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Looks like it's just about over now. Even SCO's people can't find infringing code.
1 posted on 07/14/2005 4:01:55 PM PDT by Salo
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To: ShadowAce; rdb3; N3WBI3; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Nick Danger

Pinging.


2 posted on 07/14/2005 4:03:00 PM PDT by Salo
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To: Salo
Looks like it's just about over now.

But I suspect the countersuits are just beginning. Libel, deceptive trade practices, extortion...lawyers at IBM and RedHat should have a field day with this.

4 posted on 07/14/2005 4:21:23 PM PDT by ThinkDifferent (These pretzels are making me thirsty)
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To: Salo
This is good news for Linux, and Open Source as a whole.

How quick before the lawsuits start?

12 posted on 07/14/2005 6:05:13 PM PDT by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires)
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To: Salo
Looks like it's just about over now. Even SCO's people can't find infringing code.

The linked email is from almost three years ago. Was it just recently discovered?

13 posted on 07/14/2005 6:11:54 PM PDT by Bob
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To: Salo
CNET now has the story.
14 posted on 07/14/2005 6:12:44 PM PDT by TechJunkYard (my other PC is a 9406)
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To: Salo
Looks like it's just about over now.

Well, now, hold up a sec. What this is is a hearsay report about someone else's study. Doesn't carry the same weight as a court exhibit, and it can't be examined or cross-examined. We know that the judge knows about it, and we can assume that IBM has known about it since the 9/2004 hearing.

Its main value will come into play after the trial. Once SCO's claims are thoroughly debunked, this memo will show that SCO's officers knew that their own analysis failed to show any code copying before they filed suit.

Now just imagine the possibilities. Lanhan Act violations alleged by IBM and Red Hat. Shareholders hurt by the stock scam. EV1 and everyone else who got hoodwinked into paying for a SCOSource license. Those 1500 companies which received Darl's extortion letters. The mind boggles.

21 posted on 07/14/2005 8:08:32 PM PDT by TechJunkYard (my other PC is a 9406)
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Schaaaadenfreeeeudeeeeeee....


27 posted on 07/14/2005 9:42:53 PM PDT by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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Belated tech ping. I arrived to this thread a tad late. :) If you've already been pinged, my apologies.


33 posted on 07/15/2005 5:22:27 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Salo

I'm sure Darl enjoys the full support of the lawyer industry. He and his legal team should be thrown under the jail for fraud.


42 posted on 07/15/2005 6:40:33 AM PDT by Doohickey (If you choose not to decide, you will have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
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To: Salo; N3WBI3
Here's SCO's reply to the memo, but since it's from a foreign news source, don't expect GE or B2K to accept it as valid. :)
50 posted on 07/15/2005 8:22:38 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Salo

Just another Utah scammer....let LINNUX live freely


94 posted on 07/21/2005 11:04:14 AM PDT by pointsal
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