Hey now, not intending to yell at you. Really, if it came across that way, it was not intentional. Part of my post was a repost of something I posted to PokerMVP the other day. Now if this were Saturday, and you were a Jacksonville Jaguar fan.....well then....f#*@ y@^ and the horse you rode in on...LOL!

To make this post short I'll refer you to go back and read my previous posts, but basically what they say is that if you go back and compare TPL/Alliacense PR's vs. PTSC PR's, TPL counts 2 LESS (honest not yelling) licenses than PTSC does, because they start their count from 2006, while PTSC includes 2005 (AMD & Intel). This is very consistent thru the PR's. So for the purposes of determining how many licenses, it is best to use TPL's in this case and that's why I quoted them in my last post. Your use of the PTSC PR here muddies the issue, whereas the TPL makes it clear. Lite-On-It was the 26th license per the PR. Verigy made it OVER 30, meaning not just 30, but MORE than 30. In between the only companies that "deals" were cut with were Alpine Electronics, Toshiba, Matsushita, and NEC. While the "settlement" PR uses the word "grant" the Verigy PR clearly uses the words "over 30 global companies"......"have purchased MMP Portfolio licenses". The only way to get from No. 26 (Lite On It) to OVER 30, ie 31 (Verigy) is to include Alpine (no. 27), NEC (No. 28), Toshiba (No. 29), Matsushita (no 30), and.......Verigy (No. 31). From the PR, all of these licenses were "purchased." If you add in AMD & Intel, you get to 33 licenses sold/purchased. So unless TPL/Alliacense/PTSC are lying or intentionally misleading, then ALL of these "over 30" (actually 33) global companies have "purchased" "licenses".

As for why "business resolution" and "grant" were used in the note from Turley, and the PR's re the settlements, I can only assume that this was TPL/PTSC's way of allowing the J's to a) save face, b) indicate there is MORE to the agreement than ONLY the typical MMP Portfolio license purchase, c) to emphasize that this was done outside of and instead of taking this to a fully litigated result, d) all of the above.

But ultimately, the Verigy PR from TPL/Alliacense leaves NO QUESTION that they are saying that the J's PURCHASED licenses. When you also take into account the 2 count discrepancy, the PTSC Verigy PR indicates the same, though not as clearly.

As for yelling at you, as I just told my youngest...GO TO BED BEFORE I BEAT YOU! lol

PS. Happy New Year to you too.