__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 29 June 2006 20:11 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> SCO hits iceberg
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>>| On June 28, Magistrate Judge Brooke Wells ruled largely in favor of
>>| IBM's "Motion to Limit The SCO Group Inc.'s Claims Relating to Allegedly
>>| Misused Material." This means that the vast majority of SCO's claims
>>| against IBM for misusing Unix code in Linux have been thrown out.
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>> http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8958786128.html
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> The case going the same way as SCO themselves are going, I think.
Here's a nice article from Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/2006/06/29/ibm-sco-linux_cz_dl_0629ibm.html?partner=yahootix
Open Source Smack-Down
To quote the opening paragraph:
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| "Fans of the free Linux operating system should be popping champagne
| tonight. A judge has tossed out most of the claims in a case claiming
| Linux contained stolen code."
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Well, I didn't pop champagne, but I did get hammered last night. Once again
this Saturday perhaps. Not the game, but a friend's girlfriend's 21st
birthday...
Best wishes,
Roy
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