SCO's legal fees eat up profits

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SCO's Finances, Legal Case Take Hits

SCO's Finances, Legal Case Take Hits 08/31/2004 05:18 PM

SCO's Revenue Plummets as Legal Costs
Mount

SCO's Revenue Plummets as Legal Costs
Mount 06/10/2004 08:33 PM
Despite reporting that the company's revenues dropped by half in the second quarter from a year earlier, SCO executives find a silver lining in its flush cash reserves and the resolution of its funding and management problems with investor BayStar.

SCO's McBride sounds off in Linux legal
battle

SCO's McBride sounds off in Linux legal
battle 12/05/2003 12:37 PM
CNET Dec 5 2003 12:16PM ET

Legal fees hit Microsoft

Legal fees hit Microsoft 04/25/2004 06:57 AM
Australian IT Apr 25 2004 11:12AM GMT

SCO sees loss on legal fees

SCO sees loss on legal fees 12/22/2003 10:16 AM
The controversial Unix software company reports a loss for its fourth quarter based largely on hefty legal expenses it has accrued in its intellectual property war against Linux.

Why Software Patents Exist: Legal Fees

Why Software Patents Exist: Legal Fees 08/02/2004 04:42 AM
John has submitted this somewhat disturbing, if not at all surprising, "anonymous insider's account" of a software company that is ramping up their patent efforts, after another company beat them in a lawsuit over patents, and the company began to realize just how valuable patents were in that sense -- if not actually for the purpose of innovation. The clear point is that patents do little to help innovation, often do quite a bit to harm innovation, but do keep the lawyers quite happy. Software engineers are told to come up with just about anything that might possibly be patentable, and the engineer in question does so -- coming up with nearly 20 patents in a matter of days. The engineer admits that all would be pretty obvious to any "competent worker in our field," but all were gleefully accepted by the lawyers. The engineer points out that these patents alone likely created over a $1 million worth of legal expenses -- money that is not being spent on actual research and development any more. Despite the fact that the "any competent worker" point should make these patents completely invalid the lawyers actively point out that the patent examiners aren't smart enough to know any better: "Look, if the examiners were any good they'd be in industry, so you don't have too much to worry about." Meanwhile, the engineer notes that all of the innovation in the industry seems to be coming from areas where there are no patents. It is just an anecdotal story, but, it's one that seems to be getting repeated an awful lot in the software industry. If the entire point of the patent system is to promote innovation, and time and time against the opposite has been shown to be true, why isn't anyone reforming the patent system (and, even worse, why are other countries making their patent systems more like ours)?

Microsoft disputes Mass. legal fees

Microsoft disputes Mass. legal fees 03/15/2003 10:47 AM

Calif. Judge Cuts Microsoft Legal Fees

Calif. Judge Cuts Microsoft Legal Fees 09/17/2004 01:00 AM
Boston Globe Sep 17 2004 4:39AM GMT

Calif. court cuts Microsoft legal fees

Calif. court cuts Microsoft legal fees 09/17/2004 12:34 PM
CNET News.com Sep 17 2004 5:03PM GMT

Judge Cuts Legal Fees in Microsoft Suit

Judge Cuts Legal Fees in Microsoft Suit 09/18/2004 01:34 AM
NewsFactor Network Sep 18 2004 5:23AM GMT

Microsoft: Legal fees in class-action
suit too high

Microsoft: Legal fees in class-action
suit too high 05/13/2004 09:16 PM
CNET May 14 2004 1:21AM GMT

Judge Cuts Legal Fees in Microsoft
Class-Action Suit

Judge Cuts Legal Fees in Microsoft
Class-Action Suit 09/18/2004 04:07 AM
Enterprise Windows I.T. Sep 18 2004 7:18AM GMT

Microsoft Blames Anti-trust Legal Fees
for Price Increases

Microsoft Blames Anti-trust Legal Fees
for Price Increases 05/15/2004 09:57 AM
Slashdot May 15 2004 2:15PM GMT

Legal costs hit Microsoft profits

Legal costs hit Microsoft profits 04/23/2004 02:41 AM
BBC Apr 23 2004 7:23AM GMT

Legal costs take $2.5bn bite from
Microsoft's profits

Legal costs take $2.5bn bite from
Microsoft's profits 04/23/2004 06:40 AM
Computer Buyer Apr 23 2004 10:48AM GMT

BAD DAY IN COURT FOR BARBRA: STREISAND
PRIVACY CASE REJECTED BY JUDGE; PHOTO
IMAGES OF HOUSE NOT VIOLATION, MUST PAY
LEGAL FEES

BAD DAY IN COURT FOR BARBRA: STREISAND
PRIVACY CASE REJECTED BY JUDGE; PHOTO
IMAGES OF HOUSE NOT VIOLATION, MUST PAY
LEGAL FEES 12/04/2003 08:26 AM
Looky, see this picture .. the smoking gun .. justice

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"BAD DAY IN COURT FOR BARBRA: STREISAND
PRIVACY CASE REJECTED BY JUDGE; PHOTO
IMAGES OF HOUSE NOT VIOLATION , MUST PAY
LEGAL FEES..."

"BAD DAY IN COURT FOR BARBRA: STREISAND
PRIVACY CASE REJECTED BY JUDGE; PHOTO
IMAGES OF HOUSE NOT VIOLATION , MUST PAY
LEGAL FEES..." 12/05/2003 03:19 AM

PC Sales Aid Microsoft, but Legal
Expenses Hurt Profits

PC Sales Aid Microsoft, but Legal
Expenses Hurt Profits 04/23/2004 12:10 AM
Microsoft reported solid quarterly gains in revenue and income, but the company's net income was held down by legal payments.

Microsoft profits fall on legal costs
and fine

Microsoft profits fall on legal costs
and fine 04/23/2004 04:04 AM
Irish Examiner Apr 23 2004 8:15AM GMT

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Las Vegas Legal Video Hires Emmy Winner
as Legal Video Specialist

Las Vegas Legal Video Hires Emmy Winner
as Legal Video Specialist 06/24/2004 03:02 AM
Emmy-Winner Schwartz brings wealth of experience to upstart Las Vegas company [PRWEB Jun 24, 2004]

More on SCO's War on Linux

More on SCO's War on Linux 06/23/2004 03:52 PM

Brad Stone (Wired): The Linux Killer. If SCO loses, the company is likely toast. But winning will be a tall order. SCO must show that the old, murky contracts between AT&T (which developed Unix), Novell (which bought the operating system from AT&T in 1993), and the old Santa Cruz Operation deliberately transferred the Unix copyrights to the new SCO Group; it also must show that it owns the rights to derivative flavors of Unix, like IBM's AIX. Finally, and perhaps most difficult, SCO must prove IBM and other Linux programmers around the world got sloppy and ported proprietary code into Linux. Legal experts tracking the case think each hurdle - let alone all three - is difficult to clear. The odds are clearly against SCO.

Why SCO's McBride Declared War

Why SCO's McBride Declared War 01/26/2004 02:20 AM
Business Week Jan 26 2004 7:14AM GMT

SCO's McBride Stays the Course

SCO's McBride Stays the Course 08/16/2004 01:01 AM
Q&A: The company's CEO says he sees prospects in maintaining both SCO's customer base and its litigation.

SCO's Still at the Roulette Table

SCO's Still at the Roulette Table 06/03/2004 12:15 PM
SCO's big investors are very clear -- invest in lawsuits, not products.

No regrets - and we'll win, says SCO's
McBride

No regrets - and we'll win, says SCO's
McBride 08/03/2004 12:26 PM
Personal Computer World Aug 3 2004 4:52PM GMT

SCO's McBride goes on the attack

SCO's McBride goes on the attack 08/04/2004 06:07 AM
ZDNet Australia Aug 4 2004 10:48AM GMT

SCO's first trial--an error

SCO's first trial--an error 07/22/2004 11:13 AM
ZDNet Jul 22 2004 3:45PM GMT

SCO's site DDOSed ..... again

SCO's site DDOSed ..... again 12/11/2003 06:12 AM

IBM Pushes for End to SCO's Case

IBM Pushes for End to SCO's Case 09/16/2004 05:33 PM
IBM attorneys, claiming that SCO has failed to provide any evidence that IBM allowed proprietary Unix code to enter the freely distributed Linux operating system, wants SCO's $5 billion suit to be dismissed.

SCO's McBride: GPL is unconstitutional

SCO's McBride: GPL is unconstitutional 12/05/2003 12:37 PM
ZDNet Dec 5 2003 12:14PM ET

Add CA to SCO's List of Licensees

Add CA to SCO's List of Licensees 03/06/2004 02:01 AM
Computer Associates International Inc. is the latest company to admit publicly that it has signed up for The SCO Group Inc.'s intellectual property (IP) license for Linux.

SCO's Lawyers Analyzed

SCO's Lawyers Analyzed 11/06/2003 09:57 AM

SCO's Web site hit with DoS attack

SCO's Web site hit with DoS attack 12/10/2003 05:24 PM
The SCO Group Inc.'s Web site was knocked off-line this morning by a denial-of-service attack, the company confirmed.

SCO's Lawsuits do not have users worried

SCO's Lawsuits do not have users worried 03/06/2004 01:54 AM
SCO going after a couple of very large companies will be the beginning of the end. How stupid can SCO...

Groklaw Debunks SCO's ELF Heist

Groklaw Debunks SCO's ELF Heist 07/23/2004 11:14 AM

SCO's 'Smoking Gun' Versus IBM

SCO's 'Smoking Gun' Versus IBM 08/05/2004 06:01 PM
The nasty legal battle between SCO Group and IBM may soon grow wider, as SCO executives have dropped a new bombshell. In private interviews during their annual user conference in Las Vegas this week, SCO executives said they have discovered that IBM lacks proper licenses for its Unix-based AIX operating system, heart of a multibillion-dollar business for IBM.

SCO alleges that since 2001, AIX has contained code for which IBM does not have a license. Moreover SCO claims to have found internal IBM e-mails in which IBMers acknowledge this shortcoming. SCO says it discovered the e-mails in a mountain of documents IBM produced in discovery related to SCO's lawsuit against IBM over the Linux operating system. SCO may file a new complaint based on these allegations or may amend its current complaint to include the new charges, says Darl McBride, chief executive of the Lindon, Utah-based software firm.

News source: Forbes.com

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Attack on SCO's servers intensifies

Attack on SCO's servers intensifies 12/11/2003 07:23 PM
A day-old denial-of-service attack on the Web server of the controversial SCO Group has been expanded to assault the company's mail and file servers, SCO's top network administrator says.

Setback for SCO's Linux battle

Setback for SCO's Linux battle 07/22/2004 09:48 AM
A key legal case in the claim by US firm SCO to own key parts of Linux has been largely dismissed.
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