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McBride Says No More Lawsuits From SCO

Posted by michael on from the you've-been-served dept.

thephotoman writes "Well, Darl McBride gave an interview to IDG News Services in which he said that SCO is not going to sue any more customers. They do bring up the issue of the SCOsource Linux licensing, and how much of a failure it has been. Instead, they plan to start marketing their flavor of Unix. However, as he's not dropping the current lawsuits, there's no good reason to believe him on this change in strategy."

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  1. Re:Good Idea by jc42 · · Score: 5, Informative

    A betting pool on when exactly SCO will file their next lawsuit.

    Yeah. Note that they didn't promise to stop suing non-customers. And that includes all linux users.

    Or maybe this time they'll claim that there is stolen SCO code in OSX. That could supply our SCO news fixes for a while.

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  2. Re:Bottom line? by Lacutis · · Score: 5, Informative

    SCO Unix is the operating system used by one of the more popular retail POS systems on the market named Micros.

    From http://www.micros.com/products/table_service_resta urants/ :
    "8700 Hospitality Management System (HMS)
    The 8700 HMS is composed of MICROS-developed application software running on the multi-tasking, multi-user SCO UNIX operating system."

    Micros is really popular in the restaurant industry in general.

  3. This f***ing meme is SO FRUSTRATING by GojiraDeMonstah · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...they didn't promise to stop suing non-customers...

    Please provide at least one instance of SCO having sued a non customer.

    SCO has only ever sued customers (or partners or former customers/partners, or entities that have had a contractual agreement of some sort with SCO specifically). Such as IBM (project Monterrey partner), Autozone (former customer), DaimlerChrysler (former customer), and almost Bank of America (customer).

    Since they have never sued a non customer, they can't stop suing non customers (akin to the old "when did you stop beating your wife" question). You should realize that making such misleading statements propogate the FUD that make PHBs shiver. And despite their occasional stupidity, the battle won't be won until those at the bottom "get it."

    Get it?

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