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Some Background on the Pelican Case - Updated
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| If you are interested in the Pelican Equity
| litigation against Darl McBride and the gang, here's
| an article in Capital Madrid, a Spanish financial
| newsletter, that provides some background on the
| parties. If you don't read Spanish, you can use
| Google Translate. Here's the English translation.
|
| The article particularly focuses on Robert Brazell's
| accomplishments, because one of his businesses is in
| the news in the Spanish language press, and it
| mentions that Steven Norris is "a friend of the
| Bushes and of Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Al
| Saud" ("amigo de los Bush y del prÃncipe saudà Al-
| Waleed bin Talal Al Saud").
|
| I always remember at the beginning of the saga a SCO
| executive, Chris Sontag, saying we shouldn't be
| surprised if the government submitted an amicus
| brief in the SCO v. IBM case. That implied to me
| that they expected an appeal, at least, at which
| point they thought the government would support
| them, allegedly because of concerns about terrorists
| using Linux. If you recall, one of SCO's allegations
| in its complaint is that IBM had violated export
| regulations. Mozilla actually inquired about that
| issue in connection with Firefox, by the way, and it
| seems SCO's dreams were misplaced. It received a
| letter stating Firefox does not violate export
| regulations, which likely will impact the IBM case.
| Of course, SCO executives have said a lot of things,
| so maybe that hope of an amicus brief was more a
| dream than not, and the administration has since
| changed, but then again, who knows? My job is just
| to let you know everything I find, and others can do
| the rest.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090924144258398
Recent:
SCO CEO likely will be forced out of job
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| Darl McBride said Monday he regrets that he is being pushed out as CEO of The
| SCO Group software company but not his decision to sue IBM and Novell,
| lawsuits that led to the company's bankruptcy and ultimately his departure.
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http://www.sltrib.com/technology/ci_8444392
Related:
In His Own Words: McBride
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| Suddenly, all the "fat lady" and "it ain't over till it's over" metaphors
| were trotted out. SCO isn't dead yet, look out Linux fans!
|
| With all due respect to my colleagues in the press: puh-leeze.
|
| First off, most people with a modicum of sense knew the litigation wasn't
| over. With bankruptcy proceedings and the SCO v. everybody cases... there was
| very little chance that this was all going to fade away into the abyss. At
| most, all of these legal proceedings will enough new cash to keep things
| going faster--provided the court approves the restucturing plan. Which, as
| far as I know, the court hasn't approved yet. The York Group reorganization
| proposal was nixed, you may recall.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-02-15-015-26-OP-CD
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| The media reaction to SCO's flurry of press releases and teleconference
| yesterday is intriguing. Just from the headlines, you can see how well it
| did or didn't go.
|
| [...]
|
| "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 Tried to Gag Groklaw in 2004
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| So SCO tried to gag Groklaw beginning in 2004. It moved on to
| false insinuations to journalists, ugly innuendo during a conference
| about me and Groklaw, having friendly journalists with PIs try to
| dig up dirt on me, a massive astroturfing campaign all over the
| internet, and then finally to intimidation with their recent motion.
| Well, I'm gagging, all right, but not in a good way, and certainly
| not in the way SCO hoped.
|
| I will respond like this, seriously for a moment. This is America.
| I am an American citizen. I was born here, born to certain rights
| as my birthright. I'm allowed to cover this litigation without
| being harassed and intimidated or threatened or gagged. I'm
| allowed to present facts that disprove SCO's public allegations.
| I am allowed to write what I believe is the truth, and I'm
| to present research about the allegations.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2007042819571717
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