SCO CEO McBride Speaks Out On Novell, Finances, And Groklaw | Linux Today

SCO CEO McBride Speaks Out On Novell, Finances, And Groklaw

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 31, 2007

InformationWeek: The Utah federal
district court ruled on Aug. 10 that Novell, and not SCO, owns
copyrights to Unix. The perception is that the decision effectively
gutted your copyright lawsuit against Novell. What was your
reaction to the ruling by Judge Dale Kimball?

McBride: The ruling that came down was a
pretty hard shot. It was unexpected, a surprise. It was a huge
disappointment. What I really wanted was to have our day in court
in front of a jury of our peers. This ruling that came down
basically took that opportunity away from us…”


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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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