SCO fizzles

[Kurt Wall]

Quoth Bill Campbell:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2003, Kurt Wall wrote:
> ...
> >Which pretty much removes ESR and RMS from the running. :-) That
> >said, self-promotion notwithstanding, ESR is very good at making
> >complex technical issues clear. However, this is not about complex
> >_technical_ issues, but, rather, about IBM's alleged contract 
> >violoations. SCOs trial-by-press-release is calcualated attempt
> >to cloud the core legal issue: did IBM subvert the contract or not?
> 
> Lawyers and judges in the U.S. today really don't want people on the juries
> who are bright enough to understand how they're being manipulated.  They
> most certainly don't want people who understand jury nullifcation.

So, I don't have to worry about being called to jury duty. 

> It appears to me that the SCO folks like Darl may be trying to establish a
> possible insanity defense if they're ever charged with attempting to
> manipulate their stock price.  Their most recent charges that IBM is
> orchestrating the opposition is about the most ridiculous thing I've heard
> in ages.  Come to think of it though, this may be an indication that it
> really is Microsoft that's behind much of SCO's posturing considering that
> it was found that M$ was in fact paying people to write letters to the
> editor and similar activities during their anti-trust trials.

Yup, SCO's charge that IBM is the puppetmaster pulling the strings
was a clear sign that someone hasn't been taking their medication 
regularly or in a strong enough dosage. Nonetheless, it was the funniest
thing I've heard yet.

Kurt
-- 
I have great faith in fools -- self confidence my friends call it.
		-- Edgar Allan Poe