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NY Times Reveals SCO/Canopy Group Hypocrisy

Posted by timothy on from the strangely-enough dept.

rjamestaylor writes "The New York Times reports that 'SCO, the company that touched off a computer industry slugfest last spring by suing I.B.M. over its use of Unix software, may find itself embarrassed by a similar claim against a company once related to SCO.' Note that the reporter, John Markoff, ties together Noorda's Canopy Group companies, revealing that: 'Canopy is now SCO's largest shareholder, with two seats on the company's board, and has played an important role, analysts say, in shaping SCO's legal strategy.' He even quotes SCOSource shill Laura Didio as saying, 'All roads lead to Canopy...'"

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  1. just keep crying... by spectrokid · · Score: 5, Interesting

    We've been bitchin' on SCO for months and at every story somebody posts "Right NOW is the time to sell your stock...." but the truth is simple for all to see: Canopy is a bunch of lawyers with a BIG trackrecord, so you can bet McBride has his ass covered SEC-wise. SCO was dead in the water before this started and they knew it. So McBride and his buddies will screw over SCO, give all the employees a pink slip and all the customers season tickets to go-fuck-yourself-land. Then they will walk away with so much cash you will wish you did it yourself. And there is nothing we can do about it.

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  2. Re:GPL involvment by Greyfox · · Score: 5, Insightful
    So far, not one company that's found to be infringing on the GPL has been inclined to take it to court. I guarantee you that IP lawyers in every IT firm in the USA has looked at the GPL long and hard, and they've all come to the same decision about it. That's why no one's dared take it to court. If a company thought it could just loot the OSS code base wholesale, it'd do so in an instant. Companies and their boards don't have morals, they just exist to make money. Upper management goes through a special operation to remove any hint of a conscience.

    IBM's legal department is probably bigger than the entirety of SCO. They employ a lot of really bright lawyers and those guys do their homework. They wouldn't be fighting the fight if they thought they could lose, and I suspect they have several knockout punches which they will unveil at the appropriately embarassing times.

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  3. Re:Lawsuits as Legacy? by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 5, Interesting
    IMPORTANT NOTE FOR KDE USERS: The Canopy group is a major part owner of TrollTech...
    Depends on how you define "major". In Trolltech's investor's page they claim that the company's shares are distrubuted as follows:
    64.7% Employees
    8.3% Borland
    5.2% Trolltech Foundation
    4.3% Orkla ASA
    4.3% Northzone Ventures
    4.3% Teknoinvest
    4.1% Canopy Group
    3.4% Previous employees
    1.6% SCO Group
    So it appears that the Canopy Group controls about 5.7% of available shares. Unless one of these other investors is really a holding company or you think Trolltech is lying.