Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Computing
  3. News

Judge Guts SCO’s Case Against IBM

Geoff Duncan
By

SCO‘s years-spanning lawsuit against IBM (and Novell) alleging the the companies stole code from SCO’s version of Unix and inserted it into the companies’ Linux efforts was dealt a harsh blow last week by Judge Brooke C. Wells of the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City, who dismissed 182 of 294 claims against IBM. In her 39-page ruling (PDF, via GrokLaw), Judge Wells found that SCO failed in most instances to identify the lines of code it alleges IBM stole from SCO.

The caustic case goes back to 2003, when SCO claimed IBM contributed proprietary code from SCO to the open-source Linux operating system, thereby “devaluing” SCO’s products. SCO later extended the case to Novell.

Recommended Videos

In her ruling, Judge Wells threw out the majority of SCO’s claims based on lack of evidence

Geoff Duncan
Geoff Duncan
Former Digital Trends Contributor
Geoff Duncan writes, programs, edits, plays music, and delights in making software misbehave. He's probably the only member…
How to do a hanging indent in Microsoft Word
A person typing on a keyboard, connected to a Pixel Tablet.

Microsoft Word is one of the most feature-rich word processing tools gifted to us human beings. In fact, the very word “Word” has invaded nomenclature to the point where any discussion of this type of software, regardless of what the product is actually called, typically results in at least one person calling the software “Word.”

Read more
How to double space in Microsoft Word
Overhead view of someone typing on a Surface laptop.

Double-spacing is a great way to organize your word processing, and an excellent optimization that is built into most word processing tools. And whenever we hear “word processing,” one of the first programs that comes to mind is Microsoft Word. This handy software has been around for a minute, and we’re going to teach you how to implement double spaces throughout your next Word doc.

Read more
5 web browsers you should use instead of Google Chrome or Edge
Google Drive in Chrome on a MacBook.

Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge dominate the world of web browsers, but they’re not for everyone. Whether you want a browser that better respects your privacy or need an app that does things a little bit differently, you don’t have to stick to the usual suspects.

There’s a world of alternative web browsers out there if you want to give something new a try. Here, we’ve put together five excellent options, with each one bringing fresh new ideas to the table. So, if you’re sick of Chrome and Edge, take one of these browsers for a spin.
Arc
Easels let you pin live websites snippets, which can update themselves and be interacted with. Alex Blake / Digital Trends

Read more