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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> SCO Proposes Selling its Mobility "Business"... to Darl McBride - Updated
>> 2Xs
>>
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>> | SCO's Chapter 11 Trustee Edward Cahn not only
>> | proposes to let Ralph Yarro "loan" some money
>> | to the company at what Novell calls
>> | egregiously inequitable terms -- inequitable
>> | to everyone but Ralph Yarro and the gang,
>> | that is -- but now he proposes to sell SCO's
>> | "mobility business", which not long ago SCO
>> | said was worth millions, if I recall
>> | correctly, to another SCO insider, Darl
>> | McBride, for $35,000.
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | Update 2: Get a load of the assets going for
>> | $35,000. Not only do the copyrights and the
>> | source code go to the buyer, but there are 12
>
> I bought 10 servers for $300, and I can get 12 domain
> names for $60. Thats $360. Darl MacBride buys for
> $35,000. Thats only 10x times its worth.
> Just like 10x bazillions of lines code Linux stole from SCO$
It seems like a symbolic sale. They get to prolong litigation this way.
>> | servers in the deal, 13 domain names, and 10
>> | developer smartphonees. You find the list in
>> | Exhibit C Part 6, which begins with a list of
>> | the source code products involved in this
>> | transaction, but I notice something else.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2010022701114662
>>
>>
>> Site Leaks Microsoft Online Surveillance Guide, MS Demands Takedown Under
>> Copyright Law (UPDATE 6)
>>
>> http://www.geekosystem.com/cryptome-leaks-microsofts-online-surveillance-
> guide-ms-demands-takedown/
>>
>>
>> Microsoft Uses DMCA To Force Cryptome Offline
>>
>> http://techdirt.com/articles/20100224/1837478295.shtml
>>
>>
>> What Microsoft knows and keeps about you, abusing DMCA & kicking
>> Cryptome... Oppss!
>>
>> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-
> bin/blogs/ybenjamin/detail??blogid=150&entry_id=57956
>>
>>
>> Microsoft's Spy Guide: What You Need to Know
>>
>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/190233/microsoft_spy_guide.html?tk=rss_news
>>
>>
>> Recent:
>>
>> SCO thrashes on
>>
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>> | According to a Salt Lake Tribune report,
>> | Cahn told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross
>> | that "SCO's claims against IBM and Novell
>> | 'should be pursued aggressively.'"
>> |
>> | You've got to be kidding me. I predicted
>> | that Cahn would want to continue the Novell
>> | lawsuit. After all, as it is, no one knows
>> | who really owns Unix's intellectual
>> | property. Unix's ownership is a big deal. If
>> | Novell owns it, then SCO has nothing left of
>> | any real value. But IBM? Come on!
>> |
>> | We've known, not suspected, known for years
>> | that SCO's core copyright claims about IBM
>> | copying parts of Unix into Linux aren't
>> | true. No one who has read over any of the
>> | publicly available evidence thinks
>> | otherwise, except for SCO loyalists.
>> |
>> | I can only presume that Cahn hasn't really
>> | looked at the case. He seems to believe that
>> | underneath all of SCO's copyright smoke
>> | there had to be some fire. Sorry, there's
>> | not even a spark.
>> `----
>>
>> http://blogs.computerworld.com/14973/sco_thrashes_on
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~~ Best of wishes
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