The Channel Insider: SCO, IBM Deserved Judge's Slap | Linux Today

The Channel Insider: SCO, IBM Deserved Judge’s Slap

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 14, 2005

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“In an unusual move, a federal judge has told both IBM and SCO
to stop filing motions and to move ahead with their respective
lawsuits and counterclaims. In addition, the judge in this case,
Dale A. Kimball of the United States District Court for the
District of Utah has said that he has doubts that SCO has any
evidence to back up its claims so far.

“In fact, the judge’s references to SCO’s motions to delay or
dismiss IBM’s counterclaims against it contain comments like ‘SCO’s
puzzling denial in its briefing that it has not alleged a claim
against IBM for copyright infringement…’ and, ‘It is
incomprehensible that SCO seeks to postpone resolution of this
claim…'”

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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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