Cargo cult legal moves
Message ID: 60925
Posted By: martin_lvnv
Posted On: 2003-11-13 05:35:00
Subject: Cargo Cult Legal moves
Recs: 14
So SCO decided to copy IBM and send out supoenas. So SCO sent one to Linus and RMS. What can they be thinking? Their lawyers are so clueless its like they pacific islanders in the grip of the cargo cult-- going through the motions without any understanding. SCOs thinking seems to be that if they
mirror IBMs legal moves they will be successful.
There is a difference between SCOs legal moves and IBMs. IBM supoenaed DB to find out what SCO showed and told them. This is directly related to IBMs claim that SCO is a stock scam and also directly related to IBM showing the judge they should win their motion to compel since SCO is showing evidence to everyone but not producing it in discovery for IBM.
But what answers can SCO get from Linus and RMS? SCOs case is a contract action against IBM. It only matters what IBM did or didn't do. There is no way RMS had anything to do with IBM submitting code to the Linux kernel. Even Linus's behavior is pretty open and documented in change logs. What can he tell SCO that isn't already publically available?
So whats SCOs strategy? Here is my opinion:
1. Attack open source as being unamerican. Lose in court since it has nothing to do with a contract action vs IBM
2. Try to confuse people but don't expect anything from Linus or RMS since there are no hidden facts regarding IBMs contributions to Linux.
3, SCO Lawyers are trying to convince SCO management they are doing something for their 20%, even though they know it won't give them usefull stuff for trial.
4. SCO has been huffing paint thinner again and isn't rational
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Posted By: martin_lvnv
Posted On: 2003-11-13 05:35:00
Subject: Cargo Cult Legal moves
Recs: 14
So SCO decided to copy IBM and send out supoenas. So SCO sent one to Linus and RMS. What can they be thinking? Their lawyers are so clueless its like they pacific islanders in the grip of the cargo cult-- going through the motions without any understanding. SCOs thinking seems to be that if they
mirror IBMs legal moves they will be successful.
There is a difference between SCOs legal moves and IBMs. IBM supoenaed DB to find out what SCO showed and told them. This is directly related to IBMs claim that SCO is a stock scam and also directly related to IBM showing the judge they should win their motion to compel since SCO is showing evidence to everyone but not producing it in discovery for IBM.
But what answers can SCO get from Linus and RMS? SCOs case is a contract action against IBM. It only matters what IBM did or didn't do. There is no way RMS had anything to do with IBM submitting code to the Linux kernel. Even Linus's behavior is pretty open and documented in change logs. What can he tell SCO that isn't already publically available?
So whats SCOs strategy? Here is my opinion:
1. Attack open source as being unamerican. Lose in court since it has nothing to do with a contract action vs IBM
2. Try to confuse people but don't expect anything from Linus or RMS since there are no hidden facts regarding IBMs contributions to Linux.
3, SCO Lawyers are trying to convince SCO management they are doing something for their 20%, even though they know it won't give them usefull stuff for trial.
4. SCO has been huffing paint thinner again and isn't rational
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