SCO after BSD settlement

[Richard Coleman]

Gary Thorpe wrote:

There are plenty of rich people who got off entirely or for long periods 
of time (Michael Skakel?). OJ's case had no evidence linking him to the 
crime that had not been tampered with (remember Mark Furman - the police 
officer who took the fifth when asked if he tampered with evidence?). If 
he (OJ) did do it, then the LAPD blew it long before the prosecution got 
up to bat. I guess they should go back to beating prisoners/detainees or 
other displays of excessive force. Open and shut, yes sir.

Hopefully, public opinion will be based on facts and not emotion or 
_gut_ feelings (or financial motivations?) in future cases. I can just 
remember the Microsoft zealots bawling bloody murder when Microsoft got 
their wrist slaps....why not lets just shut up and see what happens?
You can't really compare the OJ case (which was in criminal court) with 
the SCO case (which is a civil matter).  Remember that OJ actually lost 
the civil case against him.

I suspect with all the suits and counter-suits, the discovery process 
will (eventually) dig up lots of interesting information.  Too bad it 
just takes so long.

I suspect in the end, there will be zero impact to the Linux/BSD world 
other than a heightened sensitivity to keeping copyrights straight.

Richard Coleman
richardcoleman at xxxxxxxxxxxxxx