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:InfoWorld: Has SCO Fired Volley to Start Linux Legal War?
InfoWorld: Has SCO Fired Volley to Start Linux Legal War?
Feb 13, 2003, 11 :30 UTC (24 Talkback[s]) (10822 reads)

(Other stories by Juan Carlos Perez)

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

"On January 22, SCO made headlines with its announcement that it had hired firecracker attorney David Boies and his law firm to protect its Unix intellectual property from possible violations, particularly from Linux developers.

"SCO hasn't sued anyone. Yet.

"'Bringing in a person like Mr. Boies on board is certainly an indication that they plan to take this very seriously,' said Brian Ferguson, a partner in McDermott, Will & Emery's intellectual property department in Washington, D.C..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Stop playing with fire SCO (Stupid Calde ...   Fire   
Bill Nuxli
Feb 13, 2003, 12:53:29
 
We seem to be seeing more and more of th ...   Forte main   
Colin Walls
Feb 13, 2003, 12:58:22
 
Does Microsoft use any SCO code?  ...   Question about Microsoft   
fraggle
Feb 13, 2003, 13:40:26
 
Are the execs at SCO really stupid enoug ...   All this over two libraries??   
Tony OBryan
Feb 13, 2003, 13:50:00
 
...when you can't compete seems to b ...   Turning to the courts...   
Richard N. Turner
Feb 13, 2003, 15:29:58
 
I would think twice folks before attempt ...   Dangerous Grounds for SCO   
Nicholas Donovan
Feb 13, 2003, 15:37:12
 
>...when you can't compete seems to  ...   Re: Turning to the courts...   
Colin Walls
Feb 13, 2003, 16:09:45
 
  keep in mind that this is the same dav ...   boies? i wouldn't be too worried   
rday
Feb 13, 2003, 16:11:01
 
``Unfortunately it isn't jus ...   Re: Re: Turning to the courts...   
Richard N. Turner
Feb 13, 2003, 16:40:51
 
> Does Microsoft use any SCO code?See Ta ...   Re: Question about Microsoft   
robt
Feb 13, 2003, 17:00:22
 
It doesn't really seem to make sense ...   Why sue Linux?   
Shiva
Feb 13, 2003, 17:01:10
 
Has everyone forgotten that the owners o ...   What about the AT&T/BSDI lawsuit?   
Joe Buck
Feb 13, 2003, 17:47:22
 
SCO is going t#ts up and they are in a f ...   MicroSCOft   
codez
Feb 13, 2003, 17:49:33
 
" Boies, a partner at Boies, Schiller &  ...   Big diference   
Shamar
Feb 13, 2003, 17:58:22
 
Don't dismiss Boies so quickly.  He  ...   David Boies...   
engineer_scotty
Feb 13, 2003, 18:01:30
 
Before Freebsd could get out to the mark ...   ATT - Freebsd -- HP/IBM - IP   
L. S. Colby
Feb 13, 2003, 18:36:47
 
Yeah, SCO probably can't sue xBSD, L ...   Re: What about the AT&T/BSDI lawsuit?   
Rocky Walsh
Feb 13, 2003, 19:26:31
 
If chicken Little is done running around ...   Grow Up   
Bob
Feb 13, 2003, 19:38:29
 
As a developer who worked on SCO Unix in ...   SCO is DEAD -- good riddance   
Jeffery Cann
Feb 13, 2003, 19:45:03
 
?  ...   MS buy SCO or Its patent porfolio?   
kenbob
Feb 13, 2003, 20:17:09
 
We have patents now.  We are strong.Exce ...   Re: Turning to the courts...   
Roger A.
Feb 13, 2003, 21:55:05
 
and is about to die...they know they wil ...   SCO is gasping for air...   
Xunil Ung
Feb 13, 2003, 22:20:07
 
As soon as they even tried suing Linux o ...   Cutting their own throats.   
Michael T. Watters II
Feb 14, 2003, 01:57:49
 
Boies beat Microsoft like a man in a mus ...   Re: boies? i wouldn't be too worried   
Jim Hill
Feb 14, 2003, 06:29:18
 
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