Comments on: SCO Group admits it may fold

Final straw in company's financial crisis is judge throwing out its long-running copyright case against Novell.

[The_Decider]

Boo Frikken Hoo

Besides Enron, has any company worked so hard to run themselves out of business?

Hopefully this farce will end with McBride serving 10-20 for various crimes.

[KonradK]

Ding Dong, the wicked SCO is dead!

But we've got to verify it legally
To see...
Is morally, ethically
Spiritually, physically
Positively, absolutely
Undeniably and reliably dead

As bankruptcy judge, I thoroughly examined SCO
And SCO's not only merely dead
SCO's really most sincerely dead.

The evil M$ proxy FUD machine is at long last dead!

[KonradK]

Munchkin Chorus

Then this is a day of independence for all the Penguins and Unices
And their descendants
Yes, let the joyous news be spread
The wicked old SCO at last is dead

[Penguinisto]

"She's going under, Captain!"

...and it's about friggin' time, too.

The sooner the MSFT/SCO charade dies off, the better.

/P

[Vegaman_Dan]

Point.

And then you'll have one less thing to blame Microsoft for. :)

[angrykeyboarder]

Hey

I was gonna say that (well at least use your subject line, that is). :)

[t8]

Don't mess with Open Source

Do you hear that Microsoft.
You will lose.

[sokorie]

MSFT has open source partners

What 's Microsoft got to do with this mess .
SCO group had a failed business model ., and they are paying for it .
Besides , MSFT has open source partners like Novel , and a few others . MSFT will continue to work with willing and able open source partners in the future . it's not about MSFT. Microsoft has already WON the battle and the war with open source. open source combined revenue is pitifully less than one-tenth of Microsoft revenue . check the facts linux boy .

[t8]

If Novell didn't do that deal

If Novell didn't do that deal, they may have been able to sue Microsoft for using Novells UNIX intellectual property.

I have a gut feeling that Microsoft infringes in Unix and they financed SCO to make everybody look at Linux as the infringer instead. Then they sneakily did that deal with Novell and effectively got a way with it.

Why else did they pay Novell all that money so Novell couldn't sue them? Sure there are other reasons for that, but if Microsoft wasn't using UNIX IP, then I don't think they would have done the deal at all.

[Dr. StrangeOne]

Extortion has its price...

And the lawyers are cashing in.

[`WarpKat]

...blah...

I knew I should have quit being a MacDaddy and gone to law school...I feel like such a tool now.

=:(

[gggg sssss]

ROTFLMAO

told you so. Sad sad bunch of **swipes. Hope their lawyers fold as well.

[michaelo1966]

McBride's transitional job

For the next year or so he can go to work for the Bush administration. He'd fit in great: they're just as competent, honest, and moral as he is. I've heard that they're having staffing issues.

[ncftech]

As always, the real winners are the Lawyers...

I hope that they DO fold, and that no company ever hires their management staff and/or their lawyers. In fact I hope the execs, get sued by their employees. This has to go down as one of, if not the most, stupidest move of a company like SCO.

I especially like how they try to blame other issues, as a reason for their downfall. The best part about this....is that they owe Novell money!!!

LOL! thats right SCO, L..O...Freakin...L.

[discern]

Wow, that's a record!

12 comments on ANY C|Net story I agree with. And unanimous at
that (so far). Where are you SCO defenders? Anyone?

[adasha76]

I'll do it!

Ha ha, made you look

[J_Satch]

Why...

...would anyone defend a company that turns to bogus litigation as it's business model? I doubt you'll get any takers, but I haven't finished reading yet.

[open-mind]

I Would Say Vegaman...

...but I think he's too busy next door defending Microsoft from the
evil European Union. ;-)

[WDS2]

I'll defend SCO

Hey, they did a lot of good for the IT industry. Here is a complete list of their positive accomplishments:
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[mariusthull]

SCO fan....sort of

I'll jump in here. Caldera Desktop Linux was the first linux I ever installed and used on a regular basis. I liked the distro and wish it would have remained in existence. So.....if any of the developers that worked on that worked for Caldera and are still employed at SCO I can say I'm a fan of their's.
First let me say I never supported the SCO lawsuits, they were nothing more than a pitiful attempt at blackmail. But lets not cheer to loudly. The programmers, tech support, secretaries, and even the guy who cleaned the bathrooms may all be losing their jobs. They had no say in the lawsuit and yet because of a misguided management team they may all be out of work.
Am I glad they lost the lawsuit, unequivocally, YES! Do I want to see all these unfortunate employees lose their jobs no.

[NoVista]

SCO? not this Ubuntu user!

LOL.

As for their ambulance chasers -- those are probably more of "the smartest guys in the room". So clever they've got all their ill-gotten gains in hedge funds ... bwahahahahaha!

[boomslang]

Chaaapter Seven! Chaaapter Seven!

Chaaapter Seven! Chaaapter Seven!
Chaaapter Seven! Chaaapter Seven!
Chaaapter Seven! Chaaapter Seven!

No Chapter 11 Reorganization possible as they ceased a long time ago to actually provide software support as their main business.

[Penguinisto]

NASDAQ to delist SCO come Sept. 27th.

Slashdot has the details.

Hmmm... I wonder when the MSFT astroturfing crowd will make
their appearance?

/P

[J_Satch]

Well...

...I'm a Windoze user (XP, no Vista) but I never cared for astroturf. As for making an appearance, I'm happier than a pig in mud to see SCO go.

OS preference has nothing to do with the fact that SCO's attempts at litigation were completely bogus and simply reflected their desperation and inability to adapt.

Even us "astroturfers" love competition because it ultimately only helps the consumer.

:)

[SeizeCTRL]

Dude! Sweet!!!

This reminds me of a NIN song...
"pigs we get what pigs deserve" :D

[imacpwr]

Die SCO.. DIE...!!!

Let the pain begin..!!

[kojacked]

Best news all day!

After reading all of these stories about greedy corporations it's nice to see one finally get what's coming to them! I hope Darl enjoys his new-found reputation...

[chuck_whealton]

They were trying to inject some humor, right?

I noticed this part in the article:

"So long as the Chapter 11 cases continue, our senior management will be required to spend a significant amount of time and effort dealing with the bankruptcy reorganization instead of focusing exclusively on business operations."

I find it seriously laughable that they would bring this up now.

For a long time now their "senior management" was clearly more concered with a big frivilous lawsuit payoff and charging companies license fees that they weren't even entitled to.

So NOW it matters that they won't be concentrating on business operations?

They were trying to inject some humor, right?

[Penguinisto]

Daniel Lyons (SCO apologist) admits error

http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/19/software-linux-lawsuits-
tech-oped-cx_dl_0919lyons_print.html

...I'm waiting for the rest of the pro-SCO shills to start a
desperate scramble to save their shattered reputations as well,
but I'm not holding my breath.

/P

[Phillep_H]

Sort of

The Groklaw crowd say someone keeps posting about this over there. They figure someone is trying to rehabilitate his reputation.

From a Groklaw post:

What disturbs me the most is that people are giving him credit for admitting that he was wrong... that he was "snowed by SCO". Wrong!

He failed to diligently and professionally pursue the matter as a journalist, and admission of that key fact is absolutely missing from his mea culpa. Had he done that he could have at least salvaged a morsel of respect.

But, simply pointing the finger at SCO and saying "it's their fault", after failing in his professional duties, is worse than writing the article at all.

---nyarlathotep

[olinz]

Good Bye,And Good Riddance!

I remember when SCO was claiming they owned the copyright/patent on critical parts of the Unix/Linux infrastructure,and that anyone who installed Linux was using illegal software,if they hadn't paid SCO for it(man,had us shakin' in our boots :-)
All I have to say to SCO is Goodbye,and Good Riddance(or,put another way,see ya,wouldn't want to be ya :-)