SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'
Summary
Open-source fans have dismissed Darl McBride's court comments in the lawsuit brought against SCO by Novell
Topics
Troubled software maker SCO's chief executive has claimed the Linux operating system includes Unix source code, during a court case in which Novell is suing SCO for royalties on Unix.
In the hearing, which concludes on Friday, SCO chief executive Darl McBride made claims--including that "Linux is a copy of Unix"--which are directly contradicted by the open-source community and apparently run counter to other SCO testimony, according to trial watchers, including Ars Technica.
SCO sued IBM in 2003, claiming that the IT giant had used copyright code from the Unix operating system which SCO sold, and later extended this suit to other Linux vendors. However, last August, Judge Dale Kimball ruled that Novell, not SCO, owns Unix. A four-day court case is now determining Novell's claim for up to $20 million in royalties from SCO, which declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year.
This court case could be the end of the line for SCO, though some online commentators have suggested the company will find yet another legal avenue of appeal. More interestingly, some observers have predicted that victory for Novell would open the door for it to sue other vendors, including Sun: "I am still going through the Novell financial filings but they could have a claim to a lot more than the value of the SCOsource licenses from Sun alone," said one commentator on Groklaw.
SCOsource is a SCO business division that manages its intellectual property around the Unix operating system.
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They aren't dead yet? 
Linux User 1475602nd May 2008 -
Yes,
actually, they are - but the corpse is still twitching.
Greenknight_z6th May 2008 -
there a few people that are out of reality
mac bride is one ballmer is also a other one keep spinning idiot spinning ....
Quebec-french2nd May 2008 -
The sad thing is...
...I strongly suspect that he really believes it.
John L. Ries2nd May 2008 -
Cartoon
Free Software Magazine have a cartoon on this subject...
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/bizarre_cathedral_3
Wassname7th May 2008 -
He does!
Oh, he does believe it with every fiber of his being!
bart001fr8th May 2008 -
Words right outta my mouth....
... well, I guess that would be "Letters right out of my fingers", but you get the idea.
SCO is like a bad case of herpes. Nobody wants anything to do with them, but they just won't go away.
Hallowed are the Ori2nd May 2008 -
Daaaaammmnnnn
ZDnet's LAME-ASSED lack of a preview feature* strikes again.
The above post was supposed to be a reply to Linux User
*A preview feature. You know, the thing that EVEN THE MOST RUDIMENTARY F***KING FORUMS GIVE YOU!!!!!!Hallowed are the Ori2nd May 2008 -
Crumbs
You're usually very reserved.
fr0thy22nd May 2008 -
I can understand his frustration...
A preview function here would go a long way towards preventing posting screwups like hitting "Reply to Story" or "Reply to Message" when you meant to do the other, and not noticing until after the "Add your opinion" submit button is clicked.
Tony Agudo3rd May 2008 -
Meanwhile, back in the land of hope and glory...
zdnet.uk has a preview step. The lack on zdnet usa must be a rebellious colonial thing!
ego.sum.stig@...4th May 2008 -
If you had preview...
...You would have realized you spelled F**KING wrong.
rlarsen@...5th May 2008 -
Ditto!
We want Preview!
We want Preview!
Who designed this stupid interface, anyway - Steve Ballmer?
drprodny7th May 2008 -
I agree!
We need a preview feature on this opinion board. Are the moderators reading this at all???
As for the rest of you, why don't you respectfully try flat view?
Then when you want to reply to a particular message, you just click on the reply button at the extreme right of the message. It's big enough, you can't miss it. And if you want to reply to the story, you have to go all the way back up to the top.
As for spell checking, reread what you typed, then send it! It's what I do, most of the time, even do it twice, on occasion.
But I do agree, moderators, we want a preview function!bart001fr8th May 2008 -
RE: SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'
Now THAT'S news.
What I don't understand is how they continue to get funding
for this crap. There must be a lot of VC groups out there
looking to guarantee losses - "Hey Bill, we made far too
much on that last venture. Quick how can we dump a few
million?"
Timpraetor2nd May 2008
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