Stick it to the man,,,South Korean Company Lodges $8.7 Billion Suit Against Micr

[elovkoff]

http://www.crn.com/sections/Breaking...rticleID=49352

[coltrane]

10 billion won
or
$8.7 million

[stryder144]

Wow, I just did a conversion on the Turkish Lira rate. If a Turkish company were to sue M$ for 8.7 million USD, the conversion would come out to 11,649,300,000,000 TL. That is a mind numbing number. So that would be, what, eleven quadrillion, six hundred and forty nine trillion, three hundred billion Turkish Lira. Sheesh.

Cheers

8.7 million USD?

i can hear bill gates going "cash or check?" right now

[stryder144]

[quote author=Ralinx link=board=14;threadid=9016;start=0#msg81779 date=1082127671]
8.7 million USD?

i can hear bill gates going "cash or check?" right now
[/quote]

He could probably pick that much out of the sofa cushions in his living room. It is such an inconsequential amount to M$. I would tend to believe that it will cost more to pay the lawyers than its worth in settlement.

Cheers

[Compunuts]

[quote author=stryder144 link=board=14;threadid=9016;start=0#msg81804 date=1082189004]
I would tend to believe that it will cost more to pay the lawyers than its worth in settlement.
[/quote]
Some knows it too well and that's why they do it.

Sad but true. That's how M$ recently settled with Sun.

[TeRG]

not bad considering they have 53B in the bank. 8.7B is a decent sized chunk

[Compunuts]

Nah, 8.7 M is just spare change for M$.

[elovkoff]

Gosh.....I thought they were talking billions...my bad...

[TeRG]

[quote author=Compunuts link=board=14;threadid=9016;start=0#msg81858 date=1082232451]
Nah, 8.7 M is just spare change for M$.
[/quote]

no it isnt, its a huge chunk of their money..lawsuits like that HAVE to make billy shit his pants