SCO has crossed a new line (Score 1)

In a Forbes article (registration required)

Forbes is making specific threats against companies using Linux.

The tactic is a one-two punch: Darl makes wild but non-specific threats:

So what if the studios tell SCO to take a hike?"We're going to force people down a path,"McBride says. "They can choose licensing or litigation. If someone says they want to see a court ruling before they pay, we'll say, 'Fine, you're the lucky winner. We'll take you first.' I'd be surprised if we make it to the end of the year without filing a lawsuit."

While SCO's henchmen call companies but don't make specific threats:

By contrast, the assault on Hollywood has started on a softer note. SCO claims it has had brief conversations with executives at Fox, Universal and Sony Pictures. Patrick Scholes, an investment banker at Morgan Keegan & Co. who advises SCO, says that on Oct. 9 he spoke by phone with Mitch Singer, a senior vice president at Sony Pictures, broaching the fact that Hollywood companies use a lot of Linux. Scholes says Singer understood the implication. "He said, 'Okay, I can read between the lines,'" Scholes recalls.

This is designed to have the same effect as if Darl directly threatened the companies but leaves SCO with legal deniability.

I am going to contact every US attorney general, give a list of companies in the jurisdiction and ask them to investigate on based on this.

SCO is trying to wiggle around the law but I don't think every attorney general is going to let them spread FUD against Microsofts last real competitor.