SCO's quarterly filing
Posted Sep 22, 2003 20:58 UTC (Mon) by
crouchet (guest, #1084)
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SCO's quarterly filing by dambacher
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SCO's quarterly filing
>> what if MS acquires SCO completely and discontinues any unix licenses and tries
to battle linux with lawyers?<<
Or someone else with lots of money and an interest in the case. There are a lot of
ways this could happen. For that matter, if IBM were to buy them and then quietly let the
case die -- for now -- that would mean they would be able to resurect all this later if
they wished or felt it necessary. And they would have the money to make it have a
serious impact. OTOH, if IBM bought those rights and then released them, that would
put the case to bed. Would IBM go the enlightened self interest route or the corporate
S.O.P. route? No way to tell.
As it stands a small company with somewhat limited funds is fighting the legal battle
and IBM is defending. That is far from being the worst possible scenario.
JC
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