Predicting SCO's Actions Post Bankruptcy

eldavojohn writes "SCO lost last year and began the bankruptcy filings a long time ago but PJ has some speculative bad news on what they retain through the bankruptcy proceedings. SCO proposes to sell a number of assets to an outfit called UnXis, which PJ characterizes this way: 'It starts to hint that this is more a renaming, taking in some new management who seem to have financial expertise, and SCO keeps skipping along as unXis, with the dangerous litigation spun off safely into a litigation troll.' In their filings SCO says they retain 'their litigation and related claims against International Business Machines Corporation, Novell, Inc., AutoZone Corporation, Red Hat and certain Linux users which are not material customers of UnXis (excluding certain large-scale users of Linux servers) that are claimed to have infringed against UNIX copyrights.' So that's still a possibility they could go after anyone who is a 'certain Linux user.' And what's even worse is that they'll retain a patent for running multiple Java applications on a single Java virtual machine. We may not be out of the SCO litigation woods yet."

Damn!

[clang_jangle]

We'll have to nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Microsoft Corp. today announced..

[NervousNerd]

Microsoft Corp. announced today that they were planning on acquiring SCO for $1985.67. "I believe this is a great opportunity for us to diversify our product portfolio", Steve Ballmer said in a press conference.

Won't work..

[spiffmastercow]

We'll have to nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

They're like roaches.. They can withstand a nuclear apocalypse..

Hey, SCO!

[the_rajah]

[French_accent] I fart in your general direction.[/French_accent]

Re:Damn!

[clarkkent09]

Get Oracle to buy them. They are pretty thorough.

Re:Why worry?

[Quantos]

If SCO need money badly enough I have a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need washing, and laundry that needs folding.

UnXis

[Toonol]

I know nothing about the company, but I hate it passionately, if only because of its name.

UnXis. How the hell are you supposed to pronounce that? Unzis? Unks-is? Un-Eks-is? Damn them to hell.

Re:UnXis

[FudRucker]

i think that is pronounced Unazis

Re:Bet on it!

[TheRealMindChild]

I'll have a go. Darl McBride will come out of the woodwork and found to be an alien made robot. Now that his identity doesn't need to be hidden, he unleashes a genetically engineered plague that wipes out all of man kind... except for Hans Reiser. Together they forge an alliance and with the weapons taken from the RIAA, they wage a war against Heaven itself.

pronouced "unctuous"

[Anonymous Coward]

1. excessively ingratiating: attempting to charm or convince somebody in an unpleasantly suave, smug, or smooth way

2. oily, fatty, or greasy: resembling or containing oil, fat, or grease

Re:Whipping a dead horse

[oatworm]

So, they're basically the North Korea of the tech world? Interesting... I wonder if Mr. McBride is "ronery"?

Re:SCO

[superdave80]

That is such made-up garbage, there is no way that is true. You're making it up.

There is no way you have a girlfriend.

Re:Why worry?

[machine321]

You can probably use folding@home for the last one.

Re:Bet on it!

[JohnBailey]

Did you just post the script for a new Uwe Boll movie?

Did you just imply Uwe Boll movies had scripts?

Re:Bet on it!

[ignavus]

I'll have a go. Darl McBride will come out of the woodwork and found to be an alien made robot. Now that his identity doesn't need to be hidden, he unleashes a genetically engineered plague that wipes out all of man kind... except for Hans Reiser. Together they forge an alliance and with the weapons taken from the RIAA, they wage a war against Heaven itself.

Too obvious.

Re:UnXis

[bursch-X]

If they state that they're not Unix (hence the spelling) maybe GNU and the FSF can sue them for not being Unix?

Re:Damn!

[mrsurb]

I guess Oracle could send them into the Sun.

Re:Hey, SCO!

[Muad'Dave]

[outrageous_French_accent] I fart in your general direction.[/outrageous_French_accent]

[frighteningly_accurate_French_accent ] I fart in your general direction.[/frighteningly_accurate_French_accent ]

There. Fixed _that_ for you.