SCO Slammed in Slander of Title Suit

SillySlashdotName writes "Judge Kimball has stated that The SCO Group has failed to meet the requirements of the law in its complaint against Novell and has dismissed the case but gives TSG 30 days to try to meet the legal requirements. More info on groklaw." EWeek also has a story.

Slap!

[ajlitt]

I'm Novell, bitch!

There is some light at the end of the tunnel

[CodeMaster]

We just need to make sure that SCO will keep going the other way ;-)

Finally some sense out of our judicial system. Who would believe that...

Summary of further posts:

[Jonsey]

"They got what they deserved"

"What? They've not been laughed away totally yet?"

"Why did they get off so easy for that much FUD"

Summary of news story: "Judge isn't buying it, put up, or shut up."

one down...

[rokka]

One suit down, 100000000000000000000000000 to go.

Re:Puff, puff, pass...

[FerretFrottage]

No kidding...last time SCO needed to produce a bunch of evidence, they failed ot do so or were late because they were on Christmas vacation. Now with summer and all, I suspect they'll claim that the weather is just too nice to deal with the judge's demands.

Re:There is some light at the end of the tunnel

[frodo from middle ea]

OT may be...

There is some light at the end of the tunnel

When you in a long narrow tunnel and you start to see light at the end of it, It's usually of the approaching train.

The rotting corpse of SCO

[locutus2k]

I'll probably get whacked for this, but am I the only one who is tired of hearing about this? It will be nice when this mess is over, and done with. It has been nothing but SCO for months. SCO could stay in business if they foced everyone to pay a royalty whenever their acronym is mentined.

As long as Microsuck doesn't somehow buy SCO out, I for one am tired of caring. If Adolf Gates gets SCO then we can expect this kind of crap to continue until hell freezes over.

Thanx

[rootnl]

I and my fellow friends would like thank SCO for the effort they have made to place Linux in the news papers. For them we can only be gratefull. Long live SC.. oh wait, Linux.

Re:Puff, puff, pass...

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm a crackhead and don't like being associated with Darl you insensitive clod!

Re:Well...

[EvilTwinSkippy]

The best aspect of this that I can gather is that is puts SCO firmly on the defensive.

Firmly on the definsive. Is that what you call showing up with a knife to a gunfight these days?

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Darl McBride on the BBC

[ctid]

I just caught the end of a Darl McBride interview on the BBC. Unfortunately reception was a bit poor, but what I think he said was,

"And I for one welcome our new Novell overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted CEO, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground SUSE caves."

Re:Puff, puff, pass...

[Anonymous Coward]

Getting stale?! The mold growing on it has evolved into a higher form of intelligence by now. And anyone who attempts to welcome their mold overlords should dragged out into the street and shot. :P

Spin-meisters

[eddy]

Oh, they're real little spin-meisters. Check this one out [yahoo.com]:

"Hatch was also satisfied with Kimball's decision to have the case remain in federal court rather than remanded to state court."

'That's a good thing because the ruling precludes Novell from using jurisdiction as a delay tactic later on should the case turn bad for Novell.'" -- Brent Hatch, cited in the Daily Herald

You couldn't make shit like this up!

"Oh, we're sooo happy with the ruling. This is great for us. We really wanted to get our claims dismissed. Yes sir. That was the plan all al.. LOOK A WOOKIE!!!!"

Re:Puff, puff, pass...

[marsu_k]

I thought the rules were:
#1 You don't talk about the lawsuit
and
#2 You don't talk about the lawsuit

Re:one down...

[sharkey]

One suit down, 100000000000000000000000000 to go.

Take one down, tort it around...

What about EXTREME prejudice ?

[LordPixie]

IANAL, but from what I've seen in the theatres, "extreme prejudice" usually involves someone getting shot repeatedly. If not, they're instead blasted into a fine pink mist.

Assuming the US legal system uses the same terminology as action movie characters, I'm thinking "DISMISSED WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE" might be the best outcome in regards to SCO.


--LordPixie

We all know

[BCW2]

What Darl is swimming in, and the cesspool just gets deeper and deeper. When he goes under for the third time, someone please throw him an anvil.

SCO stock

[Nonillion]

Did you just hear something go CRASH!

Re:There is some light at the end of the tunnel

[RancidBeef]

When you in a long narrow tunnel and you start to see light at the end of it, It's usually of the approaching train.

Or you're having a near-death experience.

What's the difference?

Re:There is some light at the end of the tunnel

[jjoyce]

Or even worse, you realize you are a turd.

Who's operating system is this?

[ArcticCelt]

Who's operating system is this?

It's a UNIX baby.

Who's UNIX is this?

SCO!

Who's SCO?

SCO is dead baby, SCO is dead...

Re:Puff, puff, pass...

[Pikhq]

And anyone who attempts to welcome their mold overlords should dragged out into the street and shot. :P

I for one, would like to welcome our new mold overlords!

Re:There is some light at the end of the tunnel

[JabberWokky]

Arg... ahh... the CLEANERS!!!

--
Evan "Better than the Bog of Eternal Stench"

Re:Puff, puff, pass...

[Anonymous Coward]

All your mold overlords are belong to us!

(Or whatever it is. It's been so long, I can hardly even remember any more.)

Re:Puff, puff, pass...

[RancidBeef]

From some article in the (not so) distant future:

Marc Modersitzki, former public relations manager of the IBM subsidiary formerly known as SCO, said, "We're all pleased with the outcome of the case." Mr. Modersitzki is now assistant vice president of the janitorial service, toilet scrubbing division, in the IBM headquarters building. Darl McBride, former CEO of SCO, could not be reached for comment as it's not currently visiting day at the prison where he now resides as a result of of the charges filed on behalf of former SCO stockholders who seem not to be as pleased.

Re:The Beggining of The End for SCO

[SoSueMe]

That graph means nothing. Darl will just rotate it 90 degrees left and prove that the market is behind his "legal" claims.

It should work, shouldn't it? He took the law and rotated it to suit the market mentality.

Re:But I thought...

[Mick Ohrberg]

Well, TSG = The SCO Group or The Smoking Gun. Maybe we can start using them interchangeably. Wouldn't it be funny if we got some new terminology out of this whole thing? If a company is suing another company on very dubious and loose grounds, they could be said to have pulled 'a SCO'. Or if someone stubbornly sticks to his or her guns, even though it has been proven many many times that they are wrong, they pulled an 'AdTI'.

Heh.

SCO's not pinin'!

[Qbertino]

'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This SCO is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If 'e hadn't nailed 'tis Linux suit to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-COMPANY!!

Re:Puff, puff, pass...

[vsprintf]

I for one, would like to welcome our new mold overlords!

BANG!

Re:PDF

[Prod_Deity]

"Maybe it's just me, but I tend to hover the mouse over links before I actually click on them for this exact reason."

You must be using Internet Explorer.

What? This is a great victory for SCOX!!

[walterbyrd]

Haven't you been reading the pop-media-tech-news? This is 100% positive for scox, and bad for FOSS. And there are no tanks in Baghdad! Here's a sample:

"There's going to be weeping and gnashing of teeth today among the open source set when they hear that a Utah federal court has decided that SCO's suit against Novell - the one Novell wanted thrown out on its ear - is worth hearing after all."

http://www.linuxworld.com/story/45223.htm

Funny, I didn't know that's what "dismisial" meant. In fact, I thought it meant the opposite. Guess I'm not smart enough to write for the
tech-pop-media.

Re:The Beggining of The End for SCO

[Krusty_Klown]

Yes and when SCO becomes a penny stock I shall buy all of it with the money I am saving by using open source products then "All your *nix are belong to me!" Well, I might get two lines of code. But it will be mine, ALL MINE! Mwuahaha