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Aug 13, 2007, 09:22 AM
 
It's only a matter of time.


Chicago (IL) - – A district court on Friday confirmed that Novell holds Unix and UnixWare copyrights that are at the focus of SCO's ongoing multi-billion dollar lawsuit against IBM. It is a far reaching ruling that enables Novell to force SCO to withdraw its suit against IBM and claim licensing fees collected by the company.



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Aug 13, 2007, 09:30 AM
 
Dumbest. Company. Ever.

That's what they get for basing their business strategy around litigation, not sound products.
     
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Aug 13, 2007, 09:46 AM
 
I was wondering what happened with them.
     
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Aug 13, 2007, 12:23 PM
 
I'm amazed it took this long to get a dispositive ruling.

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Aug 13, 2007, 12:24 PM
 
Originally Posted by Cold Warrior View Post
Dumbest. Company. Ever.

That's what they get for basing their business strategy around litigation, not sound products.
You have to admit, it was working well for a while.
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Aug 13, 2007, 12:26 PM
 
Originally Posted by Chuckit View Post
You have to admit, it was working well for a while.
Yeah, then Karma caught up to them.

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Aug 13, 2007, 04:22 PM
 
Originally Posted by Big Mac View Post
I'm amazed it took this long to get a dispositive ruling.
Microsoft dumped a ton of money into them to keep them afloat.
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Aug 13, 2007, 09:26 PM
 
Originally Posted by olePigeon View Post
Microsoft dumped a ton of money into them to keep them afloat.
Yep. M$cam had their own objectives.
     
   
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