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To: jim kelley who wrote (46909)	7/10/2000 9:22:08 PM
From: KeepItSimple	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

>Wasn't it nice of Hitachi to give RAMBUS the money and the royalties? Funny, but I don't recall seeing a single public source of information that disclosed how much money exchanged hands, or even what fee structure the royalties would be based on. They could have agreed to pay Rambus 1 penny, for all ANYONE outside of those two companies knows. In fact, a common patent blackmail technique in the high tech industry is to offer a highly reduced-rate "deal" for the first company who agrees to settle. Rambus might have said "Ok Hitachi, if you publicly go along with this, it'll make it MUCH easier for us to sue all your competitors, and we'll charge them 5x the amount we charge you." Just like cops do when multiple accomplices are charged with a crime. The first person to rat the other ones out gets a lessened sentence, yet if nobody rats anyone out, then everyone gets away. The police depend on crooks being stupid. Rambus appears to depend on companies being greedy. If you can't point to a source that lists how much money was paid and how the royaltie fees are structured, then ANY POSSIBLE ASSUMPTIONS that I make are equaly as valid as anyone elses.