IBM Subpoenas Intel Into SCO Fray

whovian writes "Since IBM was ordered by the courts to show more code, they are now reported by Groklaw to have subpoenaed Intel to show 'all communications between Intel and SCO or Canopy about IBM, Unix or Linux, all meetings with either concerning IBM, Unix or Linux, and all contracts or other business relations, past, present, or future, between Intel and SCO.' The text is available at the website."

Enough

[X43B]

Wake me up when it is over.

How typical...

[Regnard]

only goes to show that nobody goes down alone.

How much longer until...

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

Bumblebee Man from the Simpsons gets involved?

Re:linux on ppc

[Anonymous Coward]

Ooooh oooh! Or those hardcore VMS fanboys!!! Or those Plan9 wankers!! LOL!! Or the fans of any other real operating system!!! This is such a fun template! Thanks!!

Re:Enough

[superpulpsicle]

Guess you'll be in a coma for the next 10 years.

Re:my professional, legal and technical opinion..

[njcoder]

" Spelling and grammer helps when attempting to disseminate a professional opinion."

Grmamar deos, but stuides have shwon taht if you at laset get the frist and last letetrs rihgt, poelpe can gerenaly raed it.

Intel should subpoena AMD!

[Mustang Matt]

You know if enough companies subpoena each other maybe we'll end up with "open source" hardware (not necessarily GPL) but force all the companies to give up their trade secrets and consumers reap all the benefits! MWUahahahaha!

Re:IBM running scared?

[PedanticSpellingTrol]

Ladies and gentlemen of the supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider: (pulling down a diagram of Chewie) this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! (jury looks shocked)

Why would a Wookiee -- an eight foot tall Wookiee -- want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!

But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does that have to do with this case? (calmly) Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense!

Look at me, I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense.

And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation... does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense.

If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.

Re:*sigh*

[Chexum]

When will it end is, indeed, a good question.

On the other hand, there's another viewpoint: maybe all this is just a conspiracy of a curious IT historian, wishing to document the birth of Linux, and the spread of it, day by day, hour by hour. :)

Next: Microsoft

[Max Threshold]

Ooh! Busted!

Re:*sigh*

[Anonymous Coward]

It isn't about code. SCO is claiming a patright on Linux. A patright is like a patent in that it covers general ideas, but a copyright in that it exists from the moment of creation. Unfortunately for SCO, patrights are not recognized in any country I know of, only copyrights and patents are and neither of those do what SCO wants.

Re:Hog wash!

[LearnToSpell]

Read at +5. That way you'll see both of them.

Re:Food for thought

[Anonymous Coward]

> except maybe those 4 Itanium servers a year that IBM moves for them.

That would instantly cut off 50% of their itanium revenue dude!

Truth or Dare

[Anonymous Coward]

Is this like truth or dare for grownups? "show us the code"
"no"
"then you have to tell so and so you like her"


Why I chose to not become a lawyer is beyond me.

Re:IBM running scared?

[Tim C]

Linui

That has to be the most ridiculous fake pluralisation I've ever seen.