Re: SCO after BSD settlement

[Richard Coleman <richardcoleman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx