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SCO Playing Name Games

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they're-so-good-at-it dept.

Ghost in the Shell Game writes "We've long known that SCO has had a twisted view of UNIX history, sometimes pretending to be oldSCO when it suits them, and a separate business entity when it does not. However, according to this piece on Groklaw, they're now registering the UNIX System Laboratories trademark in what looks like an attempt to confuse history further. If you're wondering how they can do this, the USL trademark was abandoned in 1993, when USL was bought out by Novell. Hopefully, no one will be fooled by this name game, any more than we were when the spyware maker Gator changed their name to Claria."

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  1. Re:JURY SAYS... by Pharmboy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Did we need any more proof that caldera has been acting in bad faith?

    Caldera? Who is that? This is about USL, who used to be SCO... ;)

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  2. A Rose by any other Name... by data1 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    is still a Rose.

    Now s/Rose/SCO/ .
    Get the picture?

  3. I was fooled.... by k4w0ru · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Claria ???!
    So that's where Gator seemingly disappeared to!

  4. All slahdotters should contribute by marika · · Score: 0, Redundant

    We should make a fundrasing campaign, buy sco and close the darn thing.

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