SCO says judge should order Novell to transfer Unix copyrights

[Ansar Mohammed]

At this point, as a business, do they have any other options?

They are all-in. No point in folding now....



On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Michael Lauzon <mlauzon-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > Will SCO ever learn, they already lost, but they just refuse to give up!:
>
> I used to really hate SCO, but if you want to learn something about
> making $$ while being total a @#$% there are things to learn here...
>
> Also remember that SCO paid the law firm of "Boies Schiller & Flexner"
> an up-front fee for this case to cover the case and ALL APPEALS. So,
> it costs nothing at all to SCO to launch the following.
>
> > "The SCO Group is asking a federal judge to order Novell Inc. to turn
> > copyrights to the Unix computer operating system over to SCO despite a
> > jury verdict that said a 1995 sales agreement did not include those
> > assets.
> >
> > "Lindon-based SCO told U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart that the jury
> > did not address the issue that he is to decide when it reached its
> > verdict March 30 in the long-running legal battle over the ownership
> > of software that is used by many businesses.
> >
> > "The parties agreed before trial that Stewart would decide several
> > questions in the lawsuit filed by SCO in 2003, including one in which
> > SCO contends that Novell breached the sales agreements by not
> > transferring copyrights that are necessary for it to conduct its Unix
> > business.
> >
> > "In a document filed last week in court in Salt Lake City, SCO
> > contends the jury did not answer the specific issue before Stewart
> > that involves a legal principle called "specific performance," under
> > which a party can ask a court to order another party to fulfill an
> > aspect of an agreement."
> >
> > http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_14963578
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Michael Lauzon
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