IBM has an extensive patent portfolio ("immense" is an understatement)
that, AFAIK, is only used in countersuits. You win one, they unleash 300
on you...
On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 10:46, Jean Francois Martinez wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 19:12, Z wrote:
> > Microsoft bought a license from SCO. It is probably related to AT&T code
> > in Xenix that might have gone all the way to NT. The TCP/IP stack is
> > definitely BSD derived and AT&T claimed copyrights over early BSD.
> > As for the lawsuit, IBM had the habit of terminating with extreme
> > prejudice anyone that sues them, even on clear-and-cut cases. Let's see
> > how they handle this. If they stall the process with a couple of
> > injunctions for 3-4 years SCO will starve to death anyway.
> >
>
> No they would be kept alive by speculation. Just like for over 70 years
> there has been market for the bonds issued by Czarist Russia (disowned
> by the Soviets) as people waited for these bonds being refunded.
> Fianlly they got sums who had been unadjusted for inflation....
>
> Now when you say that IBM uses to terminate with extreme prejudice those
> who sue them I dream of black cars stopping in front of SCO offices.
> Black-clad men pour out of those cars. They draw assault rifles from
> under their overcoats and start shooting.
>
> Variant: The men are clad in blue
>
> > On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 09:32, Colburn wrote:
> > > A friend just asked me about the SCO versus Linux lawsuit.
> > >
> > > SCO is suing saying Linux illegally uses Unix code (they're suing IBM,
> > > other hardware providers, and maybe even some distros like RedHat -- he
> > > wasn't too clear as to the details).
> > >
> > > Guess who owns a lot of SCO shares? Microsoft.
> > >
> > > Sounds like a backdoor attack on Linux. They couldn't crush Linux in
> > > the marketplace, so they're going to the courtroom.
> > >
> > > Since Linux companies are so weakly capitalized a harassing lawsuit
> > > could create sufficient doubt to scare off large corporate buyers, seed
> > > doubt in the minds of consumers, and divert resources from marketing and
> > > development to legal battles ... it could work.
> > >
> > > Couldn't RH and several States drag the Gates/M$ thugs back into
> > > monopoly court with this as new evidence of new anti-competitive
> > > behavior.
> > >
> > > Anyone have good info as to the potential harm to RH of this latest M$
> > > scam? (If they spent more time and money writing good code they
> > > wouldn't have to worry about competition!)
> > >
> > > dmc
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