- October 24, 2003
HP Wishes to Explain Sponsoring the SCO Tour
Here is HP's explanation for sponsoring the SCO city-to-city tour, which I reproduce in full:
"External Statement Concerning HP's Sponsorship of the SCO City to City Tour
"In light of statements by SCO concerning potential intellectual property problems in the current Linux software development model, HP has been asked whether our sponsorship of the SCO City-to-City tour represents an endorsement of SCO's position.
"HP's adaptive...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/10/24.html#a381
- October 24, 2003
A Few More Crumbs Along the RBC Trail
A lot of folks have been asking why the Royal Bank of Canada would invest in SCO. Some are unhappy about it:
"'This is an irresponsible decision that the Royal Bank is making, both financially and morally,' said Mike Gifford, co-founder of Ottawa-based Linux firm Open Concept Consulting. 'I can't understand why any bank would decide it was a good decision to go off and invest in a failing company that's pursuing a very weak legal argument.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/10/24.html#a380
- October 24, 2003
In India, Red Hat Shows SCO the Door and Darl Talks Turkey, in French
Our own eagle-eyed belzecue submitted this article from The Financial Express, which reports that the largest insurance company in India is dumping SCO and going with Red Hat Linux: "It is Linux time for the financial sector. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the largest insurance company of the country, is implementing Linux, the open source code operating system, replacing SCO Unix across its 2,048...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/10/24.html#a379
- October 24, 2003
SCO: It's IBM's Fault We're So Slow with Discovery
Here you are. Plaintiff's Substitute Motion for Enlargement of Time to Respond to
Defendant IBM's Motion to Compel Discovery. In it, SCO explains to Judge Kimball why it should get more time to answer IBM's Motion to Compel. It's here as a pdf and below is a text version. Everything they say is to buttress their claim that they need more time. They say it isn't just about lines of code; it's about methods, ways of doing...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/10/24.html#a378
- October 24, 2003
Ballmer Says Commercial Software is Better Because Someone's Rear End is on the Line
You know I couldn't resist covering this story. Microsoft's Steve Ballmer picked up his glove and slapped Linux across the face in a speech given at an industry conference thrown by...who else, Gartner In his speech, he said some peculiar things about security: "Ballmer ... disputed the notion that open-source code is more secure than Windows. 'The data doesn't jibe with that. In the first 150..
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/10/24.html#a377
- October 19, 2003
SCO Asks the Red Hat Judge Not to Give Them Their Day in Court Part Two Then, bully fashion, SCO tells the judge that if the court does not dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and does not dismiss by exercising its discretion (the two arguments SCO has so far advanced), it should either stay the Red Hat action until the IBM case is finished or "transfer it to Utah where the previously-filed IBM action is currently being prosecuted." Now I am laughing out loud. Looking for a little home town...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/10/19.html#a376
- October 19, 2003
SCO Asks the Red Hat Judge Not to Give Them Their Day in Court Part One
I said I'd dissect SCO's Reply Brief in Support of Its Motion to Dismiss, so, picking up my knife with gusto, here goes.
First, it is a cynical document. The overview is that they are asking the judge to either dismiss Red Hat's case or, failing that, either grant them a stay until the IBM case is settled or consolidate the two cases by sending the Red Hat case to Utah. They warn her they will submit a motion...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/10/19.html#a375
- October 19, 2003
Groklaw's New Quote Database Feature
We are happy to announce a new feature of Groklaw, a searchable database of quotations by principals in the SCO story. There is a link to it right under the Home link, on the left. For example, perhaps you're Red Hat, and you'd like to know everything Darl McBride ever said about your company, you can find it here. Perhaps I should qualify that last statement to say that you can find everything he ever said that we have in our database. ...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/10/19.html#a374
- October 19, 2003
SCO Requests a Delay on Answering IBM Motion to Compel
SCO got the delay it wanted to answer IBM's Amended Complaint with Counterclaims, so they are asking Judge Kimball if they could have until the 24th to answer IBM's Motion to Compel. IBM has opposed their request. Also IBM is adding another lawyer to the team. Here's the docket info: 101704 Entered: 101703 Add attorney for IBM David R. Marriott
101703 Motion to extend time by SCO to 102403 for pla to resp to motcompel...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/10/19.html#a373
- October 19, 2003
More From the Teleconference
This is PR to the nth degree: how to mortgage your company, give up on suing SGI, and admit you can't send out invoices after all and make it sound like a plus. Here are reports from the teleconference to show you what I mean. Peter Galli of EWeek reports this interesting bit. SCO says it didn't go looking for money. Several companies, according to McBride, approached them, looking to invest: "The ability to build up a 'war chest'...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/10/19.html#a372
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