Groklaw gets some competition (ZDNet) [LWN.net]

Groklaw gets some competition (ZDNet)

Posted Oct 17, 2004 21:19 UTC (Sun) by anselm (subscriber, #2796)
In reply to: Groklaw gets some competition (ZDNet) by JohnnyComeEarly
Parent article: Groklaw gets some anti-Linux competition (ZDNet)

Let the legal papers speak for themselves. You have to be neither a rabid
believer in the Linux platform nor a legal whiz kid to see that SCO are
digging their own grave, and deep.

If »most people« really agree that »the truth is somewhere in the
middle«, it would be interesting to hear what this belief is based on. It
sure can't be due to the proof SCO has consistently failed -- in spite of
various court orders to the contrary -- to present for more than one and
a half years now. To anybody who after following the legal record (never
mind Groklaw) still believes SCO have anything resembling a case, I have
a bridge in New York to sell. In excellent condition, too.

Anselm

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Groklaw gets some competition (ZDNet)

Posted Oct 18, 2004 10:41 UTC (Mon) by eru (subscriber, #2753) [Link]

To anybody who after following the legal record (never mind Groklaw) still believes SCO have anything resembling a case

Unfortunately SCO's lawyers appear to be quite expert in prolonging the pain. For example, they are now asking the judge permission to amend their original complaint against IBM for the second time. IMHO this is another good indication they did not have any case to begin with, but they might well succeed in tiring the opposition with legal shenanigans...

Groklaw gets some competition (ZDNet)

Posted Oct 18, 2004 16:05 UTC (Mon) by AJWM (guest, #15888) [Link]

they did not have any case to begin with, but they might well succeed in tiring the opposition with legal shenanigans..

Uh, the Novell, AutoZone, Daimler-Chrysler and RedHat suits aside, the real opposition is IBM -- you remember, the company whose lawyers wore out the government in the anti-trust trial of 1969-1981. I don't think SCO is going to be "tiring the opposition" any time soon. (And recall that in that case, IBM wasn't in a position to file patent- and copyright-infringement countersuits the way it has in the SCO case.)

SCO's toast.

Groklaw gets some competition (ZDNet)

Posted Oct 19, 2004 7:58 UTC (Tue) by eru (subscriber, #2753) [Link]

IBM -- you remember, the company whose lawyers wore out the government in the anti-trust trial of 1969-1981.

Wasn't a major reason the Governement gave up at that time that the more pro-business Reagan administration came into power in 1980? Compare with how the Microsoft settlement coincided with the Bush Jr. administration 20 years later.

But I must agree your example still shows IBM has the stamina to pursue legal cases as long as it takes.

Groklaw gets some competition (ZDNet)

Posted Oct 18, 2004 16:41 UTC (Mon) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link]

SCO's lawyers have their own interest, which might not match the interest of SCO's stockholders. The longer the agony is prolonged, the more fees the lawyers collect. Those fees come out of SCO's remaining cash. When it's gone (either because the money runs out or the remaining stockholders wise up), the party's over.