__/ [ BearItAll ] on Wednesday 20 December 2006 09:06 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> SCO Quietly Seeks Another Review of IBM Decision
>>
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>> | SCO wants U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball to take another look at
>> | his Nov. 29 decision to uphold Magistrate Judge Brooke Wells' June
>> | ruling to drop 187 of SCO's list of nearly 300 code-related
>> | allegations against IBM. Observers have said the decision left
>> | the Utah company with a near-worthless shell of a contract and
>> | copyright case.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/54783.html
>
> oops, when I was scanning through the subjects I read that line as 'SCO
> Getting Really Depressed', I suppose its an understandable mistake for my
> subconcious to make.
Yes, based on observation alone. History will teach the world a lesson, too.
The Media Reacts
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| "If people think SCO has gone crazy or 'MAD' it's now official,"
| McBride said.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060808084608494
SCO Files Its 10Q Sob Story
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| SCO has filed its 10Q for the quarter ending July 31, 2006, and it's a
| sad story of decline, which it blames squarely on everyone but itself...
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060913195652112
> I'm sorry SCO but sometimes when you see the chap standing on the bridge
> all you can really say to him is 'Yes mate, your life really is shite, best
> to jump'.
Not to worry. The tombstone will be flattering.
The Goldfarb Declaration - Updated: MS Statement
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| According to the Declaration, Richard Emerson was not the only
| Microsoft employee Goldfarb was dealing with in connection with the
| BayStar investment in SCO. He mentions by name two others, from two
| other departments.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061009152706664
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| At least a third of SCO's entire market
| capitalization, and their entire current cash reserves, is payoffs
| funnelled from Microsoft. Their 10Qs reveal that every other line of
| cash inflow is statistical noise by comparison. The brave new
| SCO source business model is now clear: sue your customers, shill
| for Microsoft, kite your stock, and pray you stay out of jail."
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http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween10.html
SCO Mk 2 - guess who!
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| Steve Ballmer...
|
| "We've had an issue, a problem that we've had to confront, which
| is because of the way the GPL (General Public License) works, and
| because open-source Linux does not come from a company -- Linux
| comes from the community -- the fact that that product uses our
| patented intellectual property is a problem for our shareholders.
| We spend $7 billion a year on R&D, our shareholders expect us to
| protect or license or get economic benefit from our patented
| innovations. So how do we somehow get the appropriate economic
| return for our patented innovation, and how do we do interoperability.
| The truth is, because of the complex licensing around the GPL, wea
| ctually didn't want to do one without the other."
|
|
| Recognise that language? Here's Darl McBride, CEO of SCO, in 2003:
|
| "The intellectual property roots of Linux are obviously flawed at a
| systemic level under the current model. To date, we claim that more
| than one million lines of UNIX System V protected code have been
| contributed to Linux through this model. The flaws inherent in the
| Linux process must be openly addressed and fixed."
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10004553o-2000331777b,00.htm
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