I think you got it right. However, dismissal on the basis of 'failure to plead special damages' leaves the copyright ownership question unanswered. SCO loses, but lives to fight another day. A familiar pattern.
They are trying to win a war of public opinion to infalte the stock price. They will lose in court, without question, so they are doing everything they can to try to make IBM bail them out.
SCO's message to IBM: It's cheaper to pay us off than risk your reputation.
It seems as if SCO has examined it's own strategy and behavior and the damage it has done to its own reputation, (not to mention uncoerced sales), and is now attributing the same tatics to IBM in hopes that Big Blue will suffer a similar PR nightmare, only on a larger scale. This is how SCO hopes to force IBM to bail them out. Desperation it is. 'twon't work.
What baffles me is not how they can peddle this lunacy with a straight face
For SCO this is no longer about winning. It is about seeing how long they can make the game last; how many times they can pass GO and collect $200 (or $199 as the case may be).
The real money for SCO is not in winning lawsuits, or using fear to sell unneeded licences to run linux. The big bucks are in selling shares of SCOX. That's how Darl 'wins'. Insider selling will make more money faster for a select few than waiting for license revenue and/or court verdicts. Serving up hot FUD sundaes daily, with a straight face, makes that possible.
SCO's press release regarding the complaint does not reference recent development. Like everything else SCO has said in the past few months, the PR is rather vague other than the $1 billion figure. The AT&T historical reference is included.
IBM originally entered into their UNIX license agreement with AT&T in February 1985 in order to produce the AIX operating system. These agreements require that the UNIX software code be held in confidence, and prohibit unauthorized
distribution or transfer.
In 1995, SCO purchased the rights and ownership of UNIX and UnixWare that had been originally owned by AT&T. This included source code, source documentation, software development contracts, licenses and other intellectual property that
pertained to UNIX-related business. SCO became the successor in interest to the UNIX software licenses originally licensed by AT&T Bell Laboratories to all UNIX distributors, including HP, IBM, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, and many others.
The threat to sue Linus is an "I'll get your little dog too" move. Can the flying monkeys be far behind?
Hypothetical: if Novell shows up at the courthouse with a suit against IBM identical to SCO's, who gets to sue?
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I think you got it right. However, dismissal on the basis of 'failure to plead special damages' leaves the copyright ownership question unanswered. SCO loses, but lives to fight another day. A familiar pattern.
They are trying to win a war of public opinion to infalte the stock price. They will lose in court, without question, so they are doing everything they can to try to make IBM bail them out.
SCO's message to IBM: It's cheaper to pay us off than risk your reputation.
It seems as if SCO has examined it's own strategy and behavior and the damage it has done to its own reputation, (not to mention uncoerced sales), and is now attributing the same tatics to IBM in hopes that Big Blue will suffer a similar PR nightmare, only on a larger scale. This is how SCO hopes to force IBM to bail them out. Desperation it is. 'twon't work.
What baffles me is not how they can peddle this lunacy with a straight face
For SCO this is no longer about winning. It is about seeing how long they can make the game last; how many times they can pass GO and collect $200 (or $199 as the case may be).
The real money for SCO is not in winning lawsuits, or using fear to sell unneeded licences to run linux. The big bucks are in selling shares of SCOX. That's how Darl 'wins'. Insider selling will make more money faster for a select few than waiting for license revenue and/or court verdicts. Serving up hot FUD sundaes daily, with a straight face, makes that possible.
JMHO, $.02
The threat to sue Linus is an "I'll get your little dog too" move. Can the flying monkeys be far behind? Hypothetical: if Novell shows up at the courthouse with a suit against IBM identical to SCO's, who gets to sue?