Re: SCO has been delisted by NASDAQ

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:38:58 -0500 
Bill Horne <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> I think SCO's actions are a prima facie (pun intended) case for tort 
> reform. 

Maybe so, but I think they really believed they had a case. 

> The business strategy of this company can be summed up in three words: 
> lies, bullying, and lawsuits. The shame of it all is that they got away 
> with so much of it for so long. 

I would agree here to some extent. 

I think that when Caldera bought the Unix division from The Santa Cruz 
Operation, that Caldera believed that they received the Unix IP. Either 
they were sold a bill of goods by Santa Cruz or they were simply 
misinformed. I also think that when they engaged in their case against 
IBM, they may have been under the misguided impression that IBM would 
simply pay them off.  For a short while, they were able to bully some 
Linux users. 

I do think that their attorneys used a lot of smoke and mirrors, but 
the slander charge they leveled at Novell indicates that they actually 
believed that they owned the Unix copyrights. 


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