Groklaw: What SCO Asked Oracle to Produce and.. um... Where

"Here, as text, is, first, SCO's subpoena to Oracle, telling them to bring documents demanded with them to a deposition to be held in Boies Schiller's offices in Oakland, CA, on January 27th at 9 AM and at the same time this Notice of Deposition tells them to show up for a deposition on January 27th at 9 AM in Boies Schiller's offices in Armonk, New York. The subpoena as Oracle reads it seems to say it issued from the District of California, which according to Oracle's Motion to Quash doesn't exist. To my eyes, it looks more like it could be SCO just left the place on the form blank in haste, which is perhaps why Oracle called the subpoena 'slapdash.'

"It's quite a list of items SCO asked Oracle to produce in Exhibit A, attached to the subpoena. Why they bothered with a list at all is the question, because they end up asking for the kitchen sink. If you're going to be slapdash, why not just write: 'Give us everything you've got. We'll paw through it, hoping to find something somewhere.' No wonder Oracle told the court SCO's requests were overbroad..."

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