Legal Opinion
Egenera, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 14, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-11613-RGSPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS
STEARNS, D.J.
The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error, is probably as old as the science of arithmetic itself. This desire has led to the design and construction of a variety of aids to calculation, beginning with groups of small objects, such as pebbles, first used loosely, later as counters on ruled boards, and later still as beads mounted on wires fixed in a frame, as in the abacus.
—Howard Aiken, father of the Mark I IBM computer1
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Egenera, Inc. v. Cisco Sys., Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2019
- Egenera, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2021
- Egenera, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2018
- Egenera, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2019