SCO fires CEO Darl McBride, architect of litigation strategy

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/10/sco-fires-ceo-darl-mcbride-architect-of-litigation-strategy.ars

by yarapavan • 17 years ago

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jacquesm5• 17 years ago

I hope that guy will never ever have a job again.

It takes a lot for me to develop a strong disliking for someone that I've never ever met but Darl McBride has definitely managed a permanent spot near the top of my shit list.

He's the exact opposite of a role model.

buster• 17 years ago

Exactly. Any yet, people like him seem to be guaranteed to get a new overpaid job.

NikkiA• 17 years ago

Sadly, there are enough patent trolls and litigation-happy companies that would just love to have someone as determined and single-minded as him, on board :/

tetsuo132• 17 years ago

The action that McBride took resulted ultimately in what could be seen as a failed strategy, but the fact that he went out on a limb in attempting to revitalize his company speaks wonders. There are a lot of companies that would value a CEO who can take risks.

jacquesm5• 17 years ago

Allowing your company to be used as an attack vehicle against a global movement is not just 'taking risks', it's criminally stupid.

For what McBride has done he deserves to be behind bars, not to be someone that is 'valued as a CEO' or in any other capacity. I remember the 'millions of lines' episode, as well as a whole bunch of others.

He played the dirtiest game ever and made a lot of money in the process while shafting his shareholders in the process. Don't forget that SCO was a publicly traded company.

If he had had a real strategy instead of positioning SCO as a tool for microsoft to do their dirty work for them they might have made it in good health to today.

olefoo• 17 years ago

McBride has been fired, but the company still plans on pursuing it's litigation strategy.

They're broke, and most of their current litigious efforts are about avoiding bankruptcy and contesting judgments.

This seems like a grace note to a swan dive.

jacquesm5• 17 years ago

> This seems like a grace note to a swan dive.

Pure poetry.

omouse• 17 years ago

Diving into a deep madness would be more poetic. Maybe in the style of Nietzsche: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche#Mental_brea...

michaelcampbell• 17 years ago

Already?

redsymbol• 17 years ago

upvoted for making me laugh :)

gord• 17 years ago

SCO used to be a great company - I remember emailing YasminK about all sorts of Xenix and unix questions, and she always helped out. In the days before open source and Linux they offered a great system for the time and excellent customer service.

They could have leveraged their unix experience and customer service culture and built up a strong Linux business. very sad.

SCO fires CEO Darl McBride, architect of litigation strategy

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