SCO has valid case

[Keith Mastin]

> On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Dave Stubbs wrote:
>
>> Anyway, what happens if SCO folds up and goes out of business?  How
>> bad
>
> If they were sued out of business by IBM I suspect the courts would
> award trademarks, patents, etc to IBM in lieu of the money they couldn't
> pay up. Alternatively the administrators would have to sell off the
> assets in order to raise capital to pay the debts.  I suspect IBM would
> want the trademarks, etc more than a bit of extra cash (which they
> already have plenty of).

Is SCO in debt to IBM? With the backdoor deals undoubtedly done here, I
suspect that they're going to wind up more in debt to M$ than anyone else.

>> continue the fight, just for fun?  Could Microsoft afford to litigate
>> Linux into oblivion?  At least in the US anyway?
>
> If that happened the world would lose more than just a free OS.

...which M$ would die to make happen.

> I have repeatedly said that if things got to the stage that Laywers
> ruled IT and innovation was effectively stifled I'd leave IT and go do
> something else.  I have no interest in playing their game.
>
>> Finally, would it be possible to get concerned Linux users together to
>> buy SCO?  Or at least to buy the scraps if they folded up?  Maybe then
>> we could officially bequeath UNIX to the public domain...
>>
>> If each angry concerned Linux user out there put $100 into this cause,
>> could we do it?
>
> I'd certainly put the money up, but I don't think we'd get the option.
> IBM would pick over the bones of SCO first.



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