Techworld.com is reporting that IBM has filed new documents in the SCO vs. Linux case asking the judge to throw out a major component of their lawsuit.
For those who have been following, SCO has been threatening legal action against anyone remotely related to the Linux operating system, including *end users*, claiming they own the rights to Linux. They are also demanding up to $900 per copy for the right to use the product. Linux is developed by a large group of volunteers and can be easy found and downloaded online, *for free* in many cases.
Late last year SCO took the two deepest pockets involved with Linux to court - IBM and Red Hat. Today, IBM has asked to court to drop a major part of SCO's case, claiming that they have nowhere near the evidence needed to support their claims in court.
Now, I don't know about y'all, but if there's one company I wouldn't want to piss off, it's IBM. They normally play fair until someone tries to get cute and sue. IBM has been known to *air drop* lawyers with miles-deep patent portfolios on poor saps who have the temerity to take on Big Blue.
Looks like SCO is about to get 0wn3d. I sure as hell wouldn't want to have any of their stock over the next few weeks. A once strong company who originally traded near $100/share, SCO closed today at $4.75.
Couldn't hapen to a nicer company IMHO. Turn out the lights, Darl, the party's over.
More discussion over at Slashdot, but you may want to set your threshold at 2 or higher to avoid the trolls.
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