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IBM documents 5 reasons SCO is a bunch of dookie-heads.

Wow, this article really breaks down the big IBM document into a few short pages. Very readable.

SCO really screwed up. The lesson learned here is “always check to see how big the dog is before you kick it.”

In AT&T vs. BSD, AT&T thought they were going up against a bunch of hippies at a university; turned out that since Berkeley is part of the U.C. system, their “legal department” was the State of California... the 5th largest economy of the world.

In SCO vs. IBM little tiny SCO forgot that IBM is 90% lawyers, 9% managers and 1% geeks. Don’t fuck with IBM.

Date: 2006-10-16 04:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sierra-nevada.livejournal.com
A friend who was extremely close to AT&T v. UCB told us part of the story. The principal UC lawyer was a lady. She was initially inclined to settle. The principal AT&T lawyer was male. At their first meeting, he was a condescending jerk who did not treat UCB's attorney as a peer. She was furious, and after that meeting, she wanted his hide nailed to the wall.

She got what she wanted.

Lesson: always be polite and nice, even in an adversarial situation. Failure to do so may cost you more than you know.

Date: 2006-10-16 06:21 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] drwex
Thanks, blogged at http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2006/10/16/ibm_to_sco_shove_it_and_heres_why.php
If you want me to edit to give you name credit let me know.

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