> Oh yeah, I'm sure Novell, RedHat and/or IBM are offering migrate-to
> deals to SCO customers as we speak.

> It's just such a shame that SCO ignored the way the wind was blowing a
> long time. They HAD their own Linux distro at some point but killed
> it. Knowledge of how to run a Unix-like OS on enterprise scale is
> still a valuable possession. They could still have been a respectable
> rival to RedHat and Novell if they adapted. They wouldn't be as big as
> they were in their prime but still capable and ... you now...
> profitable. Instead management stuck to the old proprietary OS with
> big margins mindset that just doesn't fly as well as it used to.
> Redhat has 15 years less experience, is profitable and is ok with less
> margin.

> On May 11, 1:52 pm, Robert Halloran <rkhallo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I've been following the case since the beginning.  I'm just amazed
> > (still) that this stock isn't trading at sub-penny values after all
> > the nonsense.

> > Having worked in various parts of AT&T for 12 years, seeing these
> > bottom-feeders trying to use UNIX as some sort of legal blackjack
> > because of their own business failures steams me royally.   What would
> > entertain *me* is seeing some/all of the exec's responsible doing the
> > orange-jumpsuit perp-walk into court for their deceptions.

> > Given the court's ruled the UNIX copyrights never left Novell, my
> > guess is they start up a migrate-to-SuSE program shortly after the
> > rubble stops bouncing in Utah to move the remaining stragglers over.

> > On May 8, 11:38 pm, sabo...@gmail.com wrote:

> > > Daytraders?
> > > People betting someone will buy them out to service/assimilate the
> > > installbase? They DO have an installbase you now. There are still
> > > companies using their stuff.

> > > Yeah if you followed the case, you should now that it is very unlikely
> > > now that anyone will touch them with a pole of any length.
> > > If IMB, Novell, Oracle/SUN or anyone else were interested, we would
> > > have heard something by now. It looks like surefire chapter 7 to me.

> > > Ah well, to bad. I will miss the entertainment.

> I've been following the case since the beginning.  I'm just amazed
> (still) that this stock isn't trading at sub-penny values after all
> the nonsense.

> Having worked in various parts of AT&T for 12 years, seeing these
> bottom-feeders trying to use UNIX as some sort of legal blackjack
> because of their own business failures steams me royally.   What would
> entertain *me* is seeing some/all of the exec's responsible doing the
> orange-jumpsuit perp-walk into court for their deceptions.

> Given the court's ruled the UNIX copyrights never left Novell, my
> guess is they start up a migrate-to-SuSE program shortly after the
> rubble stops bouncing in Utah to move the remaining stragglers over.

> On May 8, 11:38 pm, sabo...@gmail.com wrote:

> > Daytraders?
> > People betting someone will buy them out to service/assimilate the
> > installbase? They DO have an installbase you now. There are still
> > companies using their stuff.

> > Yeah if you followed the case, you should now that it is very unlikely
> > now that anyone will touch them with a pole of any length.
> > If IMB, Novell, Oracle/SUN or anyone else were interested, we would
> > have heard something by now. It looks like surefire chapter 7 to me.

> > Ah well, to bad. I will miss the entertainment.

> Daytraders?
> People betting someone will buy them out to service/assimilate the
> installbase? They DO have an installbase you now. There are still
> companies using their stuff.

> Yeah if you followed the case, you should now that it is very unlikely
> now that anyone will touch them with a pole of any length.
> If IMB, Novell, Oracle/SUN or anyone else were interested, we would
> have heard something by now. It looks like surefire chapter 7 to me.

> Ah well, to bad. I will miss the entertainment.

>::< wrote:
> i mean, really, isn't it about time?