Invoice is in the Mail, Says SCO

Computer Business Review Online ^ | 11/08/2003 | Gavin Clarke

[amigatec]

And the supidity goes on/

[amigatec]

Get ready!! Time to pay up!!

How much more can SCO do?

[eno_]

Until they can prove their case, the invoices are fraud. They are going to get hundreds of cases filed against them, and some state AGs will get in the game at that point.

[Petronski]

Center finger is in the air, say Linux users.

[Grut]

I believe this tactic was pioneered by the Montana Freemen, who did not prosper thereby.

[rdb3]

The Penguin Ping.

Wanna be Penguified? Just holla!

Got root?

[ThinkDifferent]

They are going to get hundreds of cases filed against them

Yep. The thing is, they don't care. SCO was going to implode anyway; these extortion tactics give them a (very tiny) chance of survival. They're in roughly the same situation as Kim Jong Il, and have chosen a similar strategy.

[snooker]

Let's see, SCO hasn't proved anything. Hasn't shown any infringing code. But people are supposed to pay up.

I bet the accussed do, don't you. The ones receiving the invoices probably don't even know what SCO is talking about.

Looks like the IBM counter suit has hit home. Try to get the money before you have to prove anything.

It also looks like the company SCO bought, Caldera, just might be a source for the infringing code, if there is any such thing. So should SCO sue themselves now?

[justlurking]

Until they can prove their case, the invoices are fraud. They are going to get hundreds of cases filed against them, and some state AGs will get in the game at that point.

That's what I was thinking, as well. Until now, they were just engaging in dueling press releases. However, if they start sending out invoices demanding payment, that's fraud.

[Nick Danger]

if they start sending out invoices demanding payment, that's fraud.

Are we taking bets yet on whether they will report the invoiced shipments as revenue on their next 10-Q? How about if they try to factor the "receivables"?

[pierrem15]

Bingo.

I've been waiting for somebody to issue arrest warrants for fraud and extortion for these a--holes for weeks now.

[hayfried]

Congress needs to pull the rug out from under parasitic corporations whose only purpose is to file lawsuits and exploit legal loopholes to suck cash out of legitimate businesses.

Lawyers who do this sort of thing should be subject to criminal prosecution, a la the RICO statutes.

[MalcolmS]

If I were SCO, I wouldn't be mailing those invoices. The penalties for mail fraud are pretty steep.

[shadowman99]

Also see earlier thread - Old SCO Also Donated Code to Linux - SCO's story is falling apart.

[jammer]

I'm with you--this in combination with the other thread on SCO today makes me think invoicing is a criminal act. At the very least for SCO. Since Sun and Microsoft seem to be involved, also, how about RICO?

[jammer]

Good post--wish I had read yours before I posted above.

[zeugma]

set me up for pings dude!

[dandelion]

I'll tell them what I told a radiologist who once tried to bill me for services I did not order: "I won't pay. Cease and desist or I'll see you in court". Yes, they continued to send me a bill, but I never paid the bogus medical bill. I lodged a formal complaint against the billing firm, and eventually they realized it would cost them more than it was worth to pursue the claim.