The invaluable Groklaw has this article about SCO's suit against Daimler Chrysler which points to this article by Robert McMillan on ComputerWorld which points out how SCO has totally fucked themselves with this suit.
SCO's legal team is seeming more and more to lawyering what Michael Jackson is to daycare.
I suspect when Boies came aboard on this fiaSCO, he advised them that their chances were 50-50 at best, and that the key to sucess would be to remain focused on the contractual dispute with IBM. After all, that is where the money is. I feel certain that all the sideshow issues, with Daimler Chrysler, Autozone, and the 1500 letters were done against his advice. And the main attorney handling these seems to be Kevin McBride, not Boies, which would explain a lot of the dumbfuckedness of these cases.
The objections raised by Baystar point to this very conclusion. They have not asked for replacement of the legal team, they have asked for replacement of the top management, who can't remain focused on the target.
But, big lovable fuckwits that they are, SCO's management are continuing merrily down the road to total ruin. Here's a big bon voyage to them. Hope a federal penitentiary is at the end of their journey.
Posted on April 30, 2004 12:40 PM