[plug] SCO

[Craig Foster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au 
> [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf Of Senectus .
> Sent: Thursday, 10 February 2005 10:11 PM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] SCO
> 
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:53:33 +0800, garry 
> <garbuck at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> > This is significant....
> > 
> > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050209203941896
> > 
> > <quote>
> > 
> > Do you remember when SCO told the world all about the convincing 
> > materials they'd love to show us but that were submitted to 
> the court 
> > under seal? If we could see those, they implied, we'd 
> surely be aware 
> > of how strong their position really was? Well, Judge 
> Kimball saw it all.
> > And he says he finds it incredible that after trash talking IBM in 
> > public for two years, SCO has presented no evidence to back 
> up their words:
> > 
> >     "Viewed against the backdrop of SCO's plethora of 
> public statements
> >     concerning IBM's and others' infringement of SCO's purported
> >     copyrights to the UNIX software, it is astonishing that 
> SCO has not
> >     offered any competent evidence to create a disputed 
> fact regarding
> >     whether IBM has infringed SCO's alleged copyrights through IBM's
> >     Linux activities."
> > 
> > So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. No competent evidence, 
> > sealed or public.
> > 
> > </quote>
> > 
> > 8^)===
> > 
> > Woohoooo..
> > 
> I reckon it sounds like a good excuse for a "party" ;-)
> 
> The summary dismissal of SCO's case can't be far away.. 
> I reckon it'll be shortly after SCO's last ditch discovery effort..

Nope. Summary Dismissal is not on the cards and SCO's discovery of
everything IBM ever thought isn't to be hampered. This could still easily go
until the end of next year. Meanwhile SCO execs are still getting paychecks
for "working".

CraigF.