On TV.com: The Shocking HEROES Death, Revealed
BNET Business Network:
BNET
TechRepublic
ZDNet

October 19th, 2009

SCO story ends with a whimper

Posted by Dana Blankenhorn @ 10:20 am

Categories: General, Legal, Linux, Linux Desktop OS, Linux Server OS, Patents, management

Tags: SCO Group Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Remember SCO?

Back when I started writing about open source and Linux, in 2005, you couldn’t swing a cat without catching someone with an opinion about SCO.

SCO claimed Linux was infringing its patentscopyright. SCO claimed it owned Linux. SCO sued IBM.

CORRECTION: Microsoft claims patent rights on Linux code. The SCO case was about copyright.

Once SCO built a railroad of lawsuits, made it race against time. Now it’s done.

As quietly as possible last week, through a required SEC filing, SCO quietly canned CEO Darl McBride, the architect of its audacious “better luck through lawsuits” business plan.

They didn’t just ease the man out. They eliminated the positions of CEO and president, which McBride held. The top name on the org chart is now COO Jeff Hunsaker (above), whose background includes stints at WordPerfect, Novell and Corel (so he knows from failure).

Anyone have a few words they want to say over the body?

Dana BlankenhornDana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist for 30 years, a tech freelancer since 1983. You can follow Dana on Twitter. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

Email Dana Blankenhorn

Subscribe to Linux and Open Source via Email alerts or RSS.

  • Talkback
  • Most Recent of 56 Talkback(s)
RE: SCO story ends with a whimper
So is SCO OOB? or just canned the CEO? (Read the rest)
Posted by: Atari800 Posted on: 10/27/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
BAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!  James T. Kirk | 10/19/09
William Shakespear should have expanded on his "first ... the lawyers" bit!  kd5auq | 10/19/09
Someone remind me  Jack-Booted EULA | 10/19/09
SCO Xenix & Unix  michael@... | 10/19/09
They got what they deserved  Tiggster | 10/19/09
It's like the good book says  Carrion | 10/19/09
What about Laura Didio?  IT_User | 10/19/09
Didiot, Enderle, Murphy and...O'Gara  DonRupertBitByte | 10/19/09
But Enderle seems to be unscathed  drobinow | 10/20/09
Remember  rickpalen | 10/19/09
History of SCO and Xenix  David Spencer-20660146163390554490918120654216 | 10/19/09
re: David  WarhavenSC | 10/19/09
Performance, stability, security, and so on  rahbm | 10/19/09
DOS "multi-tasking"  NetArch. | 10/20/09
Xenix and Microsoft  David Spencer-20660146163390554490918120654216 | 10/21/09
Death to SCO  Renifer | 10/20/09
RE: SCO story ends with a whimper  mithraigor@... | 10/19/09
RE: SCO story ends with a whimper  Timpraetor | 10/19/09
He's dead, Jim  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/19/09
That seems clear  DanaBlankenhornZDNet Moderator | 10/19/09
Pining for the fjords?!?!?!?  Robert Crocker | 10/19/09
Good Riddance ... (nt)  nottheusual1 | 10/19/09
WHO?  ULTRALAN | 10/19/09
You had to know....  jimfrost | 10/19/09
IBM and payoffs  DNSB | 10/19/09
RE: SCO story ends with a whimper  boomchuck1 | 10/19/09
don;t pop that cork yet..!!  petem@... | 10/19/09
If you think this is over...  wolf_z | 10/19/09
BSF is in the red on "The SCO Group"  DonRupertBitByte | 10/19/09
RE: SCO story ends with a whimper  KevinAMac | 10/19/09
RE: SCO story ends with a whimper  gwally9@... | 10/19/09
Cold?  lawryll@... | 10/19/09
Yes, very cold  OhKrud | 10/20/09
In typical Microsoft fashion...  SpikeyMike | 10/20/09
Not ended  davebarnes | 10/19/09
People buying penny stocks hoping now SCO will go back to work.  invmgr@... | 10/19/09
RE: SCO story ends with a whimper  gborpin | 10/19/09
Not to forget Microsoft's role  jorjitop | 10/19/09
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/19/09
Ain't it funny...?  NetArch. | 10/20/09
It hasn't ended... yet.  dave.leigh@... | 10/19/09
It isn't over.  urbandk | 10/20/09
RE: SCO story ends with a whimper  Rex1Ballard | 10/19/09
Ummm....  DNSB | 10/19/09
Don't re-write history...  NetArch. | 10/20/09
Corrections are in order  David Spencer-20660146163390554490918120654216 | 10/21/09
Hah ha ha!  se_lain@... | 10/19/09
Why would you want to swing a cat?  Henry Miller | 10/19/09
A cat story  DanaBlankenhornZDNet Moderator | 10/19/09
Time to buy SCO Stock  nucrash | 10/19/09
I'm going to piss on their grave  Renifer | 10/19/09
The buzzards wouldn't touch them...  dave.leigh@... | 10/20/09
Good riddance, SCO. Go die.  HollywoodDog | 10/19/09
SCO? who are they?  ljenux-23043766007667558234416105604265 | 10/20/09
Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy  LeonBA | 10/22/09
RE: SCO story ends with a whimper  Atari800 | 10/27/09

What do you think?

SponsoredWhite Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

Essential Topics Click Here

advertisement

Recent Entries

Archives

Favorite Links

ZDNet Blogs

White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

SmartPlanet

  • Thought-provoking progressive ideas on diverse topics that intersect with technology, business, and life, and matter to the world at large. Visit SmartPlanet
  • More from IBM
  • Innovate your business' process model, play against the market, compete against others on our scoreboards and WIN! Try INNOV8 2.0: A BPM Simulator
  • Enabling Real-World Business Transformation through IBM Service Management Read the EMA Analyst Report
Click Here