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SCO Springs a Prospective Buyer
clemenstimpler sends a link to Groklaw, which has been following the proceedings dealing with the conversion of SCO's bankruptcy to Chapter 7 (i.e., liquidating the company). SCO has announced a prospective buyer. "...SCO has suggested it has a buyer. That doesn't mean it will avoid Chapter 7 of course, nor does it mean that the bankruptcy court will OK the suggested sale. But it likely does mean more delay, which is what this is likely all about. SCO very much wants to wait until the appeals court rules in SCO v. Novell. ... Hearing set for July 16 with backup for July 27. SCO has already moved to make it July 27. combo hearing on convert and sale. Frankly, it would not totally amaze me if the three entities that filed motions to convert were to appeal this. If not, SCO got its desired delay."
They're dragging it out so we can savor it.
This article's title gave me the mental image of a decomposing zombie clawing its' way up out of the ground.
Hopefully as the article suggests, the sale will be forestalled, and some judge will finally put a stake in this monster once and for all. ;)
They're getting a bailout! The government will now own Linux.
Health Freedom is almost as popular as Freedom itself.
How far do we need to follow the money to find Microsoft ?
I very much hope the Office of the US Trustee, IBM, Novell and others do not appeal the delay. Of course, they have excellent grounds for doing so, but the result would likely just be a longer delay. SCO has successfully gamed the system, and will probably gain a six week delay in the process. If this is appealed, it will probably take longer than six weeks just to argue and get a decision. Meanwhile, SCO will argue that the purchase agreement cannot go forward with the Chapter 7 conversion hanging over their head (BS, of course, but prove it).
So this is an attempt to get the remaining cash and Unix assets out of reach of Novell, and leave the shell of SCO (plus some mobile products that most likely have no value) to continue the lawsuit, with no money left over for Novell and IBM when they eventually run out of appeals.
Bullshit.
You have been conned by stupid MIT staffroom politics which has escaped onto the net. Linux is not a GNU project, the GNU operating system is called HURD. I think the whole gnu/linux thing and the LiGnuX thing before it was just a response to people asking RMS what he had done lately. He has done a lot of worthwhile things but linux was put together by others. The gnu tools are incredibly useful but make up only a small portion of most linux distributions and are not there at all in some of the embedded distributions (which use a different C library and use busybox).
There is a linux distibution called is "Debian gnu/linux", but all the packaging has been done by Debian without involvement by gnu.
It also seems you have confused GNU with the GPL and seem to think the GPL restricts commercial activity - keep in mind that not even Halliburton are afraid of it since all it really means is telling people where you got your free code from. It isn't 1995 anymore, and even then anyone that took the time to actually read the thing wouldn't have been that worried about it.
in this day and age...after the credit implosion and GM's bankruptcy..after Madoff....there's someone still stupid^H^H^H^H^H^Hbold enough to buy SCO?
Man....can someone get me his number? I've got a few dozen bridges and landmarks to sell him, not to mention a few automobiles.
I understand they just need a bit more time to conclude their purchase of the Duke Nukem Forever codebase and issue a call for investors to fund completion of this vital work.
Oh, there won't be a game coming out of all this - SCO will have a pile of algorithms and methods specific to the gaming world stretching back as far as the first annoucement of DNF and so they can then start to examine games produced since that date from all the big players to see if they have 'pinched' anything.
3. Profit
AT&ROFLMAO
There is no indication that the decision of the appeals court will occur in the next six weeks. SCO is stalling because that is the tactic they've adopted from the very first "suitcase of proof" and "millions of lines of code" and "MIT deep-divers."
FUD works when it lasts for a very long time, not when it's immediately dispelled.
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One hop :
http://www.infoworld.com/t/platforms/sco-strikes-gold-verizon-just-strikes-728
Microsoft bought $6 million of "licenses" to SCO in 2003.
The Wise adapts himself to the world. The Fool adapts the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the Fool.
I almost bought SCO. But I spent the $10 at McDonalds instead.
I don't really think there is any serious buyer. Previously SCO tried to launch an emergency sale to York management only to have the bankruptcy court and all its creditors object to the deal. What SCO never made clear (or tried to hide) in that deal was who would get the liabilities from the Novell judgment against them. If the sale had gone through, Novell would have had to spend years figuring out who owed them the money. This is just another ploy to stall for time.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
Hang on.
So they lied about linux containing unix code.
Then they lied about owning full unix rights.
Then they lied constantly about their ability to handle it in court.
Then they lied to the court by using stalling tactics pretending they needed information.
Maybe they're lying? You know, flat-out, bald faced shameless lying? They're already so badly in trouble in the courts, what's one more lie if it helps stave off death a bit longer?
It's been a long time.
Anyway, the suitor has been announced: Gulf Capital Partners. Which raises the question: is there a Microsoft connection to these guys? The only company with any discernible reason to keep Sweet Zombie SCO alive is Microsoft.
I have answered my question: yes there is a definite MS connection. "The issue is not if you're paranoid, it's if you are paranoid enough." -- Max, "Strange Days"
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