Fay sued and won a court order requiring a match for the Cup, but Conner outsmarted him by building a speedy catamaran that sailed circles around Fay's 90-foot monohull.

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Boeing spokesman Doug Alder said the company is legally obligated to have discussions with SPEEA, but he noted Conner's statement about the importance of the 401k transition for future hires.

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Fay won a subsequent court ruling that Conner's catamaran defense was illegal, but the decision was overturned on appeal.

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But IBM and Fortify-type security analysis is not enough, O'Conner says.

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner said in a statement that the company was pleased with the engineers' vote but "deeply disappointed" in the technical workers' rejection of what he called the company's "best and final" offer.

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