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ACCC Asks SCO To Explain Themselves

Posted by simoniker on from the blimey dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) governmental organization has issued a request to SCO to provide information regarding complaints filed with it, according to The Age. This deals with issues regarding SCO's IP claims, and statements regarding the need for commercial Linux users to obtain a Unix licence. With any luck, that'll be Slashdot's daily dose of SCO news..."

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  1. Re:Now there's a surprise. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    Actually, the ACCC tends to really kick arse. For instance, they just told Qantas they couldn't merge with Air New Zealand (thank god... look what Air NZ did to Ansett). If you breach the Trade Practices Act, they don't ask you to stop (or cry)... they prosecute.

    Personally, I think the delay with the SCO issue has been that it's just not as important as some of the other major cases they have been dealing with lately (i.e. Pan Pharmacueticals and the ever popular kicking the sh*t out of Telstra). Now that the guns are turned on SCO, I suspect that SCO is in for an interesting time indeed.

    For instance, when I lodged my complaint with the ACCC, the person who answered the phone already knew all about the issue. This implies that lots of complaints were lodged and that the ACCC has a large body of evidence already.

    It's popcorn time...