SCO Files To Amend Claims To IBM Case, Again

UnknowingFool writes "SCO filed a motion to allow it to change its claims against IBM. Again. A brief recap: In December 2005, SCO was supposed to finally list all claims against IBM. This was the Final Disclosure. In May 2006, SCO filed its experts reports to the court which discussed subjects beyond those in the Final Disclosure. Naturally, IBM objected and wanted to remove certain allegations. Judge Wells ruled from the bench and granted IBM's motion: SCO's experts cannot discuss subjects that were not in the Final Disclosure. Now, SCO wants to amend the December 2005 Final Disclosure to include other allegations."

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Re:Buyout SCO to rid us of problems

[LWATCDR]

"I don't know why some company doesn't just put up a few Million dollars (or 10s of millions) to buy SCO and put all these stupid legal battles behind us."
Why would they do that?
What benefit would they get?
SCO hasn't stopped Linux so Linux companies would gain very little. IBM would gain nothing since it is getting all the good will it would ever want by standing up to SCO.
The one really big possible PR left in all this is one for Novell.
IF Novell gets to foreclose on SCO for none payment and gets back all the rights for Unix they could turn the Unix code base over too the FOSS community.
Of course if they did that then they would miss some of the nice checks from Sun and IBM.

That's what they've wanted all along...

[rkhalloran]

This has been one big nuisance suit by SCOX *HOPING* IBM would pay them off or buy them out to silence them. IBM's attitude has been "millions for defense, not one cent for tribute". They know paying SCOX off would prompt a flood of copycat suits from other busted vendors.

At this point it's pretty well proven (a) there's no infringing UNIX code in Linux (b) SCOX likely doesn't hold the copyrights, Novell does (c) SCOX' reading of the contract they inherited from AT&T & Novell is in conflict with their predecessors', and both have said so in depositions and (d) this has been a last-ditch attempt to keep their company afloat.

SCOX DELENDA EST!!

Re:That's what they've wanted all along...

[Oriumpor]

Danegeld
IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation,
        To call upon a neighbour and to say:--
"We invaded you last night--we are quite prepared to fight,
        Unless you pay us cash to go away."

And that is called asking for Dane-geld,
        And the people who ask it explain
That you've only to pay 'em the Dane-geld
        And then you'll get rid of the Dane!

It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation,
        To puff and look important and to say:--
"Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you.
        We will therefore pay you cash to go away."

And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
        But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
        You never get rid of the Dane.

It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
        For fear they should succumb and go astray,
So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
        You will find it better policy to say:--

"We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
        No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
        And the nation that plays it is lost!"

Re:IANAL

[nomadic]

You can alway ask the court for leave to amend your claims against the other party, but the other side gets to argue against it. I doubt SCO will win on this front.