Decatur Jones' Dion Cornett on SCO (Groklaw) [LWN.net]

Groklaw now has the full Decatur Jones report on SCO. Any corporate manager who is considering paying off SCO should definitely be given a copy. "Now with the potential for legal costs to be borne by OSDL, whose defense fund contributors include heavyweight Intel, we now believe it may be difficult for SCO to win any settlement. Furthermore the 'safe' action appears to have switched sides. Before, many organizations may have been willing to write a five-figure check to avoid legal risks and move on with business. We suspect anyone currently considering such an expenditure may now worry that they will be taken to task for wasting corporate funds. As a consequence, we have reduced our expectation for FY04 SCOSource revenue by 90%."

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Decatur Jones' Dion Cornett on SCO (Groklaw)

Posted Jan 30, 2004 21:43 UTC (Fri) by jre (guest, #2807) [Link]

I note among the risk factors "the ambiguity of SCO’s claim over header files and Novell’s copyrighting of duplicitous UNIX software code."

Not much risk here --by now, SCO's copyrights on almost anything duplicitous should be unassailable.

(Sorry, Dion; I couldn't resist. It's a good analysis on the whole.)

Decatur Jones' Dion Cornett on SCO (Groklaw)

Posted Feb 2, 2004 20:33 UTC (Mon) by dion88 (guest, #19148) [Link]

Thanks. Any input is welcomed.
Dion