SCO Ordered to Produce Evidence

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SCO Ordered to Produce Evidence

Posted by michael on Friday December 5, 2003 @08:54AM from the put-up...no,-just-shut-up dept.

harmless_mammal and others wrote in with news from the SCO-IBM hearing in Utah today - apparently the judge has ordered SCO to respond to IBM's discovery requests within 30 days. IBM is asking SCO to tell IBM precisely what code it is alleging is infringing, and to date SCO has failed to show any evidence whatsoever. Some reports from the hearing are at Groklaw, which is already slow under the load. If SCO continues to fail to produce the evidence they've claimed they have, the judge will likely be very displeased, perhaps dismissing the lawsuit entirely.

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Re:The Apocalypse has begun! by BogWart · 2003-12-05 09:04 · Score: 0, Offtopic

...and the geek shall inherit the Earth.
Re:Also, Discovery is Suspended by groomed · 2003-12-05 09:18 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Your sig:

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$ echo 'I have discovered a truly marvelous sig, unfortunately the sig limit is too small to contain i' | wc 1 17 95
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void main by pommiekiwifruit · 2003-12-05 09:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Main can be void if you don't want it to return anything.
Post that on comp.lang.c++ and read the replies then!
Re:Finally... by johnnyb · 2003-12-05 10:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I've been surprised at the number of people who got that joke. I didn't know so many people watched Newhart.

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At Least the Legal Fees Would Be Cheap... by jcenters · 2003-12-05 10:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"Anything for a buck!"

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1. Re:At Least the Legal Fees Would Be Cheap... by bigbadwlf · 2003-12-05 10:51 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  ...and wasn't there this one too?
  
  "A critter in every pot!"
Re:Merry Christmas, RIAA! by saarbruck · 2003-12-05 10:45 · Score: 1, Offtopic

(Fun with subst, or, "my, but we're selective about our support of copyrights")

No, Kazaa has seriously damaged RIAA's business, taking money out of their pockets. RIAA needs to make an example out of them, preferably getting the Courts involved. You DON'T want to send the signal that "playing the download lottery" has no downside; that would only encourage other slimey types with no respect for copyrights to attempt simular tactics. Oh, and if RIAA is anything like Intel, their lawyers get paid the same regardless of whether or not they crush Kazaa into greasy pink pancakes, so letting Kazaa off easy won't save RIAA any money.

Disclaimer: I hate the RIAA and haven't bought a CD in years, and their current legal strategy smacks of Pure Evil, but I just had to say this. Call me a troll, brand me as flamebait, but the Slashdot crowd sure wants to have its cake and eat it, too.

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Re:Finally... by jazman_777 · 2003-12-05 12:07 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I've been surprised at the number of people who got that joke. I didn't know so many people watched Newhart.
Well, for all you know it was only three people (so far).

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