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| DATE | 2003-06-24 |
| FROM | David Sugar
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] I sense a theme here...
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I also assume that they hoped they could pressure IBM into an early settlement
of some kind before being forced to actually "reveal" their evidence and risk
being jailed for fraud.
On Tuesday 24 June 2003 05:57 pm, Ron Guerin wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 17:46, David Sugar wrote:
> > ..., I am not sure SCO really has clear copyright to Unix System V,
> > nor do I see immediately how they have the right or legal standing to
> > enforce past contracts that, in theory, remain principally between
> > Novell and others, even before discussing their claims.
>
> Well, everyone's original favorite theory looks more likely all the
> time. Darl McBride and co. took over at Caldera, looked around, saw the
> utter hopelessness of it all and decided they had nothing to lose by
> coming up with an extortion scheme and never taking their eyes off the
> prize unless/until the Lindon Sheriff shows up to padlock SCO
> headquarters.
>
> - Ron
>
>
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