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http://news.cnet.com/2010-1071-994463.html By Charles Cooper. The deeply flawed lawsuit filed against IBM by SCO is a stalking-horse for a deeper struggle between proprietary and open-source software. [CNET News.com] CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the lawsuit filed against IBM by SCO is a stalking-horse for a deeper struggle between proprietary and open-source software. A CNET article by Charles Cooper. Published on March 28, 2003 4:00 AM PST.March 28, 2003 4:00 AM PST Earlier this month, SCO Group sued IBM for allegedly misappropriating SCO's Unix technology and then building it into Linux. The lawyers want to project an image of a small company's valiant battle to protect its own intellectual property against an unscrupulous bully. SCO > Boycott, Lawsuits > Risks Perspectives computer news latest technology news business technology news tech news
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Warns in regulatory filing that its $1 billion lawsuit alleging IBM misappropriated trade secrets will be costly, may alienate others in computing industry. [ZDNet UK]
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SCO admits business risks of IBM lawsuit Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com SCO Group warned in a regulatory filing that its billion-dollar lawsuit alleging that IBM misappropriated trade secrets will be costly and could alienate others in the computing industry. "Unintended consequences of our
SCO admits business risks of IBM lawsuit Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com SCO Group warned in a regulatory filing that its billion-dollar lawsuit alleging that IBM misappropriated trade secrets will be costly and could alienate others in the computing industry. "Unintended consequences of our
Depending on how IBM responds, its Linux strategy, and the fate of whole Linux movement, may hang in the balance. Unix history; forum comments. [TechRepublic]
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All it would take is one unnoticed rogue uploader to open a whole project with millions of users to significant legal trouble. In this way, SCO has done the Linux community a favor by showing a hole in the armor. [NewsFactor Network]
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SCO will pay its lawyers $9 million to pursue lawsuits against Linux users, who should keep low profile and have contingency plan. SCO customers should have migration plan if SCO legal strategy falters. [Gartner]
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SEC filing shows: SCO has already lost business from its loyal customer base; expects to lose more. [The Register]
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SCO admits: Linux jihad is destroying our business
, 18th November 2003 11:16 GMT
By law, companies must provide apocalyptic forward-looking scenarios in their SEC filings. They need to show they've thought of everything, to fend off potential class action suits just in case the sky really does
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