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Not a bad spin...
My two rupees, for all that's worth -

The ideal would be for SCO not to threaten third parties with lawsuits, but unfortunately, you've about as much chance of stopping SCO from suing any random Linux user or creator as you've got of stopping all the pigs in Secaucus from breaking wind on Mondays. SCO's business model is evidently the lawsuit, no matter how unwinnable their case is.

So long as they will sue innocent parties; the distributors are behooved to offer money: not in the form of indemnification, which would cover the payout to SCO should by somemiracle they win a suit, but rather to pay the costs of fighting what are obviously annoyance suits against third parties. Every minour loss by SCO will weaken their case against IBM and potentially others. That's why the money needs to be gathered despite no wrongdoing. All SCO would have to do is find one weaker opponent, who could ill afford legal fees, to settle and SCO would have a ready-made prequel proof to their IBM case.

Now granted, SCO would be hard pressed to find a weaker opponent than themselves to sue, but with such a fund the distributors of Linux are insuring that their will be no such obviously weak party. This fund is smart self-protection. This fund also has the effect of warning SCO to remain focussed on their primary suits - IBM, Redhat, and soon Novel, and possibly Google.

Enough of an explanation for you?
Posted by: John Le'Brecage   Posted on: 01/12/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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To stuartevins--  Martin Marvinski | 01/13/04
Basic business policy  Prognosticator | 01/12/04
To further illustrate your point...  IT_User | 01/12/04
I feel better!  Yen_z | 01/12/04
Well, no  IT_User | 01/12/04
B&J paradise  Prognosticator | 01/12/04
Does your "business policy" include flouting antitrust law?  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
Corporations and Social Consciences?  Da_Bobcee | 01/12/04
No Bob  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
Just get the court case done  FilledOut | 01/12/04
Would be nice but....  DarbyOhara | 01/12/04
Not exactly true...  MarcB_z | 01/12/04
Yup  Martin Marvinski | 01/12/04
The Disadvantages of OS  darkonc | 01/12/04
Living under a rock, are we?..  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
SCO has unlimited funds ...  MacGeek2121 | 01/13/04
I said it all along!  dg mh | 01/12/04
Too many have said that....  John Le'Brecage | 01/12/04
yeah, too many...  dg mh | 01/12/04
Obtuse? Careful of that word...  Da_Bobcee | 01/12/04
Choose your poison...  John Le'Brecage | 01/12/04
A smidgen of truth to that at most  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
that's an interesting spin!  dg mh | 01/12/04
No spin at all involved...just the plain truth..  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
Curious, why a defence fund when not needed?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/04
Not what you would call a high-risk venture?  IT_User | 01/12/04
Good point...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/04
What does industry say?  MarcB_z | 01/12/04
Wouldn't this be the same for M$ then???????  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
Not really, it's all perception.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/04
For the exact same reason M$ announced it would indemnify its customers!  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
Even a frivilous lawsuit costs $$$...  MarcB_z | 01/12/04
Has it happened?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/04
Exactly!  MarcB_z | 01/12/04
Not a bad spin...  John Le'Brecage | 01/12/04
I find it curious....  NoB$ | 01/12/04
why a defence fund when not needed?  Robert Hahn | 01/12/04
because...  ryusen | 01/12/04
You're not that stupid.  Martin Marvinski | 01/12/04
What has that to do with this issue?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/04
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No_Ax, Your above flame was Misplaced ? ? ? ? (Are you slipping?)  Plain Logic | 01/12/04
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cool!  princessangry | 01/13/04
Asinine  msdead | 01/13/04

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