Death spiral
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| SamShazaam Sep 08, 2005 1:44 PM EDT |
Any sudden infusion of cash into SCO from an outside source (I.E. MS) will result in massive bad publicity throughout the industry. Very few wish to become one of IBM's long term enemies. IBM is very unlikely to wish to settle. It would send the wrong message. They look beyond the present and wish to prevent every Tom, Darl, and Henry from trying the same tactic. However, if they legally grind SCO into powder, that sends a much different message. The big question now is whether it is IBM or Novell which rips SCO to pieces. |
| lordshipmayhem Sep 08, 2005 5:12 PM EDT |
Not just IBM's enemy, but the enemy of pretty well every company involved in Open Source. Plus, the funds donated that don't end up in the lawyers' pockets, are likely to end up in Novell's pockets. |
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