Oracle Sues Google Over Android

[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 08/17/2010 09:57 AM, Jack Coats wrote:
>
> Comparing SCO to Oracle is a bit strange.  SCO was doing it to try to s=
tay
> alive (and apparently it was to mainly feed lawyers).  Oracle has addit=
ional
> business models that actually generate positive cash flow.
>
> But I understand the tempting comparison.
>
Certainly, SCO (tSCOg) is a much different animal. When Caldera bought
the original SCO (Santa Cruz) Caldera management was not thinking
lawsuit as they were a Linux distro. From what information I have, it
came from Kevin McBride, who is an attorney and Darl's brother. But,
there is another protagonist, Ralph Yarrow.  Ralph was a major investor
in the Canopy Group and Caldera. There is even a law in Utah, the Yarrow
Law) that the SCO attorneys are trying to apply to the IBM case
retroactively. Ransom Love who was the Caldera CEO at the time of the
purchase was not in favor of the lawsuits. Additionally, the SCO vs. IBM
lawsuit was and is still a contract issue. When Novell waived the
copyrights SCO then sued Novell. I prefer to read Groklaw
(www.groklaw.net) for information because PJ, while only a mere
paralegal :-), she does understand the law.

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