Re:The SCO lawsuit, 20 years later
by kjs3 on Friday March 03, 2023 @01:32PM
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As I recall, Microsoft put up a ton of money to fund the SCO lawsuit. They didn't hire Boies out of Unix profits.
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My point isn’t that McBride was doing something financially irresponsible, my point is that he’s obviously lying.
Re:The SCO lawsuit, 20 years later
by Linosaurus on Friday March 03, 2023 @02:45PM
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He’s technically only claiming that turning the company around was his job description when recruited. Is that this was a lie told to him.
Even if he's getting fed nothing but lies by someone else about how IBM really did steal their source code and winning this is in the bag and will totally turn the company around, and somehow has no ability to discern the truth himself, you still don't hire David Boies to deal with that.
You've decided to throw down with IBM with a lawsuit that could result in billions in damages. You've convinced yourself you're going to win, lies or no. Microsoft is shoveling money at you to do it. And......you aren't going to go hire a gold-plated superstar litigator, the guy whose already spanked Microsoft in court, "to deal with that"?
With all due respect...the hell you aren't.
> gold-plated
In 2003? Boies was probably best known for losing one of the most watched court cases in American history.
He's a great choice... if you want an savvy operator with a weak moral compass to pump your stock. Not so much if you want to win because you believe the company is in the right and has a promising future. (He might do that too, but no better than dozens of other effective lawyers.)