SCO v. IBM Is Officially Reopened 104
stoilis writes "Groklaw reports that the SCO vs IBM case is officially reopened: 'The thing that makes predictions a bit murky is that there are some other motions, aside from the summary judgment motions, that were also not officially decided before SCO filed for bankruptcy that could, in SCO's perfect world, reopen certain matters. I believe they would have been denied, if the prior judge had had time to rule on them. Now? I don't know.'"
Braaaaaaaiiiinnns! (Score:5, Insightful)
Can't this just die already?
I see this as a good thing (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:I see this as a good thing (Score:5, Insightful)
Speak for yourself. Years ago when this same case was going on I had a client implement a no GNU policy and we replaced all our Linux systems with Windows and paid the $699 per core SCO licensing fee for Linux.
The lawyers were all over this. As a result the developers were forbidden to use GNU as it could infringe on someone elses property and it the arguments were like reading the troll posts from Slashdot.
The more this shit hits the headlines in places like CIOmag or InfoWorld.com the stronger the argument agaisnt' GNU and Linux.
Re: I see this as a good thing (Score:5, Insightful)
In the real world pretty much every major company continued using Linux and most startups, some now household names, got of tge ground thanks to Linux and GPL software.
My point being that most people have not believed the fud. ..
Re:Happy ending? (Score:3, Insightful)
More likely the funding comes from Microsoft, as they are the only entity that benefits by the destruction of all things 'nix.
Re:I see this as a good thing (Score:4, Insightful)
Remember that the lawyers own what's left of SCO, they have nothing to lose.
and they want their payday. Since there's nothing left of SCO, they'll have to file nuisance suits from now til the Second Coming of Elvis to get even some of the money they're "owed" via settlements. They've shown they were willing to ride it out to the bitter end.
Re:Braaaaaaaiiiinnns! (Score:4, Insightful)
I thought the thinking was that he had helped give this life? Why would he destroy his own creation? After all, he did nothing about Microsoft's monstrosities.
So if SCO are back (Score:5, Insightful)
I hope their creditors they shafted when they filed for bankruptcy last time are first in line to get paid, before the new lawyers. (and the old ones, since they were the cause of it)