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An Overview: Where Things Stand in IBM, Novell, and Red Hat

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 16, 2007

“I thought it would be useful, judging from some recent
confusion in the media, to highlight the latest goings on in all
the ongoing cases in the SCO saga all on one page, so everyone can
follow the bouncing ball. That will mean some slight repetition for
some of us, but it also will make it easier for those who don’t
follow the SCO saga as intently as we do to grasp the current
picture.

“The very latest is that the court has signed the stipulated
adjustments the parties proposed to the pre-trial schedule in
Novell, there was a SCO status report filed in Red Hat and here’s
Red Hat’s latest, and there was a goofed up filing in IBM, where
SCO filed its memorandum in opposition to Novell’s evidentiary
objections (2nd objections; Novell reply to SCO) in the IBM docket
by mistake, and IBM has asked for a 30-day extension of various
pretrial scheduled items. But now, let’s look at the overview to
see how they all interrelate, and I’ll also try to give you a
picture of what trial preparation in Novell is probably like right
about now…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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