Re:Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules
by memmcgee on Friday May 12, 2017 @05:19AM
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It very much looks like Uber did this premeditated and that Travis and the Otto guy planned this while he was still at Google. It is VERY bad for Uber and they could get hit with much worse than just being banned from using a specific technology. The judge has already referred the case to the USA's office for possible criminal charges. Maybe we'll actually see an executive thrown in jail for once.
Re:Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules
by smoodles on Friday May 12, 2017 @01:23PM
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while I'd love to see this, I think that is highly doubtful :(
Re:Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules
by woodandsteel on Friday May 12, 2017 @04:34PM
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Why do you think it is highly doubtful?
Re:Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules
by memmcgee on Saturday May 13, 2017 @12:34AM
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Because Wall Street executives caused the economy to collapse and only one of them got thrown in jail. Executives only end up in jail when they hurt the rich (see: Enron, Bernie Madoff)
Re:Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules
by woodandsteel on Saturday May 13, 2017 @07:13PM
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But Uber is not a Wall Street firm. And Google claims Uber has hurt it, and Google is very rich.
The very worst worst case scenario is that Uber would be barred from using rotating, parabolic, Lidars.
But there are a lot of other ways of making self driving cars that don't use this specific method of sensor technology.
Uber could even just come to an agreement with Google, and license the technology.