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IBM Subpoenas Intel Into SCO Fray
whovian writes "Since IBM was ordered by the courts to show more code, they are now reported by Groklaw to have subpoenaed Intel to show 'all communications between Intel and SCO or Canopy about IBM, Unix or Linux, all meetings with either concerning IBM, Unix or Linux, and all contracts or other business relations, past, present, or future, between Intel and SCO.' The text is available at the website."
If IBM really had this "in the bag", why would they need to do such a huge step as issuing a subpoena to Intel for all that information?
No company wants to give up that much information, especially when much of it is not useful for the case and possibly damaging to Intel's business.
So far, Intel has been a relative outsider in all of this, and it is hard to understand what IBM is trying to get by bringing in a hardware manufacturer into this software matter. This may be a motion to subpoena, but even IBM's army of lawyers seems to be grasping at any straw now.
I personally don't think SCO has a very strong case, but watching IBM's actions, it seems that IBM is the one with the lack of firm ground.
When will it end?
It will end when either the defense or the offense runs out of money. They will chase anybody and anything that had any contact with Linux in any way do drag out the proceedings until the money runs out.
From what I see, this was never intended to be a quick case. I just wonder who the heck is funding this new round of SCO legal action and how long can they keep it up.
Follow the money if you can.
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In the before time, from the long long ago Intel ported and sold a Unix of its own.
Perhaps info regarding thost contracts is what IBM is after.
the SEC. and yet, they are doing nothing.
I suspect that following the money is next to impossible.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
Well, IBM made $3.04 billion last quarter so I can't see the defense running out of money anytime soon. SCO loss $6.5 million last quarter and apparently has less than $30 million in cash left. Of course, if you believe the conspiracy theory, then Microsoft made $4.75 billion last quarter. We could be here for awhile...
Isn't anybody here considering that this subpoena might just be a technicality?
Like Intel, having some proof which might help IBM, but is under NDA and can't release it without being in breach unless the court specificaly orders them to?...
For all the speculation about IBM vs. Intel, it seems to me that this post had the most sensible explanation of what's going on here. The SCO case is about Project Monteray now, which was an AIX on Itanium endeavour. It makes perfect sense to drag Intel in to discuss what SCO was told by Intel about Itanium, and its various delays.
All this jumping to conclusions about IBM and PPC slugging it out with Intel is unbelievably silly given this other explanation that fits the facts (and the case) far better. Can we cut the stupid conspiracy theories?
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Not that I like SCO of course, but instead this just displays how meaningless our judicial system has become.
Our laws are meaningless today, because we've been disenfranchised by corporations.
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