Possibly, but they could claim it was accidental. SCO is saying that they have 30,000 contract agreements! Not everyone at IBM could possibly have read all of them.
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Gentry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SCO FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST IBM It would obviously cheaper to buy SCO based on current market value, but it could also be viewed as an admission of guilt. Something IBM would probably want to avoid. James Melin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/07/2003 12:16 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: SCO FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST IBM Lets see how this might play... IBM Buys SCO, Ergo, IBM owns Unix.... IBM then puts Unix in the open source community and it's strengths get merged into Linux.... Wouldn't THAT be an interesting footnote to history. |---------+----------------------------> | | "Fargusson.Alan" | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | tb.ca.gov> | | | Sent by: Linux on| | | 390 Port | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | IST.EDU> | | | | | | | | | 03/07/2003 10:54 | | | AM | | | Please respond to| | | Linux on 390 Port| | | | |---------+----------------------------> >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: | | Subject: Re: SCO FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST IBM | >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| I just checked, and SCOX has a market value of $28.9M. At this price it would be reasonable for IBM to buy SCO and avoid litigation. I have to wonder if that is what SCO has in mind.
