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SCO To Counter Groklaw With 'Fair' Coverage

Posted by timothy on from the whiplash-backlash dept.

linuxwrangler writes "Tired of being 'flamed, dissected and dismissed' on Groklaw, SCO has decided to fight back. SCO's site, scheduled for launch on November 1, will be called prosco.net. Just yesterday SCO CEO and favorite /. whipping-boy Darl McBride gave a speech comparing the software industry to the 'wild west' and warning companies that they must protect their intellectual property or risk being 'sacked by open source-touting bandits.'"

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  1. Re:How long before... by ravingsanity · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to the article:

    "There are, however, no plans to allow readers to discuss the documents on the Web site. "If we opened it up to that, it would simply become another one of the message boards that our detractors use to try and overwhelm us," Stowell said."

    So there will be no comments allowed on the site.

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    I tried to dial REALITY once and I was informed that it had been disconnected.
  2. Re:How long before... by d^2b · · Score: 3, Informative

    Those smart SCO guys are way ahead of you. If you (cough) read the article, you see that they do not plan to allow any comments at all, from the very beginning.

  3. SCOX going nowhere by Animats · · Score: 4, Informative
    SCO stock has been wandering around $3.50 since midsummer. Hasn't been above $4 since mid-August. Hasn't fallen below $3 yet, although it did make it down to $3.18 once.

    Nobody really cares about SCOX any more.

    Nobody is going to buy SCO as an ongoing business because IBM has huge counterclaims against them. Remember, IBM is sueing SCO for stealing IBM code. IBM released IBM code into Linux under the GPL. Then SCO resold it, but refused to accept their obligations under the GPL. So IBM revoked SCO's implied license under the GPL, which the GPL allows, and is sueing them for major copyright violations. And IBM can show (and has shown) exact copying of megabytes of IBM code by SCO.

    We're getting close to the day when some of IBM's summary judgement motions get decided. If IBM wins any of those, SCO is in deep trouble. At that point, no spin control will help SCO.

  4. Re:I can only hope by TigerNut · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sorry - I misattributed the statement to Darl - it was actually one of his minions, Blake Stowell:
    "The site will include a calendar of the cases SCO currently has in litigation as well as access to the legal filings made in SCO's cases. There are, however, no plans to allow readers to discuss the documents on the Web site. "If we opened it up to that, it would simply become another one of the message boards that our detractors use to try and overwhelm us," Stowell said."

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    Less is more.

  5. Re:SCO stock prices by k3v0 · · Score: 2, Informative

    sorry for the bad links
    One day
    6 months

  6. Re:Don't let them win by cant_get_a_good_nick · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually prosco.com has a cybersquatter on it now. That didn't take long.