idiocy

[Net Llama!]

On 03/06/03 20:29, Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 10:11:20PM -0500, dep wrote:
>>Unix developer The SCO Group has filed a law suit against IBM, 
>>charging it with misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair 
>>competition and other illegal actions related to IBM's Linux 
>>business. The suit seeks at least US$1 billion in damages.
> 
> Sounds to me like the flea running up the elephant's leg with rape on his
> mind.  Perhaps SCO's management thinks that IBM will pay them off just for
> the nuisance value, but my guess is that SCO is committing corporate
> suicide.  I wonder if SCO would be pursuing this if IBM was still selling
> their Linux systems.
> 
> IBM is not stranger to law suits, and has far greater resources to fight
> this than SCO has to pursue the suit.
> 
> The lawyer-slime will of course benefit from this on both sides.

Well, SCO does have a history of suing the big boys.  Remember the 
Lineo/Caldera/SCO lawsuit brought against M$ a few years back?

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