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IBM tells SCO to Put Up or Shut Up

Posted by michael on from the walking-the-walk dept.

Jeffrey Johnson writes "The whole SCO and IBM case is coming to a head with new filings from IBM accusing SCO of being 'grandiose' and saying it has 'effectively conceded' that it has no evidence of infringement. It asks for evidence to be produced or the whole case thrown out. According to experts this makes it make-or-break: either SCO has to outline exactly what the issues are with Linux or the whole sorry affair is over."

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  1. How many times now? by eurleif · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Seems like every other week, we get a story about IBM telling SCO to put up or shut up. How many of them have we had now?

  2. I don't get this... by WarlockD · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Didn't IBM already ask that when the requested the code?

  3. How many times have we heard this before? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Every time IBM files some new motion, up goes a breathless story to Slashdot: Its "decision time" and IBM is finally going to get this done. The truth is that everyone realizes motions like these are routine in a lawsuit, and the chances of it being accepted and leading to imminent victory are pretty slim. If you looked on the other side, you would see SCO doing much the same thing. Until IBM either agrees to a settlement, or SCO prevails in court, this is going to keep going, and the fundamental soundness of SCO's case, acknowledged by all but a few open-source fanatics, ensures that in the end justice will be done and SCO's property rights over its code will be recognized.