[NCLUG] sco stock tanked today ...

[jbass at dmsd.com]

Sean Reifschneider <jafo at tummy.com> writes:
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 01:35:38PM -0600, Doug Holland wrote:
> >IBM declined to offer indemnification for its customers for a couple reasons.

> I suspect that it could have also been damaging to IBMs suit if they had
> done that.  See how SCO spun it as it was.  First saying "There must be
> IP issues if these companies won't indemnify their users!"  Then when HP
> ofered it, SCO said "There must be IP issues because they offered
> indemnification!".

> Sean

Yep from a PR standpoint maybe ... in court indemnification of IBM Linux
binary users would go a long way in a Jury's mind to accepting that IBM
really things it was attempting to do the right thing.

John