[olug] SCO Lawsuit

Wed May 19 18:51:21 UTC 2004

If bankruptcy is in SCO's future then that would be a prime time for Novell/SuSe
to pick over the remaining assets and recover the Kernel code. Being involved
with a development of Linux, Novell would not have any interest in alienating
clients who are using another flavor of Linux and who could make use of
Novell's additions to Linux.

Tom

Quoting Sean Edwards <cybersean3000 at yahoo.com>:

> > 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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Tom Williamson