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SCO vs. Linux: The trial can begin
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| The SCO Group is to receive 2 million
| dollars from a group of investors headed by
| majority shareholder Ralph Yarro. Following
| an oral hearing, the Delaware bankruptcy
| court dealing with SCO has approved the
| loan. This means that the company now has
| sufficient funds for the pending jury trial
| against Novell. The trial, which is to
| address rights to Unix and the legality of
| protective licences for Linux users, is set
| to start today and is expected to last three
| weeks.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/SCO-vs-Linux-The-trial-can-begin-948328.html
Update: Will Novell Sell Before BrainShare?
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| But letâs switch back to the BrainShare
| discussion. During the conference, attendees
| and the press (and persistent anonymous
| bloggers) wonât be able to avoid the
| temptation to ask â over and over again â
| Novellâs ownership status, which ultimately
| influences the future of SUSE Linux and
| Novellâs other products.
|
| At the least: Watch for Novellâs board to
| offer an update on the Elliott Associates
| bid within the next few days. The result
| could be a company sale or an outright
| rejection of Elliot Associatesâ offer.
| Either way, Novell needs to provide an
| update before BrainShare starts. Without
| that update, Novellâs ownership status could
| become a distracting topic during the
| conference.
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/03/07/update-will-novell-sell-before-brainshare/
An intelligent move
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| Novell was founded in Provo, Utah as Novell
| Data Systems Inc way back in 1979, by George
| Canova, Darin Field, and Jack Davis.
| Canovaâs wife came up with the name Novell,
| mistakenly believing that it meant ânewâ in
| French. It started life making disk
| operating systems, but was reincorporated as
| Novell Inc in 1983 after a venture capital
| injection, and turned its attention to
| designing network hardware. In May of that
| year Ray Noorda became president and CEO,
| and it introduced NetWare that same year.
|
| In 1997 Noorda was succeeded by Eric
| Schmidt, who is CEO of Google today. Schmidt
| accelerated efforts to leverage Novellâs
| core networking strengths in the Internet
| arena, soon launching NetWare 5 and Novell
| Directory Services (NDS), with native
| support for the Internet communications
| protocol (IP).
|
| The firm bought services firm Cambridge
| Technology Partners in 2001 as it
| diversified yet further, and the former CEO
| of Cambridge, Jack Messman, took over the
| reins at Novell.
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http://networking.cbronline.com/news/an_intelligent_move_novell_080310
Recent:
What To Do About SCO? Let's Spend More Money on Professional Advisors
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| I have a friend whose theory of life is that when you
| are down to your last $100, rather than skimping, you
| should go out and spend it on a luxurious, wonderful
| meal, because afterwards you'll think of something.
| SCO's Chapter 11 Trustee must be a kindred spirit.
|
| Mr. Cahn has filed with the bankruptcy court an
| application to hire a financial advisor/investment
| banker, Ocean Park Advisors, to advise him on what he
| should do about SCO. Should they reorganize, sell off
| and shut down or what? It's complicated. Not to mention
| expensive. Wait. Does SCO have any money it doesn't
| already owe to someone?
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091003193909603
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