Comments on: Revenue tumbles for Linux foe SCO

Maybe a major investor was right in saying the company should chase Linux users and drop Unix licensing.

Netware a Unix Derivitave?

It is true that Novell owned Unix for a time and used it to create their Unixware product but Netware has always been completely independent of Unix. Until recently when they added thier Novell Linux Services for Netware.

Netware a Unix Derivitave?

It is true that Novell owned Unix for a time and used it to create their Unixware product but Netware has always been completely independent of Unix. Until recently when they added thier Novell Linux Services for Netware.

SCOG's lawsuits

SCOG frequently states that it is the owner of the Unix operating system, as if that were beyond question.

SCOG does not own the Unix operating system. Nor does it own the UNIX trademark. SCOG owns a flavor of Unix called SysV, and is one of many owners of flavors of Unix. Novell claims that SCOG does not even own the copyrights for SysV, and Judge Kimball has promised to rule on a related motion the SCO v Novell lawsuit ?in a few days?.

SCOG has also sued Autozone claiming infringement of these same copyrights, and Autozone?s motion to stay the suit until the issues of copyright ownership and Linux copying of SysV code have been settled in the Novell, IBM, and Redhat suits is ready for the judge to rule.

SCOG has a different story for each court, telling one court that Redhat and IBM have the same issues, another that IBM and Autozone have the same issues, and a third that Autozone and IBM have different issues.

In the IBM case, SCOG defied two court orders to specify which lines of code in Linux that it claimed. SCOG faces a court hearing in August, where it will, no doubt, be asked to explain this. Meanwhile, SCOG seems to be trying to use its wonderful progress in the lawsuits to distract attention from its poor earnings results.

These lawsuits are based on non-existant code in Linux infringing on copyrights that SCOG does not own, so they are completely frivolous. IBM and others, including myself, have accused SCOG of filing frivolous lawsuits as part of an illegal stock market manipulation scheme.

Ruling in SCO v. Novell just posted on Groklaw

A pivotal ruling was just posted on Groklaw regarding the SCO v. Novell, Inc. case. The judge denied SCO's motion to remand back to state court, essentially making the case all about the copyrights and not about a contract dispute. He also gave SCO 30 days to provide specifics on damages or the case will be dismissed. Hooray for Judge Kimball!

SCOG's lawsuits

SCOG frequently states that it is the owner of the Unix operating system, as if that were beyond question.

SCOG does not own the Unix operating system. Nor does it own the UNIX trademark. SCOG owns a flavor of Unix called SysV, and is one of many owners of flavors of Unix. Novell claims that SCOG does not even own the copyrights for SysV, and Judge Kimball has promised to rule on a related motion the SCO v Novell lawsuit ?in a few days?.

SCOG has also sued Autozone claiming infringement of these same copyrights, and Autozone?s motion to stay the suit until the issues of copyright ownership and Linux copying of SysV code have been settled in the Novell, IBM, and Redhat suits is ready for the judge to rule.

SCOG has a different story for each court, telling one court that Redhat and IBM have the same issues, another that IBM and Autozone have the same issues, and a third that Autozone and IBM have different issues.

In the IBM case, SCOG defied two court orders to specify which lines of code in Linux that it claimed. SCOG faces a court hearing in August, where it will, no doubt, be asked to explain this. Meanwhile, SCOG seems to be trying to use its wonderful progress in the lawsuits to distract attention from its poor earnings results.

These lawsuits are based on non-existant code in Linux infringing on copyrights that SCOG does not own, so they are completely frivolous. IBM and others, including myself, have accused SCOG of filing frivolous lawsuits as part of an illegal stock market manipulation scheme.

Ruling in SCO v. Novell just posted on Groklaw

A pivotal ruling was just posted on Groklaw regarding the SCO v. Novell, Inc. case. The judge denied SCO's motion to remand back to state court, essentially making the case all about the copyrights and not about a contract dispute. He also gave SCO 30 days to provide specifics on damages or the case will be dismissed. Hooray for Judge Kimball!