[Coco] [OT] EB301 modules from A7 company

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 08 January 2010, john wrote:
>Sparkfun was swamped Wed night and Thur morning due to their $100,000
>giveaway...
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
>Behalf Of Brian Blake
>Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 7:40 PM
>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>Subject: Re: [Coco] EB301 modules from A7 company
>
>Roger,
>
>I think he was referring to an article on hackaday about SparkFun being
> sent a cease and desist order by an attorney representing Sun, Sparc
>International, and their 'SPARC' servers saying SparkFun selling computer
>and electronics is an infringement on Sun's 'SPARC' trademark.
>
>http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=300
>
>I think this has less of a chance of going anywhere than SCO's lawsuits
>about Linux/Unix source code...
>
So do I, provided they have enough legal help that they are not just some 
shooting gallery tin ducks.  Sparc of course has been running on empty for a 
long time, and they will stretch this out hoping there might be a few 
thousand in it for them after the sharks get theirs.

Hopefully it will be heard in front of a judge who has seen this dog and pony 
show too many times already and they will get their outstretched hands 
chopped off.

First, we kill all the lawyers...

>
>Brian
>
>
>
>________________________________
>From: Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com>
>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 7:10:25 PM
>Subject: Re: [Coco] EB301 modules from A7 company
>
>At 05:50 PM 1/6/2010, you wrote:
>>On Wednesday 06 January 2010, Roger Taylor wrote:
>> >At 11:12 AM 1/6/2010, you wrote:
>> >>Why not try the Roving Networks bluetooth modules from Sparkfun?
>> >>Are there drawbacks to them?  Have you seen those before?
>> >>...Steve
>> >
>> >Yes, I ordered such a module from SparkFun earlier in 2009 and it
>> >didn't have a breakout board, header, or support parts like 3v/5V for
>> >the power and signals.  No go.
>>
>>And I see on one of the hacker pages that SparkFun has received a shutdown
>
>&
>
>>takeover demand from SparC|Q?  Only the forum sites are available tonight,
>>with of course no mention of their legal problems there.  I'd bet they are
>>gone.
>
>???  I just ordered some stuff from SparkFun and had no
>problem.  Where did you get your information?
>


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