement with them.
So what they are REALLY saying is...
Honey, we left the cash on the dresser, and now you want more?
Re:WTF is the link to? (Score:5, Funny)
You clicked the link? That's weird.
Still not good enough (Score:5, Funny)
Atlas Smug (Score:4, Funny)
I'll have you know you're talking about the Job Creators! The Makers, not the Takers. Those people who want to build and sell stuff are just parasites.
So that will be "Mr Investor Psychopath" from now on, if you don't mind, except "Mr Investor Psychopath" happens to be a trademark so until you get expressed written permission just keep your mouth shut and pay up, you leech.
Re:The only ones who win are the lawyers. (Score:4, Funny)
So it is not always the lawyers who win. Sometimes it is the hit-men.
What is the difference?