arstechnica.com — SCO finds itself on life support after a federal judge ruled that the company did not own the copyrights to UNIX after all. Ars reflects on the circumstances of the case and how SCO ultimately signed its own death warrant.
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harrybauzoniaAug 15, 2007
My favorite statement from the article:"SCO faces imminent bankruptcy."I'm gonna call the wife. I need a nooner.
snotrokitAug 15, 2007
brilliant. absolutely brilliant. Great summary of what this case is and was. More importantly, I really hope that this stands as a warning to patent trolls, license mongers, and the like that they will NOT get away with extortion. I have been waiting for this for YEARS. I hope that Darl & company enjoy what they have done, and are forever banished from running anything bigger than a lemonade stand. Karma is a real bitch Darl McBride, and it is coming your way on a freight train. Good riddance.
groverblueAug 15, 2007
I remember getting SCO SCSI drivers (on floppy disk) with my first Western Digital SCSI drive. This was back in 1997. I was running Windows, though.
benanzoAug 15, 2007
Red Hat NEVER paid SCO a dime in extortion fees. They offered their customers indemnity against legal attacks, but they _absolutely_never_*paid*_anyone_for_the_right_to_sell_Linux_ -- In fact, Red Hat sued SCO for claiming Linux needed SCO's blessing.
init100Aug 15, 2007
AFAIK, their lawyers have agreed to a cap in their legal fees, probably in exchange for a share in the company.
pogsonAug 17, 2007
SCOG has lost money every year except 2003 when they started the SCOG v World thing. They had a good Linux distro but they did not have the vision to bring it to fruition. Buying the UNIX licensing business from Novell was a very bad move unless they exploited the sales channel to distribute Linux which did not catch on. They were failing from bad business choices or timing or both. This FUD campaign may have delayed bankruptcy a few years or guaranteed its inevitability.