Actually bad for SCO... (Score 1)

This is still a lousy tactic, but the announcement comes at a funny timing. Just after the open source letter response. I would say HP doesn't have anything to lose by offering indemnity. 1) They will make some money. This can be fully offered as a service under GPL. 2) They will offer existing customers (with concerns) a better piece of mind. 3) They will offer new customers more assurance to buy their product. However, at the timing of this - I would say HP knows it doesn't have to worry about losing to SCO. They know as should most of the open source community that the SCO case has no merit. So in all reality they get more money, improve customer relationships and don't have a real concern with SCO. Looks win-win to them. SCO has tried very successfully to put a bad spin on this: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT= SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/www/story/09-24-2003/000202 3386&EDATE=WED+Sep+24+2003,+09:52+AM But in all reality, HP's announcement helps reaffirm that SCO is now a lizard backed into a corner and is flairing its gills to fend off impending doom. I actually feel sorry for the investors who aren't savy enough to keep from losing their money. Down 15% from its high. It won't be much longer. It is going to plummet. Poor Darl. I feel like Noah looking at Darl trying hard to tred water. He just doesn't know that today is just day 1... he still has 39 days to tred water.