GroklawDigging for TruthChris Sontag's Trial Testimony in SCO v. Novell (April 29 and 30, 2008)- June 9, 2008 I thought it would be fun to look at Chris Sontag's testimony as a whole, instead of just covering the SCO v. Novell trial according to the particular day. Sontag was called by Novell on the first day, April 29, 2008. They didn't finish so he was back on the stand on the 30th, so I've cobbled together the relevant sections from the two day's transcripts to show you the complete performance, stage front and center. Two things stand out from his testimony: the attempt to assert that UnixWare..http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080609021532134 Eyeballs Needed for ODF- June 8, 2008 There is an announcement just posted about OASIS opening a new discussion list for members and nonmembers to discuss a proposal to form a new technical committee to help out with "ODF Implementation, Interoperability and Conformance". Yes, interoperability is the key. Rob Weir will lead the discussion, which will go on for 90 days, and which will be discussing a number of things with respect to what such a new TC might do, including this: Liaise with other standard bodies whose work is...http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080607193757737 Day 1, April 29, the Novell v. SCO trial, Opening Statements, as text - with line s- June 6, 2008 Here's day one, April 29th, of the Novell v. SCO trial, as text, with line numbers. Our thanks to papafox and another volunteer for the text and HTML on this version. I finally have time to show you a few things that stand out to me from the trial. By far the most significant new piece of information brought out this day of the trial, as I see it, is that Sun apparently knew before it open sourced Solaris what Novell's position was about the APA.http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080501221928722 Like Sands Through the Hourglass, So Are the Bills in SCO's Bankruptcy - Updated- June 5, 2008 So, more filings in the SCO bankruptcy, and more bills. The accountants, Tanner, have filed their 8th interim bill since SCO filed for Chapter 11 protection. Astonishing, isn't it The grand total of all of Tanner's bills comes to &36;264,296.30 plus expenses. When SCO first filed, back in September of 2007, it actually still had some money. How about now Meanwhile, we wait for the Utah court to decide how it will rule. Nothing on Pacer today again. What is there to do How about coming up...http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200806042203214 Update on the NetApp-Sun Patent Litigation- June 4, 2008 You may have read in News Picks recently that Sun won a partial stay in the NetApp patent lawsuit over ZFS, according to IP Law 360:A judge has partly stayed software company Network Appliance Inc.'s patent lawsuit against rival Sun Microsystems Inc. over Sun's ZFS technology, pending the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's re-examination of one of the patents in the suit. Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California said Friday that proceedings..http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080529163415471 An Open Letter on OOXML Happenings in India- June 3, 2008 The appeal filed by India against OOXML is not yet available, but you can get a pretty good idea of what it likely is about by reading this open letter, Finally, My open letter on OOXML happenings in India by Dr. Deepak B. Phatak, a member of the committee, written to members of the LITD 15 committee of BIS, India. Among the issues Dr. Phatak raises are that OOXML is "not mature enough for acceptance as an ISO standard" yet; that there's no final draft available; the standard has been broken.http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2008060304433147 A Reminder: ISO's Code of Ethics and What Happens Next - Update: Venezuela Appeals Also- June 2, 2008 Now that there have been at least three official appeals filed against OOXML, by South Africa, Brazil and India, as well as a letter of protest from a participant entity at the BRM over the way matters were handled in Denmark, I thought this might be an excellent time to take a moment and remind ISO of its published Code of Ethics PDF. Here's just a bit of it, some words to live by, or at least words I hope they will live by, as they decide what to do with the appeals. And then some...http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2008053102051270 |