Blank Rome Sends a First Bill – SCO Billed for Cahn’s Lawyer to Read Groklaw

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 12, 2009

“Most intriguing notations? The ones surrounding Darl’s
termination, the planning around it. It was a very big deal indeed.
We see a lot of emails about it, including to Kevin McBride, and
then on October 16th a teleconference with SCO’s General Counsel,
Ryan Tibbitts, “regarding security of business records” and the
next day a Fatell/Trustee teleconference “reporting on activities
by D. McBride and company security; discussions regarding
litigation.” Company security, eh? Security of business
records?

“Not our Darl, surely?

“And the next most interesting detail is that they read Groklaw.
You’ll find us on page 29 of Exhibit A, the entry for October 21
and 22. There was a hearing on October 23, so presumably there
could be that connection. On the 22nd, it says that the reading
included comments on a new article about the “SCO development”.
That could be about Darl being terminated on the 19th and/or the
AutoZone settlement, I assume, although there was also the Cahn
preliminary report, all on the 22nd.”

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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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