The latest episode in SCO's ongoing battle to prove itself the most
vile, greedy, disgusting company on Earth is enough to shock even the
most ardent Darl McBride fanboyd. Witness their shameful treament of a
loyal reseller reported today at TheRegister
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/51/33244.html).

Other resellers might reflect on the wisdom of selling the products of
this scumbag outfit that can and will ruin a reseller at a whim...


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SCO has won a court case against its Dutch distributor Dupaco. And
it's got nothing to do with Linux.

SCO, the company now best-known for its crusade against IBM and other
companies over Linux patent issues, recently terminated its 18 year
relationship with Dupaco, preferring a European franchise model.

Dupaco became a distributor of SCO Xenix as early as 1986. CEO and
co-founder Erik Monninkhof told LinuxWorld recently that he attended
every SCO Forum since then, and has turned down offers from other
vendors to sell their UNIX distributions in addition to the SCO line.
Dupaco has built a multi-million dollar revenue stream out of the SCO
offerings.

Naturally, Monninkhof wasn’t pleased when SCO informed him that in 30
days the distribution contract would be terminated and that he could
only remain as a zero-margin reseller. Country managers in Europe are
offered exclusive franchise arrangements.

Monninkhof tried to reason with SCO, but didn’t succeed. At first SCO
agreed to talk, so Monninkhof flew to SCO's headquarters in Utah, but
learned that there was no-one to meet him and that visitors were not
allowed in the building. Security then escorted Monninkhof off the
premises. He was also given a letter indicating that his company was
no longer welcome at SCO Forum.

A judge in Breda today ruled that the contract Dupaco had with SCO
specified a lawful 30 day notice for termination. Monnikhof had hoped
that the length and nature of the business relationship would be taken
into consideration. Dupaco wanted €200,000 in damages.

Despite the setback, Dupaco is not in trouble: SCO accounts only
around five per cent of total revenue. Elbert Vlastuin will now be
SCO’s Regional Manager for the Benelux. ®


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Nice to see McBride and his mob have run out of other companies to
offend, so they're now canibalising their own (misguided) supporters.
One wonders how long it will be before SCO begin threatening their own
customers with "kneecappings" and "concrete overcoats" if they don't
stump up protection money...

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