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SCO May Countersue Red Hat, SuSE Joins The Fray

uninet writes "The SCO Group, Inc. today released a statement concerning the lawsuit filed against it yesterday by Red Hat, Inc. The release quotes Darl McBride, SCO's President and CEO, as being 'disappointed' with Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik for not being 'forthcoming' about Red Hat's intentions in a previous discussion." Reader psykocrime adds "According to this SuSE press release, SuSE has publically announced their support for RedHat's actions against SCO. Quoting from the press release: 'SCO has already been halted in Germany and we applaud Red Hat's actions to help end their activities in the US -- and beyond. We applaud their efforts to restrict the rhetoric of the SCO group -- and the FUD they are trying to instill -- and will determine quickly what actions SuSE can take to support Red Hat in their efforts.'" Read on for a few more links.

Vladimir writes "What no one has really touched upon is that the SCO vs. IBM court date is in April 2005, which could mean that the resolution of this case could be somewhere in 2006-2007, by which time Linux or any other OS may be irrelevant. People please keep your wallets in your pocket. Also, this lawyer has a long analysis of SCO extortion attempts and debunks a lot of their FUD."

Besides which, Omega writes "VNUnet has a story on how the economic analysis firm The Butler Group predicts that even if SCO can demonstrate there is offending code in the Linux kernel, it could easily be replaced."

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    1. Re:GNAA EARLY POST SYSTEM (fuck michael) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      er, fuck.
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  2. Replacing the Code by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    even if SCO can demonstrate there is offending code in the Linux kernel, it could easily be replaced.

    Once again I have to remind the slashdot crowd that replacing the offending code *now* is not sufficient to relieve you of all damages up until now. That would be like me embezelling money from my company every day, and when they catch me, I can just say "okay I will stop doing it now, so we are all square".

    You are not all square... you have to pay for the IP you stole. End of story.

  3. Yeah, but... by comet_11 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I bet Debian can band together and face the challenge better than Gentoo can!

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  4. Re:An insult on the US justice system... by Psarchasm · · Score: -1, Troll

    The fact that RedHat has to wait for months to get a possible injunction, while SCO & Co keep pumping their stocks and FUD - well.. this is a direct indictment on the way the justice system works(?) in the US.

    It took all of 7 days fot LinuxTAG to shut up SCO in Germany, likewise in Poland and Australia. If SCO is yet to prove it's case, why is it possible for it to keep yelling everyday? The US justice system is too free, maybe


    Or it could be something more akin to the fact that the economy and hence corporate legal load in the US is 10 fold what there is in Poland...

    Purchasing Power Parity;

    US: 10.082T
    Germany: 2.184T
    Australia: 528B
    Poland: 368.1B

    Lets figure 5x PPP against Germany... 5x court load; 5x7=35 business days... gets you right close to 2 months...

    Not very scientific, but neither is your completely UNINSIGHTFUL (who the hell mods this crap?) indictment of the US justice system.

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