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that still doesn't explain why neither Tarantula (the old Santa Cruz Operation that sold Unixware to Caldera/SCO) nor AT&T (the original public utility, heavily regulated owner of Unixware) have lifted so much as a finger to come to SCO's defense on this issue. And it does nothing to explain why Darl McBride's predecessor, Ransom Love, has gone on record saying that SCO is completely off the wall wrong on this issue. It was Ransom Love who bought Unixware in the first place, and if anyone should know what they bought, it should be Ransom Love. In light of these facts, IBM's investment in Novell will not carry a whole lot of weight. In fact it could easily be veiwed that Novell has a more powerful ownership interest in Unixware than SCO, since all of these things revolve around complex and convoluted contracts that are unique in the IT world. The plain fact of the matter is that the judge and jury are likely to go plain mad trying to figure the whole thing out (along with plenty of conflicting expert testamony) and the most likely result is that SCO will lose even whatever value of Unixware they now enjoy. With all these legally questionable contracts and agreements clutering the landscape, Unixware itself is very likely to end up in the public domain before it is through. This is why a lot of old Unix hands have viewed SCO's claims with deep suspicion from the very beginning.
Posted by: George Mitchell   Posted on: 02/13/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Poor SCO will be fighting on a lot of different fronts.  DonnieBoy | 02/12/04
sec filing  guido_z | 02/12/04
investors are getting ready to bail out?  nite_w0lf | 02/12/04
Amazing!  IT_User | 02/12/04
will m$ come to the rescue? or just watch sco die? (nt)  stephen732@... | 02/12/04
If you're a known padron of an arrested hit man, you'd walk to the exit...  dicktaurus@... | 02/12/04
MS involvment  MG_z | 02/13/04
Correction...they ARE the laughing stock....  nograin | 02/13/04
Will be???? (nt)  jnonneman | 02/12/04
Purportedly?  IT_User | 02/12/04
Why hasn't anyone asked ...  George Mitchell | 02/12/04
looks like sco gonna need mote money  JWatson77 | 02/12/04
why NONE of the former owners of Unixware have come to SCO's defense  MG_z | 02/13/04
(NT) Ding, Dong, The Wicked SCO is Dead !!!!!  Plain Logic | 02/12/04
One thing I find curious is, why?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/12/04
Still hanging with SCO I see.  zd-spam | 02/12/04
Still playing dumb-dumberer, NAG? Of course IBM needs no absolution...  dicktaurus@... | 02/12/04
nothing to do with IBM per se  hipparchus | 02/13/04
Not what I read....  DarbyOhara | 02/13/04
Thanks Darby, I was only asking a question but...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
I thought I answered your question  hipparchus | 02/13/04
Re: One thing I find curious is, why?  Mack DaNife | 02/13/04
You may well be right.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Re: You may well be right.  Mack DaNife | 02/13/04
But you have to admit...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Re: But you have to admit...  Mack DaNife | 02/13/04
Now there is the truth!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Sequent, Not IBM  MonsterPuppy | 02/13/04
Yes, but why?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Here's why...  MonsterPuppy | 02/13/04
Unfortunately that can't be done  John Le'Brecage | 02/13/04
But, IBM hasn't done anything wrong???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Novell is not really forgiving a "sin"  dscherf | 02/13/04
Not quite true.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
No, they haven't  dscherf | 02/13/04
Hard to keep all the players straight.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Funny that you should ask...  dscherf | 02/13/04
I didn't know that. Maybe this time around?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Maybe!  dscherf | 02/13/04
silicon graphics  Louis Ross Focke | 02/13/04
IBM bought Novell (just like MS bought Novell), but ...  George Mitchell | 02/13/04
OOPS! I meant 'just like MS bought SCO'  George Mitchell | 02/13/04
You guys are getting wrapped up in headlines  IT_User | 02/13/04
You are of course right... But,  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Can't play it ant any time  IT_User | 02/13/04
But why wait until now?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Let's follow this  IT_User | 02/13/04
Like MS and SCO  MonsterPuppy | 02/13/04
My answer  MG_z | 02/13/04
This sort of moves IBM to the Background.  nite_w0lf | 02/13/04
actually no this does not  afterbrnr | 02/13/04
RE:To " actually no this does not"  nite_w0lf | 02/13/04
Finish SCO off....  nograin | 02/13/04
Novell can require SCO...  Update victim | 02/13/04
The bottom line  chawil@... | 02/13/04
They stole the code, now they are stealing money!  Jose.Pinchero | 02/15/04
IBM should pay, they stole the code = thiefs!!!  Jose.Pinchero | 02/15/04

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