Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 05, 2003 03:37 AM
SCO may have found exactly what they stated: very similar code in their Unix and Linux. Write code in “C” to work with a previously documented standard: Intel 486 architecture, PCI, SCSI, DDR, TCP/IP etc. and the resulting code will be similar. This does not make for copyright infringement.
Oh, SCO has not legally stated that there is copyright infringement, just insinuated that it had occurred. Keeping the “infringement” secret will lengthen the time SCO can be front page news. My only question is when the buyout occurs: At a high point when SCO looks like it has a material case or on the downside when it starts to lose some court battles. I expect to see a buyout after a court decision, on some minor point, that causes the price to plummet. But who will the buyer be? Stay tuned to the show!
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 05, 2003 03:37 AMOh, SCO has not legally stated that there is copyright infringement, just insinuated that it had occurred. Keeping the “infringement” secret will lengthen the time SCO can be front page news.
My only question is when the buyout occurs: At a high point when SCO looks like it has a material case or on the downside when it starts to lose some court battles. I expect to see a buyout after a court decision, on some minor point, that causes the price to plummet. But who will the buyer be? Stay tuned to the show!
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