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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 25 2013 @ 07:00 AM EDT |
There are quite a group of lawyers identified as representing the
movant: two from HATCH, JAMES & DODGE, P.C. (one being Brent O. Hatch) and
no fewer than six from BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP (including David Boies,
Robert Silver, Stuart H. Singer, and Edward Normand).
These last four
are not cheap to hire.
Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLC. have
been fully paid in advance to pursue these claims through to the end of all
possible appeals,and David Boies was specifically named in the hiring agreement
to be available for court appearances, so there is no additional cost, and at
this point they are very cheap to hire, as there is no way for SCO to recoup the
fee that they already paid, so they are basically appearing pro bono at this
point. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 26 2013 @ 11:33 PM EDT |
By demanding that his counsel proceed in all possible directions,
Cahn is going
to be costing them a pretty penny. They might be willing to
come up with real
cash to get off the hook.
If I
understand you correctly, Kahn is trying to extort money from his own
lawyers?
That's... That's... Diabolical!
Unlikely, but
diabolical. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: benw on Monday, May 27 2013 @ 04:41 AM EDT |
Can it really be said that SCO is "costing IBM money" at this point?
Yes, it's
strictly-speaking true that there are outgoings under the SCO column at
Armonk, but consider whatever IBM is still paying to SCO:
A. It's effectively a sunk cost. They've been paying their own "SCO
tax" for a
decade now, rightly or wrongly, and that's going to continue for a little longer
yet, regardless. So consider the money as dead money regardless.
B. IBM gets value out of it. They have earned goodwill in the Open Source
community and the tech community at large. They have earned respect from
(potential) friend or foe. They have gained a lot of expertise and won on many
important points of law and evidence. That all ain't worth nothing. Those
victories add to the value of the business. There will be battles to come on all
of these issues and IBM is better prepared for them now.
C. IBM has a market capitalization of a quarter of a trillion dollars. The only
way SCO could have cost IBM is by winning any part of their case -- any
combination of getting a *huge* cash settlement and/or an ongoing stream of
revenue from IBM's open source business and/or generating uncertainty over
IBM's future prospects. SCO was never going to make a dent in IBM through
legal fees.
I almost see this last move by SCO as a sort of "suicide by cop",
where there's
really a desire for closure on BSF's part.
Unless, of course, Xinuos is poised to do something spectacular at the last
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 28 2013 @ 12:42 PM EDT |
Kahn is still getting paid. Quite well. No reason to stop when there is no
downside. The company is bankrupt, the worst that can happen is the BK judge
tells him to go home.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 28 2013 @ 07:10 PM EDT |
Don't read anything further into this.
He's a corrupt lawyer judge scumbag.
He's above the law and he knows it.
It's the old boy network working to it's finest.
The system is broken, he knows it, and is taking as many people to the cleaners
as he can because there are no repercussions.
Don't argue it, don't deny it, call me a whacko if you want but I *AM* right
about this, otherwise he wouldn't still be trying these hijinx.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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