VMware Suit Concludes in Germany

Posted Apr 4, 2019 4:17 UTC (Thu) by cladisch (✭ supporter ✭, #50193)
In reply to: VMware Suit Concludes in Germany by aggelos
Parent article: VMware Suit Concludes in Germany

It was reported in a Heise article at that time, and it's literally what I wrote above.

VMware Suit Concludes in Germany

Posted Apr 4, 2019 12:06 UTC (Thu) by pebolle (guest, #35204) [Link] (1 responses)

> It was reported in a Heise article at that time, and it's literally what I wrote above.

That article says that the judge remarked that Hellwigs complaint apparently was made for "idealistic" reasons. So neither "unhappy" nor "ideological" seem accurate here.

And that the complaint was made for idealistic reasons doesn't strike me as an unreasonable thing to say for a judge in a case like this. What's wrong with a remark like that?

(Of course, I'm assuming Heise reported correctly here.)

VMware Suit Concludes in Germany

Posted Apr 4, 2019 13:19 UTC (Thu) by aggelos (subscriber, #41752) [Link]

Heise also mentions that when discussing the possibility of an out of court settlement; it's not entirely clear to me that the judge's statement was made in that same context, though it would make sense.

That said, judges can be very conscious of their role as defenders of the status quo (as they perceive it). In fact, judicial decisions that undermine perceived norms are (a) usually in response to shifting norms in the society at large / political discourse (b) a bit like comparable european paintings: notable enough to be talked about decades later.