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This is from an Austrailian newpaper, so it may mean "SCO will not sue *Austrailain* linux companies."

More grist for the mill (more pump for the dump).

1 posted on 08/29/2003 5:05:05 AM PDT by Salo
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To: rdb3
Calling Tux, calling Tux.
2 posted on 08/29/2003 5:05:43 AM PDT by Salo
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To: Coral Snake
Hisssssss.
3 posted on 08/29/2003 5:27:05 AM PDT by Salo
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To: Salo
The gravity of the situation finally sunk in. They've sued IBM and defamed Linux. They thought this wouldn't go to trial.They now see in the tea leaves IBM is willing to walk in a court room when they weren't. What started as a contract dispute with IBM has mushroomed into more than they can handle. The countersuit IBM has filed is going to eat anything they hoped to win from the contract dispute. Patent cases are harder to fight than contract disputes, and Big Blue whipped out four. They've made claims about the origins of code that cannot be proven. They've impacted the value of Linux in the marketplace, leaving them open the class action lawsuits and perhaps a RICO case. SEC is going to start wondering how SCO keeps going up when everyone else is going down.

I keep thinking of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It's time for Duke to drive accross town and get a different hotel. Lie low. They've done a savage burn on everyone and and they are going in the slammer if they get caught.

SCO has begun to emerge from it's ether binge. It now sees that it trashed the hotel room.
4 posted on 08/29/2003 5:37:27 AM PDT by shadowman99
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To: Nick Danger
No plan to sue linux companies, says SCO

Gee, this is a surprise. Not.
8 posted on 08/29/2003 6:01:10 AM PDT by pyx
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To: Salo
In related news SCO is changing it's name to:


9 posted on 08/29/2003 6:19:02 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Sobig stinks...)
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To: Salo
The damage that this act of greed did to Linux should not be underestimated. A lot of new servers that would have been Linux servers (more stable, less vulnerable, lower cost) will now be running Windows just because management has heard ugly rumors about this. ("Isn't there some vague, nasty legal issue going on with Linux? Let's go with Windows, Microsoft wins all of THEIR legal battles!")
11 posted on 08/29/2003 6:32:00 AM PDT by Steely Glint ("Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable..." - G. Orwell)
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To: Bush2000
The bulk of SCO's evidence is awaiting trial. You haven't even seen it yet.

So, where's the trial? (I've pinged you to a new thread)

14 posted on 09/02/2003 5:40:43 PM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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