In a 37-page response to a lawsuit by Neon Enterprise Software, IBM accuses the software maker of copyright infringement and false advertising for its zPrime product, which is designed to let mainframe customers move more workloads onto cheaper IBM specialty processors. IBM argues that customers using zPrime are violating their contracts and that Neon knowingly gives mainframe users false information about their contracts and about whether zPrime has IBM’s approval.
– IBM is firing back at a company that
makes software designed to help businesses reduce the licensing costs on their IBM
mainframe systems.
Is a sharply worded response and counterclaim to the lawsuit
Neon Enterprise Software filed against IBM in December, IBM
officials are claiming the smaller …