Arrington Responds To the JooJoo, Files Suit 91
itwbennett writes "Not normally 'one to enjoy a casual read of a lawsuit,' blogger Peter Smith admits to finding the suit Michael Arrington is filing against Fusion Garage over the JooJoo (nee CrunchPad) fascinating. 'Skip to page 4, starting with item 11,' says Smith. 'At this point I don't know what to think, Every time I get close to pretty much accepting Arrington's story at face value, he pulls something that makes me stop and reexamine his arguments.' For example, says Smith, in one bullet point in Arrington's latest salvo, he calls out the press, saying 'it is irresponsible for press to link to the pre-sale site.' 'This attempt to directly sway the press away from Fusion Garage really spikes my suspicion meter' says Smith. 'After all, Arrington is the press. If I started writing screeds advising him on what he should or should not say about a product, what would he think?'"
Shareholder and Chiropractor Bruce Lee?! (Score:5, Funny)
Fusion Garage is, and always has been, a company on the edge of going out of business. Their main shareholder, the guy who wrote the now infamous email telling us that we were no longer part of the project, is a chiropractor named Bruce Lee. The company was constantly raising debt from unsavory investors, borderline loansharks ...
... and zombie martial artists infecting people under the guise of 'chiropracty.' Arrington is requesting chainsaws, shotguns and three volunteers from the straggling group of survivors ...
Re:Shareholder and Chiropractor Bruce Lee?! (Score:4, Funny)
Hmmm, and the man who took the place of Bela Lagosi in plan 9 from outer space was... a chiropractor! Coincidence?
Re:Shareholder and Chiropractor Bruce Lee?! (Score:4, Funny)
Of course. Raised from the dead by an evil magician's bad juju [wikipedia.org], then clad in armor -- evidently to evade the normal zombie killing methods. Arrington is apparently bravely jumping them and attempting to get through the armor's weak point with a metal rasp ("Arrington files suit").
Along with Apple suing Nokia, Intel vs. AMD... (Score:3, Funny)
All kidding aside, if these jokers spent as much time DEVELOPING as they did LITIGATING, just imagine the cool stuff we'd have.
Love and chemicals (Score:5, Funny)
The more I learn about this, the more it looks like one of those failed relationships where the guy thought things were getting serious and the girl was never looking for a long-term attachment.
Neither one can be blamed or absolved completely; they both were under the illusion that the other shared their view. Of course, the couple should have talked a little more about what they both wanted out of the relationship, as should Arrington and Fusion Garage have.
Love, or that dizzying sense that you're going to change an industry. Both serotonin.
Re:Talk about contradictions... (Score:2, Funny)
If he things Apple is going to release "an affordable tablet" he needs a reality check.
Year 20XX:
Apple releases the very expensive iTablet and creates the market for tablet PCs (yes, some exist now, as do netbooks, but they all suck)
Year 20XX+5:
Generic clones of the iTablet are finally released that are remotely comparable to the iTablet's features and ease of use. And they cost 50% as much.
Year 20XX+10:
The clones now coast 5% as much as the iTablet, and Apple finally reduces the price of the iTablet to what is "affordable", if still twice as expensive as its competitors.
Re:The only people who will get rich... (Score:4, Funny)
So all that will happen out of this is entertaining lawsuits where the laywers make their money and everyone else just laughs.
...or cries.