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Now the REAL Reason for SCO's Decision
" The move appears to be an adjustment to a "carefully planned and staged scenario," Gartner analyst George Weiss said. It could be that SCO was concerned that its invoices would unfairly target only a subset of the market, or that it was daunted by the possibility that it would have to back up its invoices with a host of lawsuits, if companies refused to pay."

This is a half truth: IF SCO filed a lawsuit against a company for failing to pay them without offering PROOF they were indeed owed money, it would be SCO that would be sued. In short if SCO filed a host of lawsuits against companies who refused to pay, SCO would end up facing a host of lawsuits for extortion and racketeering.

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Seems that Deutsche Bank is trying to prove P.T.Barnum really was right !!  Plain Logic | 10/15/03
It just means  Fanatical Desperado | 10/16/03
sco still in business?  stephen732@... | 10/17/03
alternative interpretation  kingrollo | 10/15/03
Can you get it straight, ZD Net?  zd-spam | 10/15/03
Exactly!  George Mitchell | 10/15/03
The second the alleged "code" is in the public record  rbethell | 10/16/03
you've got to be kidding me  Arrg | 10/15/03
It could be ...  Enton Eller | 10/15/03
Bank of German obviously does not run linux  cvos | 10/15/03
Obviously? OR perhaps ...  George Mitchell | 10/15/03
ms only honest company?  lmaxwell | 10/16/03
Well....  Patrick Jones | 10/16/03
define honest  ryusen | 10/16/03
Not Looking Good for SCO  Dr. StrangeOne | 10/16/03
Paying "invoice" may void your real Linux license  rbethell | 10/16/03
Silly idea  Bill Weisgerber | 10/16/03
and in addition  ryusen | 10/16/03
weakness  screaming silence | 10/16/03
re: Can you get it straight, ZD Net?  Bob/Paul | 10/16/03
Where did preview message go?  Bob/Paul | 10/16/03
Cost cutting .. ?  Ardian Daka | 10/16/03
Now the REAL Reason for SCO's Decision  swbobcat | 10/16/03
despite all that  RobC699 | 10/16/03
I think  Arrg | 10/16/03
I get the feeling  Laff | 10/16/03
License fees???  DarbyOhara | 10/16/03
Actually, insurance against a lawsuit  doctormoriarty | 10/17/03
Invoice for WHAT? They got nuttin' on Tux...  rkhalloran | 10/16/03
silly sco  blahblahblah | 10/16/03
15 years from now  SC_z | 10/16/03
Why wait?  Yen_z | 10/16/03
Darn  demonhedge_z | 10/17/03

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