“The ‘Participation Age’ has revealed a brand new aspect to
patent lawsuits–Executive Spew Dot Oh.“Far more interesting than any of the IP claims traded between
Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems is the battle being waged
between NetApp founder Dave Hitz and Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan
Schwartz. The two executives have decided to make a spectacle of
their gripes, trading barbs via their blogs. Lawyers for both sides
must feel revulsion, resentment and fear every time one of these
loquacious nerds fires up his browser…”