Lots of losers
Message ID: 97029
Posted By: heimdal31
Posted On: 2004-02-23 13:32:00
Subject: Lots of losers
Recs: 4
JustBS,
I fear that so many on this board have pre-judged you and failed to make a serious reply to your question as to who loses if SCO wins the IBM suit. I will make an attempt to provide a serious answer.
First, IBM would certainly loose something. However, given that SCO has pulled copyright violations out of the suit and are making vague charges related solely to IBM distributing AIX, there is a real question as to whether SCO could convince anyone that the damages are in the billions. So, IBM loses, but I bet they don't lose much.
Korbomite had part of the right answer: the common shareholders who expected some big lottery win. They lose because the IBM payout will be small and because NO LINUX USERS WILL OWE SCO MONEY. (See below.)
I and others on the board lose out, win or lose, because a great source of entertainment will be lost.
The idiots who may decide to buy a SCAM^h^hOX IP License lose out, becuase the claims in the IBM lawsuit are purely contract claims against IBM. If SCO wins the IBM lawsuit with all of their ammended claims, any users of Linux will still owe SCO nothing because a win in the lawsuit will give them no rights to Linux but instead give them some reimbursement for IBM contract violations.
Novell may lose out on some 95% payments.
So, there are many losers, but not any that I care about that much--other than the aforementioned entertainment loss.
And, while I highly doubt that SCO will prevail against IBM, even if they do, I still think it highly likely that IBM will prevail on its patent claims. So, if SCO wins, I suspect that the damages that IBM will be able to claim in the countersuit will dwarf any minor claims that SCO will get.
It will be entertaining, no matter what.
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Posted By: heimdal31
Posted On: 2004-02-23 13:32:00
Subject: Lots of losers
Recs: 4
JustBS,
I fear that so many on this board have pre-judged you and failed to make a serious reply to your question as to who loses if SCO wins the IBM suit. I will make an attempt to provide a serious answer.
First, IBM would certainly loose something. However, given that SCO has pulled copyright violations out of the suit and are making vague charges related solely to IBM distributing AIX, there is a real question as to whether SCO could convince anyone that the damages are in the billions. So, IBM loses, but I bet they don't lose much.
Korbomite had part of the right answer: the common shareholders who expected some big lottery win. They lose because the IBM payout will be small and because NO LINUX USERS WILL OWE SCO MONEY. (See below.)
I and others on the board lose out, win or lose, because a great source of entertainment will be lost.
The idiots who may decide to buy a SCAM^h^hOX IP License lose out, becuase the claims in the IBM lawsuit are purely contract claims against IBM. If SCO wins the IBM lawsuit with all of their ammended claims, any users of Linux will still owe SCO nothing because a win in the lawsuit will give them no rights to Linux but instead give them some reimbursement for IBM contract violations.
Novell may lose out on some 95% payments.
So, there are many losers, but not any that I care about that much--other than the aforementioned entertainment loss.
And, while I highly doubt that SCO will prevail against IBM, even if they do, I still think it highly likely that IBM will prevail on its patent claims. So, if SCO wins, I suspect that the damages that IBM will be able to claim in the countersuit will dwarf any minor claims that SCO will get.
It will be entertaining, no matter what.
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