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Thanks to SCO for making Linux famous (now go away)
Now that the judge has thrown out virtually all of SCOs complaints against IBM's usage of Linux we should take a step back and thank SCO. If it weren't for the utter stupidity associated with the SCO vs. the World lawsuits, odds are Linux wouldn't be the news subject that it is. The SCO lawsuits are arguably the best marketing that Linux could have ever received. And since IBM already has a cadre of lawyers, let's call it break-even, if not in fact free press.
Given the amount of code that SCO has received in discovery the court finds it inexcusable that SCO is in essence still not placing all the details on the table. Certainly if an individual was stopped and accused of shoplifting after walking out of Neiman Marcus they would expect to be eventually told what they allegedly stole.
Kudos to Magistrate Judge Brooke C. Wells of the United States District Court in Utah for a very detailed judgement and some well earned snarky comments in the order.
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Wells Grants in Part IBM's Motion to Limit SCO's Claims! In *Large* Part.
Posted by Dave Rosenberg on June 29, 2006 07:20 PM
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The SCO lawsuits are arguably the best marketing that Linux could have ever received.
No.
Actually, I find it difficult to express the depth of my disagreement with this statement without resorting to profanity.
The SCO Group's unfounded allegations have been extremely damaging. Yesterday, there were posters on slashdot calling for Darl McBride's head on a pike. I think they meant that literally.
Personally, I've tried to be somewhat more restrained in my public language. Further, I sincerely hope that no one would resort to extra-judicial violence. But make no mistake, we have been injured, and we want redress.
It's okay-sometimes it takes a while for the truth to appear, but sooner or later Microsoft will be tagged as supporting Caldera to try to fight Linux using Caldera as a proxy.
At the same time, when all of the dust settles, the details of UNIX will be well defined, so it would be harder for someone like SUN to try the same thing if their situation gets as bad as Caldera's has.
I wonder what will happen to McBride after Caldera loses their trial...
Posted by: R H at July 2, 2006 11:12 AMDarl McBride knew and admitted this his acts would cause "collateral damage." In April 2003 he stated, "Yes. We had our eyes wide open when we started this." Mr. McBride ought to be held to account for that damage.
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