SCO

This page present an outline of particular posts that cover SCO.

November 2006: Comparisons to Novell Deal

 * FUD FUD FUD
 * Two Quick Things – Censorship & SCO (v.)
 * Intersection Between SCO and the Novell Deal

December 2006: Novell Assets

 * SCO’s Role in This Abusive Relationship
 * Novell to Inherit SCO’s Assets?

January - May 2007: Novell and Microsoft Relations to SCO

 * Is Novell the New SCO?
 * This Linux Conference Brought to you by SCO
 * Video: Microsoft’s Proxy (SCO) on the Non-existent Stolen Code in Linux
 * Satire: SCO UNIX Commercial
 * Novell is not the next SCO, Microsoft is.

June 2007: Relation to Patent FUD

 * The Usual Suspects, The Game
 * Divide-and-Conquer, Vivid Shades of SCO
 * Sun’s SCOsource License – Linux Right To Use Included

July 2007: Purpose of Patent FUD Debated

 * Microsoft and SCO: Like Father, Like Son
 * How Does One Put a Price Tag on GNU/Linux and Free Software?

August 2007: SCO Loses to Novell

 * Groklaw: SCO is Toast, Novell owns Unix Copyrights
 * SCO Loses = Good. Novell Earns Anti-Linux Weapon = Good? (Updated)
 * SCO’s Stock Drops Like a Rock, Novell Gains
 * Novell: We Won’t be SCO 2.0; BoycottNovell: Who is We?
 * Novell’s “Underperform” and SCO’s Cash Injections That Brought Its Demise
 * Novell Brought Back to Court, Long-term Financial Uncertainty Looming

September 2007: SCO in Trouble

 * When You Can’t Beat Them, Sue Them
 * The SCO Ship Throws Anchor in the Middle of the Pacific (Bankruptcy) (Updated)
 * SCO’s Novell Debt Marks Its Last Mile
 * SCO is a Blast
 * Which Will Go Down First? SCO or Linspire?

October 2007: Patent Lawsuits Against Linux Begin

 * Chris Pirillo’s Disclosure and the UNIX/Linux Conspiracy Theory
 * (At Least) 3 Generations of Microsoft Anti-Linux Lawsuits, by Proxy
 * The Latest ”Next SCO” Targets UNIX, Not Linux

November 2007: A Look Deeper Into Microsoft/SCO

 * Quick Mention: Bill Gates’ Dad Comes to Collect Back the FUD Budget
 * Microsoft, Novell, SCO, and NASDAQ Delistings
 * An Issue of Mistrust: Bill Gates, BayStar, Acacia, SCO, and Linux

December 2007: Idle Month

 * Videos: SCO Before the Linux Lawsuits

January 2008: Strategic Analysis

 * Joseph LaSala’s Departure from Novell Officially Confirmed, Novell Has No General Counsel
 * Stirring Things Up from the Inside (Or the ‘Civil War’ Strategy)
 * Microsoft May Have Pulled Another SCO
 * FUD, Litigation, Unsubstantiated Accusations Against GNU/Linux

February 2008: Norris Cash Injection Raises Questions

 * SCO Sacks 26% of Its Existing Workforce, Trend Micro Comes Under Fire
 * Has Microsoft Just Pulled Another Goldfarb (BayStar)? (Updated)
 * Stephen Norris: Why SCO? And Why Now?
 * Analysis of SCO’s Latest Investment Reception
 * SCO and Microsoft: Where Things Stand
 * Dishonesty Looms Over SCO’s New Cash Injection/Infusion/Investment/Whatever

April 2008: Lawsuits by Proxy Revisited

 * Did Microsoft Attack IBM by Proxy to Restrain OOXML Critics?
 * Quote of the Day: Microsoft/Novell “Non-compete Alliance” and SCO

May 2008: Microsoft Emerges as Possible SCO Successor

 * Week of SCO/Novell in Court Culminates in Novell ‘Pulling an SCO’
 * Is SCO and Its Anti-Linux Agenda Relocated to Microsoft Headquarters?
 * Thoughts About the “Novell Will Kill OpenSolaris” Kerkuffle
 * Novell and SCO: A Final Shakedown
 * Pamela Jones: Microsoft Will Be the Next SCO Group

June 2008: New Lawsuit Against Free Software

 * Trend Micro’s SCO-esque Business Model Backfires, Acacia Sued for Defamation

July 2008: SCO in Debt

 * Microsoft-backed SCO Owes Money to Microsoft Partner, Novell
 * Press Coverage of SCO: Latest Summary
 * Sharing a Bed at OSCON with “the Next SCO Group”
 * SCO’s Debt to Novell and Sun’s Debt to Novell?
 * Perens on Microsoft Crimes: From SCO to OOXML

August 2008: SCO Similarities and Dreams

 * SCO Also Used to Contribute to Linux, Just Like Novell
 * Can Germany Fine Microsoft for Slandering GNU/Linux?
 * SCO and Microsoft/Novell: A Deja Vu
 * SCO Roundup: Novell Litigation, Money from Me Inc Software

September 2008: A Look Back at Caldera Days

 * Novell Received “Tens of Millions of Dollars” from Microsoft/Caldera Settlement
 * Caldera-Microsoft Exposé Begins
 * More Microsoft Patent Trolls, Extortions, and SCO
 * An Interview With Pamela Jones, Founder and Editor of Groklaw

October 2008: Intel Helps SCO

 * A Hand That Feeds SCO… Intel
 * Failing SCO, Microsoft Eyes EU and Software Patents

November 2008: SCO Under More Pressure

 * Novell Pressures SCO for Money
 * SCOldera: Scolding Linux Under Another Roof?
 * Microsoft’s Sleight of Hands
 * SCO: Always Losing Redundant Court Cases, But Winning Mysterious Funds
 * SCO Death Watch

December 2008: Shift in Risk

 * The End of an Era (SCO), The Beginning of Another (Microsoft & Patents)

January 2009: SCO to Sell Assets

 * Linux Scrutiny Awakens an Interesting Science of Battling by Proxy
 * SCO News Roundup
 * SCO is Having a Yard Sale
 * SCOwboys Left Shivering in Their Bots
 * What Was Microsoft’s “Big Bet” Post Novell-SCO (2002)?

February 2009: Public Embarrassments

 * SCO Doesn’t Take Itself Seriously Anymore
 * Novell’s Patent Deal — Like SCO’s Lawsuits — a Miserable Failure

March 2009: Smoking Gun and Bankruptcy

 * Microsoft Vice President “Guaranteed” Lawsuit Over Patents Against Linux
 * SCO Wants Copyrights It Does Not Own
 * SCO News: Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy

May 2009: Another Key Defeat

 * Say Goodbye to SCO
 * Maureen O’Gara is Again Spinning SCO’s Defeat
 * SCO’s Chapter 7 and Novell’s Response to It
 * Former Xandros Director Charged with Third-Degree Conspiracy, End is Near for SCO

June 2009: SCO Investor Connections Analysed

 * Is Microsoft Trying to Inject Money into SCO Again?
 * SCO is Not Rescued Yet, But Group with Microsoft Connections Waves Money
 * SCO, Microsoft, Novell, and Other News from Utah
 * Microsoft Innovation is Lawsuits by Proxy
 * SCO “Wants to Sue Linux Users Some More” After Another Mysterious Cash Injection

July 2009: Heaps of SCO Scandals

 * Groklaw Unearths Another SCO Scandal; SCO Heads Sued for Theft, Computer Fraud and Abuse
 * More on the Amazing Story Behind SCO (and Possibly Microsoft)
 * SCO Scandals Get Worse: unXis Seems to be All About SCO
 * IBM’s Latest Filing Regarding SCO Bankruptcy Mentions “Fraud”
 * SCO Scandals Finally in the News
 * SCO and Darl McBride Paid $100,000 to Steven Norris
 * Link Found Between Potential SCO Rescuers and Microsoft
 * News Site That Promotes the SCO Lawsuit and Microsoft’s Patent Racket is Bullying Critics
 * SCO Lies About Hans Bayer

August 2009: SCO is Stuck

 * A Look at the Microsoft-funded SCO Lawsuit in Light of Newer Anti-Linux Microsoft Lawsuits
 * Novell Responds to SCO Ruling, More News Coverage
 * More SCO Headlines and What Comes Next
 * What If Novell Does Not Own UNIX? Nothing.
 * Will Edward Cahn Allow SCO to Pursue Litigation Against Linux?
 * Darl McBride Could Soon be Removed from Power
 * Judges Appointed in SCO Case
 * Analysis Links: What Happens to SCO Next

October 2009: No Darl McBride Anymore

 * Has SCO Just Kicked Darl McBride or Did He Quit?
 * Confirmed: Darl McBride Termination is a Sacking
 * Latest Twists in the SCO Case: AutoZone Settlement and More

December 2009: Pelican revisited

 * As SCO Shrinks by Half, Is Darl McBride Setting up Defamation Sites?
 * Updates on Microsoft-funded SCO Attack on Novell, Novell’s EU Case and Settlement
 * Truisms About SCO
 * Novell Legal News: SCO and MoFo

January 2010: Another Fine in Germany

 * German Federal Office of Justice: SCO Breaches Regulations in Germany

February 2010: SCO Funding from Former SCO Chairman

 * Just in Time: SCO Finds Another Cash Injection Proposal… from Former SCO Chairman

March 2010: Case Resumes, SCO Defeated Once Again

 * Latest SCO-Novell Drama in a Nutshell
 * SCO Roundup: SCO Group Receives a $2 Million Cash Infusion
 * SCO Cash Infusion Came from Former SCO Staff
 * Consequences of UNIX up for Sale

April 2010: SCO Assessment After Loss to Novell

 * What Happens Next in the SCO Case (Post Novell)
 * SCO Receives More Money From Darl McBride; Novell-SCO Resumes Monday
 * SCO May Be Trying to Resurrect Novell Case

May 2010: SCO and Pequot Capital

 * Pequot Capital, Microsoft, and SCO

June 2010: Novell Wins Again

 * It’s Final: Novell Owns UNIX. Now, Who Will Buy Novell With UNIX?
 * A Lawyer is Questioning the Definiteness of Death of the SCO Case
 * Translation of Novell’s Statement Regarding the SCO Case
 * IBM Alerts IDG About “Microsoft Allegedly Trying to Derail IBM by Using SCO as a Surrogate.”
 * Novell Unlikely to Get Money From SCO

July 2010: SCO Appeals Again

 * SCO Still Wants UNIX From Novell
 * Kevin McBride Takes on Linux

August 2010: IBM Returns

 * SCO’s 2007 Bankruptcy May Have Been Fake
 * Oracle Hires SCO’s (and Novell’s) Lawyers
 * SCO Cheapskates and the Growing Irrelevance of the Case

September 2010: More Bills

 * SCO Owes $10,000 to Woman (Pretend Journalist) Who Attacks Groklaw
 * SCO is Selling UNIX® Assets and Novell (UNIX® Owner) is Selling Too
 * Today’s SCO Bankruptcy Hearing is Called Off, Potential Suitors Named

October 2010: More Layoffs

 * More Layoffs at SCO, Microsoft Layoffs May be Just Days Away Too

November 2010: Bankruptcy Hearing Delayed Again

 * The Original SCO Keeps Delaying Bankruptcy Hearings

January 2011: Asset Sale Again

 * SCO vs. Novell Appeal Two Days Away, SCO Asset Sale Last Friday
 * Alleged Attack Site of Darl McBride Gets Suspended

February 2011: unXis Reappears

 * The UNIX Battle Moves to Former SCO Executives (Who Own unXis Domains)
 * SCO is Having Money Issues

April 2011: Sale to unXis

 * UnXis Does Not Have Unix (and Why We Still Need Groklaw)
 * Taking Techrights to the Next Level by Adding Video and Covering SCO
 * Lies About SCO

2012

 * SCO Said to be Dead (Liquidation Bankruptcy)
 * Yarro’s Money Goes to the Abyss
 * SCO Has Less Than $100,000 Left

2013

 * Microsoft is Not Done With SCO Yet

2016

 * If This is (Really) the End of SCO, Don’t Forget Who Funded and Supported SCO’s 13-Year-Long Attacks on Linux
 * Microsoft-Backed SCO is Still Attacking Linux