This BS decision is the result of M$ FUD and dirty money paid to SCO to continue annoying the FOSS and Linux in particular.
SCO Group wins Unix copyright appeal
Summary
SCO Group, whose six-year-old legal case arguing Linux infringes its Unix copyright won an appeal which overturned a ruling that Novell owned Unix copyrights - and paves the way for a trial.
Topics
SCO Group, whose six-year-old legal case arguing Linux infringes its Unix copyright hasn't been enough to keep it from bankruptcy court, nevertheless won an important victory in its case Monday.
A skeptical federal judge earlier had ruled that Novell had retained Unix copyrights when it sold its Unix business to the Santa Cruz Operation, a company whose Unix assets SCO Group later acquired. But the appeals court overturned that decision, based in part on a close reading of the Unix asset purchase agreement, sending the matter to trial for a decision. The appeals court did uphold a ruling that SCO owed Novell royalty payments, though, according to a 55-page filing.
SCO Group Chief Executive Darl McBride, who's been demonized by the Linux faithful, was happy with the decision. "Today is not the end of the war but it certainly is a key battle that we've won," he said in a statement in the Salt Lake Tribune. "Now it's time to move on to the next series of battles with our victory in hand."
This article was originally posted on CNET News.
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Linux Geek25th Aug 2009 -
Prove it
I bet you cant!
jdbukis@...25th Aug 2009 -
A loverock
by any other name
Viva la crank dodo25th Aug 2009 -
LOOK EVERYONE!!@(#@!! HE MENTIONS ME!!@#*#!!
YAY!! He mentioned me he mentioned me! YAY!!
Loverock Davidson25th Aug 2009 -
Congrats, your name is equated with 'male bovine manure'.
This must be a high point in your life!
B.O.F.H.25th Aug 2009 -
Ah...
but my name is out there!
Loverock Davidson25th Aug 2009 -
Is that sort of like King John, Henry or Lou (in the U.K.)?
In case you have not picked this up yet, the reason the toilet is named after a king there (King John, King Henry or King Lou, perhaps others) was due to displeasure with the sitting monarch. It is also called a throne, Is this the sort of fame you wish to hold?B.O.F.H.25th Aug 2009 -
and...
it became quite popular and is in every household today. It has become a necessity. So yes, my popularity is in a way like that. People mention me, they ask for me by name, they wait around for me. Its all uphill from here.Loverock Davidson25th Aug 2009 -
Ok Loverock, you aspire to be associated with a toilet?
The toilet was not called a John, Henry or Lou (or even a throne) as a point of affection, but rather for disdain for the sitting tyrannical monarch of the time.
The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington. Harington, a British nobleman and godson of Queen Elizabeth I, invented a valve that when pulled would release water from a water closet. Sir John recommended flushing the toilet once or twice a day, although with our modern technology, we know that is probably not sufficient. (Rumor has it that, in Robin Hood's day, King Arthur - angry with how his brother ruled the country while the King was gone, named fair toilette, 'the john' - AKA as 'the Jon' to you folks.)B.O.F.H.26th Aug 2009 -
Actually...
It's called a John after it's inventor, loo comes from french, and I have never heard one called a Henry. Maybe that is just a local thing?
Go here for more details.
http://www.didyouknow.org/toilets.htm
ShadowGIATL25th Aug 2009 -
@ BOFH
At least it is better than trying to mislead anyone who happens upon your posts to believing (for a fraction of a second, maybe) that you are an IT professional. We all know that is not true!
Like the way you are doing now by suggesting your opinion is fact? I'm not a Loverock fan, but you sir, are not helping.
Now... on to more technical things...ShadowGIATL25th Aug 2009 -
Yes you are so popular
Why not start your own blog?
rcm0502@...25th Aug 2009 -
You see wrong
The Appeals Court determined that the case was too close to call, that it should not be determined by a single judge but by a jury.
Remember what Pamela was writing all along as the trial progressed - that the judge was treading carefully to keep the books clean for appeal.
Yep, this'll drag things out for those that care to watch. But business has long since moved on - Nothing to see here.
IT_User25th Aug 2009 -
Guaranteed, guaranteed. The Redmond filth is determined
to crush innovation and computing entirely.
They're like a dictator that nukes the whole world if it doesn't have its every demand met.
I can't wait until Microsoft die.
fr0thy225th Aug 2009 -
Yeah, the shear fact that Microsoft has nothing to do with this
Means it must be born of MS scheming, yeah, the company with the huge OS marketshare is orchestrating this because it's scared of Linux. That makes so much more sense than a financially hurting ad desperate SCO doing this for their own survival and corporate greed.
JasonJD4825th Aug 2009
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