According to Apple, John Quinn, Samsung's lead attorney, has never seriously considered the possibility of settling the two companies' various patent suits out of court – what in legal jargon is known as "alternative dispute resolution" (ADR). "It's kind of hard to talk settlement with a jihadist," Quinn reportedly told Apple. Asked about Samsung's chances of success in the courts, Quinn is said to have compared Cupertino's lawsuits to an unpopular war, saying, "This is Apple's Vietnam, and people are sick of it." In a separate letter submitted as Exhibit A to the filing, Apple's attorneys asked Samsung point blank whether Samsung was "prepared to engage in a realistic attempt to resolve this matter" – a question that Samsung's lawyers rebuffed in its own letter, saying it was "unclear to Samsung what further assurances Apple seeks."