In many pro-Linux circles, it"s a given that The SCO Group Inc. can"t possibly win in court. Obviously, SCO disagrees. In an exclusive interview, eWEEK.com Linux and Open Source editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols visited SCO CEO Darl McBride and Chris Sontag, senior vice president of the SCOsource division, at the company"s headquarters in Lindon, Utah. There, they explained why they think SCO can win the legal battle.
Why do you think SCO can win?
McBride: When I look at our case, I think anyone who has a rational mind would come down to the same conclusions I do.
From the outside looking in, I see that you have several major problems, all of which boil down to that to win big, you have to win three points. The first is the Novell copyright situation. To me, it"s not clear who"s in the right here.
McBride: Would you buy an operating system without the source-code copyright? If you don"t have copyright, they can turn around the next day and screw you.