Appeals court lets Biggish Blue off the hook
Will not have to pay $1.6 billion for software swap A federal appeals court in the States chucked out a ruling that would've had IBM co...
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Will not have to pay $1.6 billion for software swap A federal appeals court in the States chucked out a ruling that would've had IBM co...
Over mainframe software replacement at large client.
The three-judge panel determined that IBM had not breached the firm's agreement, which prohibited it from encouraging mutual clients to switch to its product line. Read more.
:A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a judgment requiring IBM to pay rival BMC Software $1.6 billion, after a judge found IBM improperly replaced BMC's mainframe software at AT&T with its own.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said a lower court judge's determination concerning lia
(Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a judgment requiring IBM to pay rival BMC Software $1.6 billion, after a judge found IBM improperly replaced BMC's mainframe software at AT&T with its own. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said a lower court judge's determination concerning liability was in error. Writing for a three-judge panel, U.S. Circuit Judge Edith Jones said AT&T, one of BMC's biggest clients, had switched to IBM software "independently" and that