Comment Re:This is the end of SCO, for sure. (Score 2, Interesting) 914
The end of SCO? Likely. And given their traditional ineptitude vis-a-vis all-things-open, perhaps we should be grateful for this. I have friends at the company; I feel for them. They're being butchered by inane management decisions.
Is Ray Noorda behind this? Absolutely not. I live in the same neighborhood, and see him all the time. He's a great guy, but he's no longer at the helm of Canopy or anything else. He takes life pretty slow....
Canopy, on the other hand, is very likely directly involved. They're suing Computer Associates (through Center7, one of their portfolio companies), and now IBM (through SCO). And why not? Aside from Altiris, the only money Canopy has ever made is on a lawsuit: Caldera v. Microsoft. They pulled in $260M+ in a settlement, and I expect they plan to get IBM to settle for $100-200M, and call it good. If you can't sell product, sue for revenues. Pathetic, but I suspect there's a fair amount of truth to it.
I find Bruce's comment about SCO doing this to get IBM to buy them fairly uninspired. Who would buy such damaged goods right now? Granted, the lawsuit is more about violation of trade secrets (related to Unix, and of a recent date -- not the 30-year old ATT-related issue posted here) than anything else, the PERCEPTION (as evidenced by this message board) surrounds Linux and the OSS community generally. Unix is dying, and SCO just hammered the last nail in its Linux coffin.
They're desperate. They're weak. They're foolish and every other pejorative I could throw at them. They're going down, and are mean-spirited enough to try to take a few other companies out with them.
Rest in peace, SCO. Quickly.
Is Ray Noorda behind this? Absolutely not. I live in the same neighborhood, and see him all the time. He's a great guy, but he's no longer at the helm of Canopy or anything else. He takes life pretty slow....
Canopy, on the other hand, is very likely directly involved. They're suing Computer Associates (through Center7, one of their portfolio companies), and now IBM (through SCO). And why not? Aside from Altiris, the only money Canopy has ever made is on a lawsuit: Caldera v. Microsoft. They pulled in $260M+ in a settlement, and I expect they plan to get IBM to settle for $100-200M, and call it good. If you can't sell product, sue for revenues. Pathetic, but I suspect there's a fair amount of truth to it.
I find Bruce's comment about SCO doing this to get IBM to buy them fairly uninspired. Who would buy such damaged goods right now? Granted, the lawsuit is more about violation of trade secrets (related to Unix, and of a recent date -- not the 30-year old ATT-related issue posted here) than anything else, the PERCEPTION (as evidenced by this message board) surrounds Linux and the OSS community generally. Unix is dying, and SCO just hammered the last nail in its Linux coffin.
They're desperate. They're weak. They're foolish and every other pejorative I could throw at them. They're going down, and are mean-spirited enough to try to take a few other companies out with them.
Rest in peace, SCO. Quickly.
