From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mparson@bl.org (Michael Parson) Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2018 09:56:51 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [TUHS] Novell, not SCO, found to own "Unix" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, 30 Mar 2018, Dave Horsfall wrote: > Time for another hand-grenade in the duck pond :-) Or as we call it > down-under, "stirring the possum". > > On this day in 2010, it was found unanimously that Novell, not SCO, owned > "Unix". SCO appealed later, and it was dismissed "with prejudice"; SCO > shares plummeted as a result. > > As an aside, this was the first and only time that I was on IBM's side, and I > still wonder whether M$ was bankrolling SCO in an effort to wipe Linux off > the map; what sort of an idiot would take on IBM? My initial thought, when I saw that SCO had filed the $1B lawsuit, was that maybe Darl McBride was hoping that the next headline people read would be "IBM acquires SCO for $(some amount below $1B)." -- Michael Parson Pflugerville, TX KF5LGQ