Re: the Stacker suit
They bought Stacker. I knew the guy who originally programed Stacker. And buying a company that is suing you is perfectly acceptable way to end a Civil dispute and the FEC wouldn’t care a bit. It happens all the time.
It’s against my nature but you blew this one at least as big as I blew the settlement. They did not buy Stac http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stac
Stac got killed by cheap drives, changed their focus and went out of business.