Looking to counter a Web site poking holes in its claims regarding parts of its technology incorporated into Linux, SCO Group is getting ready to open a site telling its side of the story, with the expected launch date November 1.
Prosco.net will include archives of legal filings, hearing dates, and writings on the SCO position concerning the company claims, according to SCO spokesman Blake Stowell, describing SCO’s planned online counter to pro-open source Groklaw.
"The site will be designed to be informational for people desiring to follow the company's litigation,” he said. “We've received a lot of feedback from people saying, 'I would like to follow what's going on, but I would prefer to not have to visit Groklaw.'"
What Prosco.net won’t do, however, is let others post opinions on the site, Stowell said announcing the coming launch.
Groklaw also offers filings and detailed analyses of the case, in which SCO has taken IBM, Novell, AutoZone, DaimlerChrysler, and Red Hat to court, arguing that IBM copied Unix technology and brought it into Linux, thus violating Big Blue’s contract with SCO. The others were targeted by SCO as users of the allegedly infringing Linux platforms.
IBM countersued, accusing SCO of patent infringement. Neither SCO’s suits nor IBM’s counter have stopped Linux’s growth.
Groklaw, which allows others to post comments on its site, was created by a paralegal named Pamela Jones and led to a start-up, Open Source Risk Management, which hired Jones to compile a history of Unix for a project known as Grokline, according to a published report.
