IBM Denies Destroying Evidence in SCO Case 125
Rob writes "IBM Corp has denied claims made by SCO Group that it destroyed evidence relevant to
their ongoing breach-of-contract and copyright case, maintaining that SCO has had the
evidence in question in its possession since March 2005. SCO, which believes IBM breached
a contract by contributing Unix code to the Linux operating system, accused IBM of
destroying evidence in a July 2006 court filing, claiming that "IBM directed 'dozens'
of its Linux developers within its LTC [Linux Technology Center] and at least 10 of its
Linux developers outside... to
delete the AIX and/or Dynix source code from their computers.""
Lawsuit that never ends (Score:4, Funny)
Re:The Disappeared Ones (Score:5, Funny)
Their bosses at MS told them to work on the Novell story spin and let the SCO thing go since everyone saw through that ruse.
I'm not joking. Astroturf is real and is happening.
Re:Ever heard of Groklaw? (Score:3, Funny)
Unfortunately, because it has my name in print I cannot comment on this story at all.
Cheers,
Matt
Re:The Disappeared Ones (Score:0, Funny)
SCO's response (Score:3, Funny)
The problem is (Score:5, Funny)
SCO strategy .. (Score:3, Funny)
IBM: what source code.
SCO: we aren't saying and besides which you deleted the evidence.
Re:Lawsuit that never ends (Score:5, Funny)
Besides, it was a parody (also fair use), not a direct copy.
Re:Hmmm (Score:3, Funny)
Re:SCO strategy .. (Score:2, Funny)
IBM: what source code.
SCO: we aren't saying and besides which you deleted the evidence.
You forgot one step:
Dear Mr. "Bates":
Please send next payment.
Regards,
SCO
Re:Deleting a Sandbox -- Not the Repository (Score:3, Funny)
Hmm. And they say that managing developers is like herding cats...
Re:What a mess! (Score:3, Funny)
AHA! Now it all makes sense.
SCO is the reason that the PS3 is shipping in such small units and costs so much
Keep Looking! (Score:3, Funny)
Well OK, so maybe only a retarded person would try to make (or buy) that argument. We already know that the SCO legal team isn't retarded -- they're getting paid buckets of cash to drag their feet. The SCO upper mangement isn't retarded -- I'm sure they made a killing on options in the few days when SCO was trading at $20 a share after the lawsuit was announced. Then I guess the retarded people would be... the other people who invested in SCO expecting this lawsuit to go anywhere. Poor retarded people, always being taken advantage of by SCO...