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40 Comments
- neko, on 10/10/2007, -0/+89Finish Him!
... LEGALITY! - Philluminati, on 10/10/2007, -0/+54go on Novell! Deliver the final blow that kills those *****
- deadowl, on 10/10/2007, -1/+33Put Unix under GPL already.
- subterfu9e, on 10/10/2007, -1/+33Oh the irony.
- martalli, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23OSX is based on Darwin, which in turn is based on FreeBSD. The proprietary branch of Unix has nothing to do with OSX.
- Auraness, on 10/10/2007, -2/+22Nah, just beating them at their own game. Only difference is Novell is doing it righteously.
- ensane, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20Man Court systems are so bloated.. how many years had it taken to conclude all this?
- jcaino, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14i think the funny thing is that microsoft gave money to both companies...
- Garfunkel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Novel deserves every cent, + interest.
What's going to happen though with the IBM counterclaims against SCO? - thomasprebble, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14SCO have always been a loser company. Having failed miserably at their own Linux Distro (Caldera Open Linux) they decided to go the sour grapes route.
- Daisuke, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14... and zybch conveniently forgets opendarwin completely. they did use a significant amount of code, but it's not like they didn't contribute back to the community.
- shiftt, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16Ah, the never ending circle jerk of litigation. The only folks who truly benefit from all this jazz are lawyers.
- maz2331, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Declaring bankruptcy one day before the start of a trial in a case SCO started is a real desperation move. Once Novell's case is decided and the amount is determined, Novell can move to change the Chapter 11 into a Chapter 7 liquidation proceeding instead.
BTW: The judge in original Utah case already decided officially that SCO is guilty of conversion (ie: flat out theft) and owns NO Unix copyrights at all. 95% of the license fees they collected are Novell's property, not a debt, and can't be discharged in Bankruptcy Court. SCO knows they are toast, but trying desparately to find any way to avoid being wiped out here.
My guess is BK judge will lift stay and let the Utah trial continue, just to know what amount is owed. - icsbase, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12I bet those companies who paid to SCO feel themselves like jackasses... FOR ME TO POOP ON!
- GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Aye but the Novell deal terminates so isn't an issue. The only way the SCO threat ends is with the death of the company.
- Stonekeeper, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7What?
- AeroGuy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Well, the FUD meisters are probably happy that they were able to drag this out for so long and make their claims to the press about the legal problems with Linux. I'm guessing they were hoping for a jury trial instead of this shortcut to a smoking crater where SCO used to be, but still, they did drag it out for 4(?) years with no evidence of copying (and even no copyrights it turns out!) Not too shabby a return for the boys in Redmond. I mean Lindon.
- protogenxl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?
- fluxion, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6paid them for what? their patent protection deal with MS?
that has nothing to do with SCO. thats like me walking out of McDonald's with a free Big Mac because the guy in line before me paid for his own meal. - GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6SCO will be buried by then.
- Stonekeeper, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Wouldn't you?
- mihai11, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Death to SCO !
- clothmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I've been seeing a lot of double-posting on Digg lately, myself included. Anybody know what's causing this?
- Cyber_Akuma, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Novell Wins!
PERFECT!
Bankruptality! - martalli, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Apple certainly has given back to the community. They are probably the most obvious and yet frequently underrated beneficiary of the open source movement. Their work for open source is ironic, given their slavish devotion to drm. =)
- troye, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Finish him. FATALITY!
- macewan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ask for a public apology & $1.00
- thejeremywilson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I second the "Death to SCO!"
- alk509, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Carpenter son the delight even a little - not much cheese seventy dog ***** threw away. My mom salaciously inspires, oven mitt at your dumb caucasian little gasoline cork. Drill the flavor topaz did buy? But who knows.
What a fun game! - troye, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Dang, hitting SCO while he's down! I say do it. That will teach you not to mess with the Penguin.
- MrPeach, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0No, SCO stole money from Novell and declared they owned other property belonging to Novell. Novell is quite within their rights to firstly clear their name (as SCO accused them first), then get back the money that was stolen from them. They also have the right to stop the stealing, which they have made the appropriate moves to do.
SCO is nothing but a conniving den of thieves with no honor or humility. They deserve to be ground into the dirt with all dispatch.
Death to SCO!!! - imperativity, on 10/22/2007, -0/+0I did not post this...wtf?
- fluxion, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1raiden buh buh ba
- bovox, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1My God. They are like two dogs fighting for scraps that Microsoft threw at them at the dinner table. Pathetic. Have they no dignity?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1Didn't MS already pay Novell? so why does Novell want more, considering SCO was heavily funded by MS.
- cranium, on 10/10/2007, -12/+3WTF say in it does Apple have?
- imperativity, on 10/10/2007, -9/+0repeat
- ozahariev, on 10/11/2007, -11/+1i new sco from 1992 even before, novell - a litle bit later, but who knows what is the reason to attack K&R with newbaies after all of this years, but who knows
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -18/+6Nah, they can't do that because it would make baby Apple cry and totally ***** up their whole model of building a shiny UI on top of somebody else's Unix distribution because they are ***** at the actual nuts and bolts of OS design.
- Auraness, on 10/10/2007, -18/+1Nah, just beating them at their own game. Only difference is Novell is doing it righteously.
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