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Maybe NOT a win for the TSG lawyers...
This is a federal court case. If the lawsuit is found to be frivolous, the lawyers could face Sanctions imposed under title, 28, section 1927 ? for conduct that, viewed objectively, manifests either intentional or reckless disregard of the attorney?s duties as officers of the court.

These sanctions aren't just money: A lawyer can be removed from the list of lawyers allowed to represent clients in federal courts.

So far, the plaintiff hasn't even identified what property their suit is about... what are these "methods", and are they protected as trade secrets, copyrighted material, or as patents? What lines of Linux code implement these stolen properties?

TSG (The SCO Group) has been showing "evidence" to computer business analysts (e.g. the Yankee Group) and corporate financial analysts (e.g., Deutsche Bank) for months. In my personal opinion, it is appalling and contemptful that they REFUSE to present this "evidence" to the party they have accused.

I feel that Counsel for TSG has not been meeting minimal standards of practice as an officer of the Court. But this is only Discovery, and a few weeks' delay to provide the plaintiff and their Counsel one last chance to come up with a useful set of specific claims, before finding the Suit frivolous, is definitely in the best interest of everyone.

IANAL.
Posted by: Rick S._z   Posted on: 11/12/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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SCO...  FreeBSD | 11/12/03
Get it over with already  zoltrac | 11/12/03
It'll be interesting to see if this judge has the b@lls to do that . . .  Plain Logic | 11/12/03
Coerce or get information?  Robert Crocker | 11/12/03
That's what discovery is all about  Bill Weisgerber | 11/12/03
How odd  zd-spam | 11/12/03
Irrelivant  lenohere | 11/13/03
NOT irrelevant - It is a M$ issue  shawkins | 11/14/03
Yes, IBM (and all Linux users) Needs this settled  km4hr@... | 11/13/03
How odd  kpatton@... | 11/13/03
re: How odd  Still Lynn | 11/16/03
C'mon Bill!!! Wake up!  drew0570 | 11/12/03
Educate yourself  Robert Crocker | 11/13/03
Giant PR Exercise  Robert Hahn | 11/12/03
Here's the pump, dump coming in a couple of days  mdchaney | 11/12/03
It may be a giant.  Enton Eller | 11/12/03
What does the public think of SCO?  issthatso | 11/12/03
Subpoenaing(sp?) Stallman...  vdraken | 11/12/03
Well, Boies made some mock of BG  Bill Weisgerber | 11/12/03
Well, Boies made some mock of BG  zd-spam | 11/12/03
fight the axis of evils $CO - M$  screaming silence | 11/12/03
Fight the axis of evil  wadeprater | 11/12/03
Fight the evil with axes!  Still Lynn | 11/12/03
Or could it be...  Yen_z | 11/13/03
And the winner is...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/12/03
"real winners in this" action are the lawyers  Cardinal_Bill | 11/12/03
Maybe NOT a win for the TSG lawyers...  Rick S._z | 11/12/03
re: Maybe NOT a win for the TSG lawyers...  Still Lynn | 11/14/03
re: And the winner is...  Still Lynn | 11/12/03
You forget the SCO executives  IT_User | 11/12/03
Yes, I did ...  Still Lynn | 11/12/03
How so?  Bill Weisgerber | 11/12/03
How so? Are you really that dumb?  zd-spam | 11/12/03
Translation  vdraken | 11/13/03
Thank you, Pee Wee Herman ...  Still Lynn | 11/14/03
re: How so?  Still Lynn | 11/14/03
Missouri School Board/BPF assertion needs correcting  infosecgroupie | 07/01/04
Not shown to be true!  Bill Weisgerber | 11/12/03
Shown to be true but not perceived to be...  Still Lynn | 11/14/03
That sounds reasonable  Enton Eller | 11/12/03
Exactly!!  Art Royce | 11/12/03
Blake Stowell is an idiot  NT Admin | 11/12/03
Yeah, like a fox.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/12/03
don't eyeball me boy  blahblahblah | 11/12/03
Not a chance.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/12/03
Don is impartial - it is to laugh  bgoss@... | 11/13/03
Your failure to read and comprehend.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/13/03
Like the fox that threw br'er rabbit into the briar patch  zd-spam | 11/12/03
My track record?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/13/03
What? No smart reply?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/13/03
What? No smart reply?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/13/03
Code.  Cardinal_Bill | 11/12/03
re: Code [blue]  Still Lynn | 11/12/03
We're going LINUX full speed ahead - Only will stop if SCO shows code and  Plain Logic | 11/12/03
dragging on  blahblahblah | 11/12/03
FreeBSD ahead  FreeBSD | 11/12/03
re: FreeBSD ahead  Still Lynn | 11/12/03
prioritizing time  blahblahblah | 11/12/03
Court should give 1 week and then throw out suit as frivilous ...  Plain Logic | 11/12/03
SCALE '03  irabinovitch | 11/12/03
No papers at the courthouse  DaveAtFraud | 11/12/03
Quick update  DaveAtFraud | 11/12/03
kinda a bit like a divorce  lmaxwell | 11/12/03
"Battle heats up"  bayo0 | 11/13/03
System V v.4.0  jfalknor | 11/13/03
No more lies from *both* sides...  Chris.Papoudaris@... | 11/13/03
All for naught on SCO's part...  Yen_z | 11/13/03
SCO seems to thrive on doo-doo though ...  Still Lynn | 11/14/03
A million pages?!?  dragosani | 11/13/03
They were from the Darl McBride Memorial Library...  Yen_z | 11/13/03
More of the same tired SCO gamesmanship  Still Lynn | 11/14/03
Don't bother asking SCO execs, they dont know anything  cvos | 11/13/03
OSI Paper addreses issues  kvfelton@... | 11/27/03

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