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SCO Having a Hard Time In Court

Posted by Zonk on from the buy-a-helmet dept.

jamienk writes "The beginning of the end is in sight. SCO has been reprimanded for the second day in a row by a second judge in their campaign against Linux. Basically, Judge Wells ruled that SCO's vague claims of IP infringement will not be allowed to be heard in court, since it was all clearly a poor attempt at avoiding showing any evidence. Next, SCO will face compelling counterclaims against it by IBM." From the article: "At issue was whether SCO would be allowed to sneak in new allegations and evidence in its experts' reports that it failed to put on the table openly in its Final Disclosures, in effect, as IBM described it, reinventing its case at the eleventh hour. The answer today was no, it won't be allowed to do that. IBM had asked for this relief: 'Insofar as SCO's proposed expert reports exceed the Final Disclosures, they should be stricken.' More details will be arriving in a while, but assuming the early reports are accurate, we may assume that this is what the Judge has ordered." This is a follow-up to a story we discussed yesterday.

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  1. the ruling should have been . . . by queequeg1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    To paraphrase the ruling "Insofar as this proposed item exceeds anyone's tolerance for blatant dupes , it should be stricken."

  2. You got some SCO on your face by straponego · · Score: 4, Funny
    Too bad IBM can't realistically go after SCO's backers (MS, Sun)... but as long as SCO is vaporized and the scum who ran the scam have all their assets seized, I'll be content. Prison time would be appropriate given the damage they did and attempted to do to honest programmers and the economy in general, but... probably best to just end the whole farce and move on.

    What do you mean, vindictive?

  3. Decisions, Decisions by Non-CleverNickName · · Score: 1, Funny

    In 1 year, I wonder what people would rather choose to own:

    100 shares of SCO stock or 100 nude photos of Janet Reno...


    Even after you've made your decision, what the hell do you do with 100 nude photos of Janet Reno??

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  4. Complain about dupes all you want, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    For people like me who have just woken up from a coma in the last few minutes, this regurgitated news is quite handy.

  5. OT: Cheap Laugh by Nighttime · · Score: 5, Funny

    As SCO's share price seems to be plummeting a bit today, I decided to download a stock ticker for my desktop to watch the price fall in all its glory. The one I went for, CoolTick, is limited to two symbols in the trial version. Fine by me, I only want to watch SCOX. I now have scrolling across the top of my screen "SCOX v 1.25 -0.75 N/A Purchase License".

    Well, it made me chuckle anyway.

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  6. So much for connecting to Slashdot at Lunchtime by StressGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...thanks...I'm going to need to stop and buy more beer on the way home tonight to wash that visual out of my head.

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    1. Re:So much for connecting to Slashdot at Lunchtime by Sloppy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ick, I know. I think I just went permanently limp from the thought of owning 100 shares of SCO stock.

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  7. Re:So, when do we finally get to watch... by Basehart · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope SCO doen't come after me next! I tried to install Linux on a pile of dog shit a few weeks ago and am now wondering if I didn't somehow infringed on SCO's intellectual property.