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SCO's claims Against Daimler-Chrysler Thrown Out

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sucks-to-be-them dept.

Zak3056 writes "According to eyewittness reports published on Groklaw, SCO has been all but thrown out of court in their suit against Daimler-Chrysler. In a hearing that lasted 18 minutes with the judge ruling from the bench, all of SCO's claims, save that DCC failed to file their required certification with 30 days, were dismissed."

13 of 483 comments (clear)

  1. 18 minutes? by SIGALRM · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why'd it take so long?

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    1. Re:18 minutes? by musikit · · Score: 5, Funny

      clerk announces judge's arrival: 1 minute
      judge repositions himself in chair: 1 minute
      clerk announces case number : 1 minute
      parties walk to tables: 1 minute
      judge reads over case notes: 2 minutes
      judge questions SCO about claims + SCO response: 5 mintues
      judge questions DCC about claims + DCC response: 3 minutes
      judge reams out SCO and tells them they are stupid : 3 minutes
      SCO walking out with their tail between their legs : 1 minute

      total 18 minutes.

    2. Re:18 minutes? by lacrymology.com · · Score: 5, Funny

      You forgot Doug Llewelyn's closing interviews and comments.

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    3. Re:18 minutes? by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

      I didn't know William Shatner was a judge?

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  2. Stock price already in a nosedive by GraZZ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Check out SCOX. Down 7.2% for the day already.

    1. Re:Stock price already in a nosedive by ballista · · Score: 5, Funny

      Even better check out: http://ir.sco.com/calculator.cfm and see how a default investment in sco is doing ;)

  3. SCOX down 7.5% in 3 hours by Bob+4knee · · Score: 5, Funny

    New yearly lows. Heck of a business plan

  4. SCO: this is a clear victory for SCO! by wardk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Time for SCO to deploy that famous Iraqi spokeperson.


    We have destroyed the Chrysler infidels and their heads now adorn pikes along all interstates leading into Utah.

  5. SCO had a tripod of cases... by SirFozzie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    IBM, Autozone, and Daimler-Chrysler. SCO's future was shaky, but they claimed with victory in the three cases mentioned, they would be rock solid.

    And lo, the FUD'ed tripod stood firm against the gales of disbelieving laughter, and failed FUD attacks.

    First, AutoZone gets an indefinite stay. (uh oh.. SCO's only got two legs left, it's wobbly, a gust of wind will blow it over)..

    And now the judge rips out every avenue of attack in the Daimler-Chrysler case. The judge also made it pretty much impossible for SCO to extort^W license their technology to all their old customers who now use Linux..

    There's an image for you. SCO's tripod only has one leg left. There's a technical term for that.

    BROKEN.

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  6. Brief status, simplified by Animats · · Score: 5, Informative
    • Red Hat vs. SCO - stayed, at SCO's request, until the copyright issues are resolved in SCO vs IBM.
    • SCO vs. Autozone - stayed, at AutoZone's request, until the copyright issues are resolved in SCO vs IBM.
    • SCO vs. Damlier-Chrysler - SCO lost today
    • SCO vs IBM - summary judgement on copyright issue scheduled for August 4th.
    • SCO vs. the market - down to $4.24 today, a new 52-week low.
  7. The trap has been set by craw · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The judge set up a trap for poor old SCO by not ruling on the issue of not complying within 30 days. By dismissing all the other charges, she essentially cut off any meaningful avenues in discovery that SCO would have likely pursued. This is not going to be a fishing expedition for SCO.

    OTOH, the 30 day compliance issue actually keeps open several key discovery paths that DCC might want to take. For instance, why wasn't DCC contacted after the letter was sent and before the lawsuit was filed? DCC could easy state who the hell is SCO? What happended to AT&T/USL? When did SCO get the rights? Hey, okay, we knew about that Novell deal, but SCO?

    Additionally, why wasn't DCC contacted prior to the lawsuit when a simple phone call would be have cleared things up (I know that SCO addresses this issue in their complaint)? The judge could point out that SCO is wasting court resources by filing lawsuits without making any attempt to resolve the dispute outside of the courts, which in itself sends a message about launching surprise lawsuits.

  8. Priceless by write_with_numbers · · Score: 5, Funny

    License for 1 processor server Linux from SCO:$699
    License for desktop Linux from SCO: $199
    License for embedded Linux from SCO: $35

    Judgement that will make this ridiculous house of cards begin imploding: Priceless

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    Even Microsoft's money.

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  9. Re:One down by mcrbids · · Score: 5, Funny

    But in the end, SCO's 2nd biggest mistake was fucking with the auto industry. They have great lawyers and know how to use them.......

    As opposed to the incompetent, understaffed legal team at IBM?

    (/chuckles inwardly)

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