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laconic1 · 07-21-2004, 02:47 PM

Well, pretty much as expected, the judge in the SCO vs. DaimlerChrysler case threw out most of it. While this isn't as important as SCO vs IBM or Redhat it is still a win for the Linux community.

http://www.theregister.com/2004/07/21/sco_dc_tossed/

Judge junks most of SCO's complaint against DaimlerChrysler
By Ashlee Vance in Chicago
Published Wednesday 21st July 2004 21:51 GMT

It looks as if SCO will have to find another automaker to pick on after a judge granted the majority of DaimlerChrysler's motion to dismiss SCO's suit against it.

SCO fingered DaimlerChrysler back in March, claiming DC had failed to prove that it was in compliance with a Unix licensing agreement dating back to 1990. DaimlerChrysler later filed documents with the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland, Michigan saying it had since provided SCO with the certification. Given this evidence, Judge Rae Lee Chabot has decided to throw out SCO's complaint except on the issue as to whether or not DaimlerChrysler responded quick enough to SCO's request.

This leaves SCO in the position of hounding DaimlerChrysler about the delay or simply letting the matter go.

"We're satisfied that DaimlerChrysler did finally certify their compliance with the software agreement, but we are still interested in gaining some information on why they didn't certify within the allotted time," a SCO spokesman told CNET.

Growklaw, as always, brought the first word of the dismissal and has some rousing eyewitness accounts of SCO's day in court.

"The SCO attorneys all looked rather discomfitted by the Judge's rulings, realizing that she just gutted their case," writes one witness. "I could almost hear the screaming all the way from Utah."

The DaimlerChrysler matter is certainly the most nitpicky of all SCO's questionable claims. SCO was essentially looking for a way to trap customers who use Unix and Linux in the same shop. The idea being that a company signs a Unix license for a set number of servers but then potentially violates that license by running Linux that supposedly contains SCO's Unix IP on other servers. ®

asittler · 07-23-2004, 12:07 AM

SCO is a place in the back of God's behind deeply in need of a good hard scratching to release all the bloodsucking fleas off of it.

Fallon · 07-23-2004, 04:35 AM

Ya, hopefully it's just a matter of time. I can't wait for August when he's supposed to make a judgement in SCO v IBM. That ought to be good.

Polyphobic · 07-23-2004, 04:54 AM

Hopefully, it will put the last gasps of a dying company to rest. Whoever thought that suing everyone could be a viable business plan? Besides the Riaa

nanofever · 07-23-2004, 05:32 AM

Hmmmm, Slashdot is going to have a field day with this.

07-21-2004, 02:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
laconic1 Junkie	SCO loses most of it's initial claim against DaimlerChrysler Well, pretty much as expected, the judge in the SCO vs. DaimlerChrysler case threw out most of it. While this isn't as important as SCO vs IBM or Redhat it is still a win for the Linux community. http://www.theregister.com/2004/07/21/sco_dc_tossed/ Judge junks most of SCO's complaint against DaimlerChrysler By Ashlee Vance in Chicago Published Wednesday 21st July 2004 21:51 GMT It looks as if SCO will have to find another automaker to pick on after a judge granted the majority of DaimlerChrysler's motion to dismiss SCO's suit against it. SCO fingered DaimlerChrysler back in March, claiming DC had failed to prove that it was in compliance with a Unix licensing agreement dating back to 1990. DaimlerChrysler later filed documents with the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland, Michigan saying it had since provided SCO with the certification. Given this evidence, Judge Rae Lee Chabot has decided to throw out SCO's complaint except on the issue as to whether or not DaimlerChrysler responded quick enough to SCO's request. This leaves SCO in the position of hounding DaimlerChrysler about the delay or simply letting the matter go. "We're satisfied that DaimlerChrysler did finally certify their compliance with the software agreement, but we are still interested in gaining some information on why they didn't certify within the allotted time," a SCO spokesman told CNET. Growklaw, as always, brought the first word of the dismissal and has some rousing eyewitness accounts of SCO's day in court. "The SCO attorneys all looked rather discomfitted by the Judge's rulings, realizing that she just gutted their case," writes one witness. "I could almost hear the screaming all the way from Utah." The DaimlerChrysler matter is certainly the most nitpicky of all SCO's questionable claims. SCO was essentially looking for a way to trap customers who use Unix and Linux in the same shop. The idea being that a company signs a Unix license for a set number of servers but then potentially violates that license by running Linux that supposedly contains SCO's Unix IP on other servers. ®

07-23-2004, 04:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Polyphobic Runt Location: Denver	Hopefully, it will put the last gasps of a dying company to rest. Whoever thought that suing everyone could be a viable business plan? Besides the Riaa __________________ <--The great infidel-->

07-23-2004, 05:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
nanofever Huzzah for Welcome Week, Much beer shall I imbibe. Location: UCSB	Hmmmm, Slashdot is going to have a field day with this. __________________ I'm leaving for the University of California: Santa Barbara in 5 hours, give me your best college advice - things I need, good ideas, bad ideas, nooky, ect. Originally Posted by Norseman on another forum: "Yeah, the problem with the world is the stupid people are all cocksure of themselves and the intellectuals are full of doubt."

07-23-2004, 12:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
asittler Upright	SCO is a place in the back of God's behind deeply in need of a good hard scratching to release all the bloodsucking fleas off of it.

07-23-2004, 04:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
Fallon Junkie Location: RI	Ya, hopefully it's just a matter of time. I can't wait for August when he's supposed to make a judgement in SCO v IBM. That ought to be good.