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July 16, 2004
SCO gives up on software, targets the auto industry
Here's an update on SCO's downward spiral from eWeek:
A federal judge on Monday denied AutoZone's request to transfer its copyright case with The SCO Group from Nevada to a Memphis, Tenn., court, but he also granted a limited stay to the auto parts chain....AutoZone borrowed SCO's own reasoning when it later asked for a stay in its case pending the resolution of SCO's cases with IBM as well as with Red Hat and Novell.
In SCO's own attempt to stay its case with Red Hat, it said "there is no doubt" that the IBM case will resolve threshold issues in the Red Hat case....
AutoZone, which trades on Nasdaq and is a Fortune 500 member, was the first Linux-using company sued by SCO after the Unix company had long promised that it would target Linux end-users in its legal fight against Linux.
AutoZone had used SCO's OpenServer Unix until 2001, when it started to switch over to Red Hat Linux. AutoZone completed its migration to Linux in 2002.
Lindon, Utah-based SCO immediately followed the AutoZone lawsuit by suing DaimlerChrysler AG in a Michigan state court both on Linux grounds and for Unix contract violations.
Posted by Mike at July 16, 2004 12:34 AM
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