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The Unix vendor recharged its customers with updated future products, but some noncustomers say
firm's recent legal tactics have soured them to considering SCO products. [Computerworld]
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,84271,00.html
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SCO Admits: Linux Jihad is Destroying Our Business
SEC filing shows: SCO has already lost business from its loyal customer base; expects to lose more.
[The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34049.html
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SCO Hires Bodyguards for Execs
After claimed phone, email threats to SCO, president and CEO Darl McBride, senior vice president
Chris Sontag, others, an unspecified number of bodyguards now protect SCO leaders. Open source
reaction: disbelief, scorn. [Salt Lake Tribune]
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Nov/11192003/business/112207.asp
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SCO's Legal Fees Could Jeopardize Its Software Business
SCO will pay its lawyers $9 million to pursue lawsuits against Linux users, who should keep low
profile and have contingency plan. SCO customers should have migration plan if SCO legal strategy
falters. [Gartner]
http://www3.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=118545
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Gartner: SCO's Legal Fees Could Jeopardize Its Software Business
Recent moves compromise SCO mission as software firm; place law firm in position of growing power
to set agenda for SCO compensation. Summary with forum comments. [LWN: Linux Weekly News]
http://lwn.net/Articles/59492/
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Is SCO NDA Sideshow Setting a Trap for Analysts and Linux Developers?
SCO refuses to show alleged tainted Linux code publicly. To avoid doing so, they offer look at code
via oppressive NDA stating what witnesses can reveal to public. But SCO may have no Unix copyrights
or patents. [MozillaQuest]
http://mozillaquest.com/Linux03/ScoSource-16-NDA_Story01.html
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Does Linux Have a Dark Secret?
All it would take is one unnoticed rogue uploader to open a whole project with millions of users to
significant legal trouble. In this way, SCO has done the Linux community a favor by showing a hole
in the armor. [NewsFactor Network]
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21658.html
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SCO NDA Offers Little Information, Much Risk
Full text of long non-disclosure agreement SCO asks independent experts to sign, interview with
lawyer Dan Ravicher identifies 3 key problems, forum comments. No one in kernel development or
planning to contribute to free software projects should sign it. [Linux Journal]
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6923
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SCO Group Playing Pandora?
Open source software backers raise intriguing prospect of whole new group of legal actions
surrounding SCO Linux claims: if SCO invoices Linux users, such should respond with consumer fraud
actions of their own. [CNET News.com]
http://news.com.com/2452-7344-5082375.html
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How the SCO Lawsuit Will Affect Linux Adoption
Depending on how IBM responds, its Linux strategy, and the fate of whole Linux movement, may hang
in the balance. Unix history; forum comments. [TechRepublic]
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6296-5034672.html
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SCO Admits Business Risks of IBM Lawsuit
Warns in regulatory filing that its $1 billion lawsuit alleging IBM misappropriated trade secrets
will be costly, may alienate others in computing industry. [ZDNet UK]
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2132758,00.html
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SCO-Caldera vs. IBM Unix-Linux Dispute, a PR Nightmare for Caldera
Lawsuit filed by Caldera Systems d/b/a SCO Group already appears to be backfiring on them, as far
as their public image is concerned. [MozillaQuest]
http://mq.moo.net/Linux03/ScoSource-04_Story01.html
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ESR: This is a Strike at the Heart of Our Community
Anti-SCO alarum and editorial by Open Source advocate Eric S. Raymond, with many forum comments.
[Linux Today]
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-03-07-010-26-OP-CD-LL
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$1 Billion Lawsuit against IBM Could Taint Linux
SCO suit against IBM for allegedly giving away trade secrets in its open-source Linux programs is a
potential boon to Microsoft and other proprietary software companies. Free registration required.
[Seattle Times]
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134648522_unixsuit08.html
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SCO's Lawsuit is Funny, but Not Ha-ha Funny
Showing poor understanding of history of Unix, open-source software and computing, SCO lawsuit
against IBM sent waves across the IT community. Parts of the suit would be humorous if the possible
effects on Linux and open source weren't so damaging. [LinuxWorld]
http://www.linuxworld.com/2003/0310.barr.html
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Unix's War on Linux
By Charles Cooper. The deeply flawed lawsuit filed against IBM by SCO is a stalking-horse for a
deeper struggle between proprietary and open-source software. [CNET News.com]
http://news.com.com/2010-1071-994463.html
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SCO Warns of IBM Lawsuit Risks
It says its $1 billion lawsuit will be costly and may have unintended effects that may harm their
business: legal fees may rise greatly, revenue from joint ventures with IBM and partners may fall,
IBM may have customers shun SCO products. [CNET News.com]
http://news.com.com/2100-1007-994811.html
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Cyber Cynic: Bye-Bye SCO
What is SCO thinking? Suing IBM pits SCO against one of their oldest allies and puts many of their
resellers in difficult spot of having their OS vendor fighting their hardware vendor.
[Vaughan-Nichols & Associates]
http://www.practical-tech.com/infrastructure/i03312003.htm
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The Patent Nuclear Weapon
IBM is justified in responding to SCO challenge, given threat posed to IBM businesses in Unix, and
Linux on which IBM is building future. But, developers should feel queasy about the patent tactics
it is using. [ZDNet CNET News.com]
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107_2-5067526.html
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