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SCO's Biggest Investor Admits It Loves IP Lawsuits

Posted by timothy on from the and-even-baystar-isn't-happy-with-sco dept.

Roblimo writes "A Baystar Capital spokesperson has finally admitted, directly and on the record to NewsForge reporter Chris Preimesberger, that they believe SCO's only viable asset is the potential proceeds of lawsuits against Linux users and vendors. 'We're looking for the best return we can, and we think the focus should be on IP licensing (and enforcement),' said BayStar spokesman Bob McGrath."

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  1. I love them, too by Hot+Summer+Nights · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Mmmh, IP lawsuits

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  2. If SCO wasn't so damn greedy.. by phuturephunk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What I don't understand is..why doesn't SCO just ask for a quarter or something per copy. I know I know, that requires a checking of personal greed, but when you think about it, thats all they really deserve. They aren't the ones actually doing the improvement on the code base, or finding new and innovative ways to implement it, thats what the open source community does. With a proper tracking system (or at least one that could estimate properly, like ASCAP or BMI licensing if I remember correctly..(please someone explain this if i'm wrong), this could be feasible.
    Sco simply doesn't deserve to get paid exhorbinantly for what others have innovated, even if they created it in the first place. Its like saying "Well, yeah you had the idea on how to use it properly, but I would have had that idea eventually too..pay me!"..BS..total BS.. I do hope the courts look at it like this and new law is drafted to address it.

  3. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fucking A! Like most of the stories on slashdot, there is far more concern with getting stuff for free than there is for protecting IP rights. BayStar is a capitalist company, and if the morons on slashdot don't like capitalism, they should fucking move to Cuba.

  4. How Slashdot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...to come up with the headline "SCO's Biggest Investor Admits It Loves IP Lawsuits" from that article. This is why Slashdot has such low credibility with non-zealots.