____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Tuesday 18 September 2007 17:32 : \____
> On Sep 18, 8:48 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> SCO Lawsuits: 'Misguided From the Start'
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | One takeaway of the SCO filing is that "dubious legal claims are not a
>> | business strategy," said Amanda McPherson, marketing director for the
>> | Linux Foundation. "Building a business on Linux, instead of attacking it,
>> | has led to prosperity. Compare SCO and Red Hat, for instance," she said.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/7fPaWU1asLvfB6/SCO-Lawsuits-Misgu...
>
> This has been commented upon a lot, but it's hard to be completely
> satisfied with the justice when someone (SCO) with nothing but bogus
> claims from the beginning, who never presented one shred of evidence
> to back up their claims, were able to drag this miserable business out
> for so long. As far as I'm concerned, it should have been put up or
> shut up on day one. And of course if it had not been for groklaw,
> they would have succeeded in one of their and Microsoft's main goals
> even while losing the case in the end, namely, casting doubt on Linux
> and slowing its adoption. Indeed that goal was achieved for a while,
> a year maybe.
>
> Another remarkable thing is how Caldera, which used to be a Linux
> distributor who made real contributions to the community turned
> overnight into a litigation corporation, upon the accession of McBride
> to the throne. It was completely different under Noorda. So there
> were a lot of people, employees, customers, and victims of the
> lawsuits, who suffered just because of a change in management. Makes
> me wonder if there's another story behind that.
I am not intimately familiar with these stories because I only became more
involved with Linux news about 2 years ago. But there appear to be some other
stories there and Groklaw is the place to learn about them. As for McBride,
many say he should be sued. I continue to wonder if he has some fat bank
account hidden somewhere (and, if so, someone must be keeping it fat).
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