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SCO's Real Motive... A Buyout?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the holding-the-industry-hostage dept.

psykocrime writes "Acccording to this article in ComputerWorld, CEO Darl McBride of SCO has finally discussed the possibility of a buyout by IBM in public. Among other things, McBride says: "I'm not trying to screw up the Linux business," he said. "I'm trying to take care of the shareholders, employees and people who have been having their rights trampled on." and "If there's a way of resolving this that is positive, then we can get back out to business and everybody is good to go, then I'm fine with that," McBride said today in an interview with Computerworld. "If that's one of the outcomes of this, then so be it." Also, yet another computerworld article indicates that most of the press and analysts who have been invited to take part in SCO's "public review of the infringing code" have declined... apparently due primarily to concerns over the terms of the non-disclosure agreement SCO is asking them to agree to. Linus in particular has said "no way" to signing their NDA to look at the code."

6 of 451 comments (clear)

  1. teh ir0ny by lvdrproject · · Score: 5, Funny

    Haha, wait. Linus has to sign a non-disclosure agreement to look at the code for the operating system he created? You are richer than rich, SCO.

  2. "no way" ??? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


    I think they dropped a word out of the middle of the Linus quote.

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  3. no by Rumagent · · Score: 5, Funny
    "If there's a way of resolving this that is positive, then we can get back out to business and everybody is good to go, then I'm fine with that," McBride said today in an interview with Computerworld. "If that's one of the outcomes of this, then so be it."


    A positive outcome of this would be the complete and utter bankrupt of SCO. It would be shame if that kind of shitty behavior is rewarded.

    If I belived in hell I would wish them there... On the other hand, they would probably be thrown a "welcome back" party.
  4. Re:Take away their publicity by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Without publicity, they'll wither and die more quickly, so why don't we choke off their oxygen feed by ignoring them?

    You are forgetting that this mess is being driven by lawyers. Since lawyers are a form of anaerobic bacteria, cutting off their oxygen won't help...

  5. Re:Big Blue as OSS Mega-Hero? by daeley · · Score: 5, Funny

    "IBM, Savior of Linux", wow. That may be enough to get RMS to take a bath.

    He'll never open the spigots unless it's "IBM, Savior of GNU/Linux." ;)

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  6. On behalf of anaerobic bacteria everywhere.... by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    On behalf of anaerobic bacteria everywhere, I must ask you to stop your libelous assertion that lawyers are a form a anaerobic bacteria.

    They would threaten to sue, but that would be too low for them.

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