It's been six years, tens of millions of dollars and untold legal delays since SCO first sued IBM for poaching Unix code and putting it in Linux, and without the starch in its collar that itsousted CEO Darl McBride evidently supplied it sounds like it's folding like a basket of limp washing.
The day after McBride was fired, the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit cleared SCO's way to the long-sought jury trial on whether SCO or Novell owns Unix that it wants, but rather than race down to the Salt Lake City courthouse to get on the docket, the company tells the Salt Lake Tribune that it's "considering the next steps in the appeals process."
The 10th Circuit, as predicted, threw out Novell's bid for an en banc rehearing of its August 24 decision overturning the summary judgment awarding ownership of Unix to Novell and ordering the case to be heard by a jury - a trial scheduled to be heard under a new judge.
Now what do you suppose it's worth to Novell and IBM for that case not to go to trial?
SCO is now being run by a trustee reportedly picked from the list of candidates Novell submitted.
About Maureen O'Gara Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025.
Reader Feedback: Page 1 of 1
Subscribe to the World's Most Powerful Newsletters
Subscribe to Our Rss Feeds & Get Your SYS-CON News Live!
Click to Add our RSS Feeds to the Service of Your Choice:
.gif)
without the starch in its collar that its ousted CEO Darl McBride evidently supplied it sounds like it's folding like a basket of limp washing.
