Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 22nd Feb 2006 13:06 UTC
This is your daily IT Lawsuit News Feeder. Groklaw reports that IBM has subpoenad Microsoft in its enduring legal battle with SCO. IBM is demanding Microsoft delivers all communications between Microsoft and SCO, since June 28th 2002, including conversations Darl McBride may have had with Steve Ballmer. But no worries, that ain't all! IBM, Red Hat, Sun, and Real have filed a complaint with the European Commission because Microsoft unfairly scotches competition. That was your daily IT Lawsuit News Feeder, end transmission.
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The truth of this is that it really means nothing to Microsoft, nor does it mean anything to Sun, Baystar and HP, the other companies on the paperwork. Who is does mean something to is SCO. IBM is not "going" after all of these other companies. They are simply using them to demonstrate how full of crap SCO is, and that the "reality" SCO keeps trying to weave for the courts is indeed pure fantisy.
Sure the Mirosoft stuff will be interesting, and might even get them in some issues with the Anti Trust fellas, but the whole "Microsoft" part of this case is most likely the least telling part of the entire lawsuit.
The real good stuff will about from the Sun and HP. IBM is getting ready to pull the top off of the whole idea that Unix code is some sort of state secret. Once they can demonstrate that just about everybody and there brother has had a look at true Unix code (whether they were supposed to or not) their entire case is gone. Read the article, look at what they are asking Sun and HP for.
Yeah, the Microsoft and Baystar stuff should be interesting and will certainly keep it all in the news, but the big news in this is HP and Sun IMHO.