SCO to continue the fight? [LWN.net]

SCO to continue the fight?

Posted Feb 16, 2008 15:37 UTC (Sat) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767)
Parent article: SCO to continue the fight?

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At some point IBM or Novell may tire of the whole thing and try to cut some kind of deal.
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IBM would never do that.  They know that if they cave in on this, they will invite a host of
other copycats attacking them on other fronts, hoping to cash in.  When this said and done,
nothing must remain of the SCO Group but a smoking crater where their building used to be.
And a sign post that says "IBM was here".  

If they thought they could pierce the corporate veil and financially ruin Darl, Chris, and the
other players, they'd do that, too.  And the crowd would cheer.

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SCO to continue the fight?

Posted Feb 16, 2008 23:24 UTC (Sat) by iabervon (subscriber, #722) [Link]

Depends on what deal they cut. Dropping the counterclaims in return for $30 million wouldn't
be bad. I mean, SCO has never shown any interest in having assets left in case of a judgment
against them, so settling is about the only chance IBM and Novell have of getting their money.

If I were looking for conspiracies, I'd actually look for this being a front for IBM and
Novell associates behind the scenes burning a little cash and juggling a bit more cash in
order for the bottom line of the SCO saga to come out: "SCO loses, pays IBM and Novell
millions for nothing." And it remains to be seen whether SCO's executives and investors get
anything personally, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're unhappy in the end, for reasons
not directly traceable to SCO's actions, but obviously enough not unrelated.