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SCO's Renewed Motion to Compel - as text
Thursday, July 08 2004 @ 08:53 AM EDT

Here is SCO's Renewed Motion to Compel as text, thanks to JeR.

************************************

Brent O. Hatch (5715)
HATCH, JAMES & DODGE, PC
[address, phone, fax]

Robert Silver, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)
BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP
[address, phone, fax]

Stephen N. Zack (admitted pro hac vice)
Mark J. Heise (admitted pro hac vice)
BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP
[address, phone, fax]

Attorneys for Plaintiff The SCO Group, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH
THE SCO GROUP, INC.

Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant,

vs.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION,

Defendant/Counterclaim-Plaintiff
PLAINTIFF'S RENEWED MOTION TO COMPEL

Civil No. 2:03CV0294 DAK

Honorable Dale A. Kimball

Magistrate Judge Brooke Wells

Plaintiff The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") hereby renews its previously granted Motion to Compel and moves the Court pursuant to Rule 37(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to again order International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM") to respond completely and properly to SCO's discovery requests as previously ordered by the Court.

SCO's Motion is based on the following grounds:

On March 3, 2004, the Court ordered IBM to provide specified discovery and otherwise to supplement its deficient responses to SCO's First Requests for Production of Documents and First Set of Interrogatories. IBM has failed to comply with its discovery obligations and the Court's Order.

In particular, the Court ordered IBM to produce documents from senior management, including Sam Palmisano and Irving Wladawsky-Berger. IBM has produced only a limited number of well-filtered documents from Mr. Palmisano's file and has excluded any notes, memos, correspondence, emails or other documents authored or edited by Mr. Palmisano. IBM has produced no documents from Mr. Wladawsky-Berger's file, and no documents from the files of individual members of IBM's Board of directors. IBM should be ordered to comply with the Court's March 3, 2004 Order by providing the full files of Mr. Palmisano, Mr. Wladawsky-Berger, IBM's Board, including Board minutes, Board packages, and other relevant Board materials, and all other documents relevant to SCO's requests that this Court previously Ordered be produced, and that SCO originally requested on June 24, 2003. Alternatively, if IBM continues to take the position that no responsive documents exist, the Court should order IBM to provide certifications from Mr. Palmisano, Mr. Wladawsky-Berger, and the members of IBM's Board, stating that they have no relevant e-mail files, Board minutes, Board packages, or other Board materials that address the issues relevant to this case.

In addition, the Court ordered IBM to provide further answers to Interrogatories 2, 5, and 11. IBM has failed to properly supplement SCO's Interrogatory 5 which sought information regarding the individuals who worked on developing source code for IBM's AIX, Dynix and Linux products and the contributions of these persons to these products. Rather than respond as the Court ordered, IBM has told SCO it should get the information sought in Interrogatory 5 from the AIX and Dynix products themselves. The AIX and Dynix code do not, however, provide the information the Court ordered IBM to produce. This information is readily available on IBM's Configuration Management Version Control ("CMVC") and Revision Control System ("RCS") IBM should be ordered to give SCO unfettered access to CMVC and RCS, which systems are clearly relevant to SCO's claims, to SCO's defenses of IBM's counterclaims, and to SCO's discovery requests.

Finally, and again despite the Court's order to the contrary, IBM has failed to provide contact information relating to individuals identified in IBM's interrogatory responses. Consistent with the March 3rd Order, SCO asked IBM to identify 134 individuals for which IBM possessed contact information. This Court should order IBM to provide the contact information in its possession for the 134 identified individuals and any other witnesses IBM intends to call at trial.

The Court should again order IBM to provide immediate and complete responses to SCO's discovery requests and should grant whatever other relief the Court deems appropriate to ensure IBM does not disregard the Court's orders in the future.

SCO's Motion is supported by the Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Renewed Motion to Compel filed concurrently herewith.

DATED this 6th day of July, 2004.

By:_______ [signature]_________
HATCH, JAMES & DODGE, P.C.
Brent O. Hatch
Mark R. Clements

BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP
Robert Silver
Stephen N. Zack
Mark J. Heise

Counsel for The SCO Group, Inc.


CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Plaintiff, The SCO Group, hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of PLAINTIFF'S RENEWED MOTION TO COMPEL was served on Defendant International Business Machines Corporation on this 6th day of July, 2004, as follows:

BY HAND DELIVERY:

Alan L. Sullivan, Esq.
Todd M. Shaughnessy, Esq.
Snell & Willmer L.L.P. [address]

BY U.S. MAIL:

Evan R. Chesler, Esq.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
[address]

Donald J. Rosenberg, Esq.
[address]

_____[signature]________


  


SCO's Renewed Motion to Compel - as text | 9 comments | Create New Account
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Idiots
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 08 2004 @ 12:39 PM EDT
WHAT CODE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ?

We see your frustration but everyone in the world wants to know, What the heck
this is about

[ Reply to This | # ]

Wuh?
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 08 2004 @ 01:13 PM EDT
"IBM should be ordered to give SCO unfettered access to CMVC and
RCS,"

Personally, I'd plant an atom bomb under them before I'd give proven liars such
access. It's an invitation to a massive ripoff if the court grants that.

Only a dolt who doesn't know what they're asking would even suggest it.

[ Reply to This | # ]

SCO's Renewed Motion to Compel - as text : Ghost - Not logged in.
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 08 2004 @ 01:36 PM EDT
We want EVERYTHING, YOUR code, Your lunch, Your grandmother, including (but not
limited to) the right to walk over you, and YOU, should be compelled to tell us
what you stole from us, and what other crimes you have, or may have, or at
least, consider committing.

BAH!!


I believe the court documents already states that they have been given these
things, that SCO has been given copies of the relevant code, and logic says that
you can not give what is not there. SCO is trying to force IBM proving
negatives.

I don't think that (would be extremely irrational, taken what IBM has done so
far...) IBM would gain anything from trying to mock round the court, the way SCO
does.
So far, IBM has kept their heads cool, walked on a narrow path, in a very
straight line, which is by far, more than can be said about SCO..


// Ghost, not on the usual linux box...

[ Reply to This | # ]

I guess their case is going to boil down to
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 08 2004 @ 02:08 PM EDT
Well, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the fact that IBM refuses to produce
documents that incriminate themselves proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that
they're hiding those documents.

[ Reply to This | # ]

  • and - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 08 2004 @ 03:15 PM EDT
Corrections Go HERE
Authored by: Weeble on Thursday, July 08 2004 @ 05:02 PM EDT
I think this article's discussions got going without the corrections thread. Put
'em here so PJ can find 'em.

---
"Profanity is the effort of a feeble mind to express itself--forcefully."
--the late Rev. O. Dean Martin

[ Reply to This | # ]

URLs and References Go HERE
Authored by: Weeble on Thursday, July 08 2004 @ 05:04 PM EDT
Got a helpful URL? Put it here. Thanks.

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"Profanity is the effort of a feeble mind to express itself--forcefully."
--the late Rev. O. Dean Martin

[ Reply to This | # ]

OT Threads, Rants, Trolls, Astroturfing, and Bad Pun Threads Go HERE
Authored by: Weeble on Thursday, July 08 2004 @ 05:06 PM EDT
Have you ever threaded a pun, son?

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"Profanity is the effort of a feeble mind to express itself--forcefully."
--the late Rev. O. Dean Martin

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