SCO vs IBM update

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Fri May 06, 2005 8:16 am

IBM has turned over a PILE of stuff to SCO for analysis as ordered by the court. The cost to IBM is very conservatively estimated at over $100k, without including any legal fees involved or loss of time spent on other projects. The full article is on www.groklaw.com , of course, but it's also been slashdotted here: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/0 ... 9&from=rss

One of the slashdot comments I found interesting, though:

I have it on very good authority from people at the V.P. level inside IBM that SCO, and it's[sic] executives, are slated for personal destruction. When they sent letters to IBM's customers threatening lawsuits becuase[sic] they did Linux business with IBM, they crossed the line into open warfare. And no prisoners will be taken.

Never, ever, threaten IBMs customers' desire to do business with IBM. They've got billions to spend to destroy you, and their lawyers walk six inches off the ground.

Ambush Bug · Post by **Ambush Bug** » Fri May 06, 2005 1:02 pm

That's Big Blue for you.

Regular lawyers are like your common shark.

IBM lawyers are like Moby Dick... in packs.