RE: [MLUG] latest SCO shite

["Matthew W. Ross" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> Thanks for the reply.
>
> There is always an unknown here. And that unknown is the judge.

This is exactly the problem they're wanting to exploit. Too bad for them,
IBM has the better lawyers.

> How many judges out there know as much about Technology as you or I? I am
> sure there are a few that have an idea, but law itself is an occupation
> itself that requires total dedication. Once the code is produced, and I am
> sure that SCO has something that they are claiming is theirs, then both
> sides will produce "experts" to claim that their side is correct.
>
> So put yourself in the judge's shoes. You know nothing about what they are
> talking about, both sides say the other one is wrong. You have to choose the
> most convincing side at that point, if they both have a case.

Again, it comes down to the better lawyer. Not to mention the fact that
IBM has the free world behind it, while SCO has just MS who has to be
quietly behind it. Anyone SCO has to bring in will be paid by SCO, IBM can
bring in a lot more and better respected experts for their defence.

> I am still a little concerned considering the environment, that SCO will be
> seen to have a case. Remember the USFL, they got a judgement against the
> NFL. The case said that the NFL held unfair business practice against the
> USFL. Everyone though that the USFL had no case. In truth the judge found
> that the USFL was correct and the NFL DID operate in a way that damaged the
> USFL, the amount of the damage? One dollar.
>
> There is a distinct possibility that this is what will happen here. IBM will
> be found to be in violation, but the value of the violation will be
> negligible since SCO was on it's way down the death spiral already.

They know they're dead as a viable company. They're trying to exploit
their history and bail with as much money as they can salvage, much like
Enron.
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