[olug] SCO Lawsuit

[Sean Edwards]

> Novell's SuSe is a fortress - they have some hold on
> SCOX and if SCOX
> were to ever sue one of their customers, well, it
> hurts just to think
> about it.

Actually, Novell used to hold the master kernel
license which is now the Albatross around SCO's neck. 
I may have the dates wrong, but I believe Novell
bought it from AT&T in 1993 and then sold it to SCO in
1995.\

I also believe Novell helped develop the IPX/SPX
protocol support for Linux, which led to the MARS NWE
(NetWare Emulator).  It was a Bindery (NetWare 3.x)
server emulator which provided drive and print
services to a Novell environment.

Novell recently bought SUSE. Is there any chance they
will buy Master Kernel from SCO just to retire it?

-=Sean=-




--- neal rauhauser <neal at lists.rauhauser.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>   SCOX received $50M in a PIPE (private investment
> in public equity)
> with this funding specifically meant to support
> their 'Linux tax'. The
> two companies that provided this were Royal Bank of
> Canada and Baystar.
> RBC pulled out of the deal, selling their stock to
> Baystar, and the
> terms of the PIPE allow Baystar to seize almost
> every dime SCOX has in
> their treasury. Baystar has already taken steps to
> do this. Right now
> RBC is unloading 740k worth of junk SCOX stock they
> got as part of the
> deal - this should be done by Friday, then SCOX
> takes another giant step
> towards a chapter 7 bankruptcy when the judge
> impounds their operating
> funds.
> 
>   SCOX has filed against two large companies and in
> the first case,
> against Daimler Chrysler, the judge has made it
> clear that she has seen
> SCOX coming and won't tolerate their nonsense.
> Analysts fully expect
> this one to get thrown out on its ear. The Autozone
> case is a little
> more complex and AZ seems willing to let IBM clean
> house on the problem.
> 
>   SCOX is finally cornered by IBM's lawyers and the
> analysts believe
> that a summary judgement, with prejudice, is going
> to be the final
> outcome. They've fooled around for a year in
> discovery, they just asked
> for another nine months, but they're repeatedly
> stated in public that
> they have *all the evidence they need*. Judges don't
> like getting jerked
> around and the one on this case is letting it
> proceed such that when its
> over, its over with no possibility of appeal, and
> the results should be
> fatal.
> 
>   I've followed this case very closely and it is
> nothing but M$ funded
> FUD against Linux. If your ED is truly worried about
> legal liability
> Novell's SuSe is a fortress - they have some hold on
> SCOX and if SCOX
> were to ever sue one of their customers, well, it
> hurts just to think
> about it.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Joe Catanzaro wrote:
> > 
> > I was in a meeting with an executive director of
> our company and he stated
> > that one of the reasons we haven't moved more
> towards Linux is because of
> > the lawsuits that SCO has been threatening the
> Fortune 1000 companies with.
> > So, my question, having not followed the details
> of this SCO crap is
> > this,   Is there any way to implement Linux
> without the few pieces of code
> > that SCO is calling into question? Or are they
> claiming they own part of
> > the kernel code?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Joe Catanzaro
> > joecatanzaro at cox.net
> > 
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