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IBM Ordered to Show More Code to SCO
editingwhiz writes "Bob Mims of the Salt Lake Tribune has the scoop straight from the courthouse steps: 'A federal magistrate has handed a partial victory to Utah's SCO Group, ordering computer giant IBM to turn over more of its Linux operating system-related program codes. U.S. Magistrate Brooke Wells' ruling, released just minutes after Salt Lake City's federal courthouse closed Wednesday, came in the Lindon software company's contractual suit stemming from Big Blue's alleged distribution of Linux applications purportedly tainted with SCO's proprietary Unix code.' If at all possible, SCO's going to be even more insufferable now -- it has a glimmer of hope."
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The SCO execs could have options that take a while to vest, so if SCO hangs on a bit longer it's good for them. Or maybe they have vested options that are underwater and getting a little bounce in the stock price will let them unload. Or maybe they or their backers want a better price to sell shares they currently own. Or maybe the SCO execs are getting paid under the table by Microsoft to drag things out as long as possible. Could be a lot of reasons.
IBM only pays off people with no case, not people with a case.
It is cheaper to pay off a company without a case to avoid expensive legal costs then it is to fight them in court.
SCO has a case (I know you don't want to hear that but it is true). IBM needs to fight them to try and do damage control. By the end hopefully IBM can get the amoutn they will have to pay SCO reduced by showing they did not cause as much harm as SCO said.
SCO will win this.
Just wait.