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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. His financial backers turn tail? by dhakbar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He must have lost his funding.

    It seems strange that he would give up for any other reason... he's shown himself to be hell-bent on his mission.

  2. Bottom line? by SIGALRM · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Though SCO's lawsuits against IBM Corp., Novell Inc., DaimlerChrysler AG and AutoZone Inc. have attracted a great deal of attention in the last year, they have not helped SCO's bottom line
    And a marketing push for SCO Openserver/Unixware will?
    --
    Sigs cause cancer.
  3. "One question" by boots@work · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As The SCO Group Inc.'s reseller and developer community gathers for its annual SCO Forum convention in Las Vegas this week, one question on many attendees' minds will be whether the company's future will be as a software vendor or as a litigator.

    The answer is No, they do not have a future as a software vendor or litigator.

  4. Re:Wrong quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Wow... Aliens has a lot of apropriate quotes:
    Ellen Ripley: I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage!
  5. And the Wrights by CedgeS · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or ask the Wright brothers. They sunk their company by investing all their time in litigation against competitors instead of development and innovation.