NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Darl McBride

Darl McBride (born circa 1960) is the CEO of The SCO Group. He became the CEO of Caldera International on June 28, 2002, and during his tenure, Caldera renamed itself The SCO Group and, on March 7, 2003, initiated litigation against IBM regarding the intellectual property status of the Linux operating system. The strategy has appeared to be of limited success, and on September 14, 2007, SCO filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... The SCO Group, Inc. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in order to recover a right, obtain damages for an injury, obtain an injunction to prevent an injury, or obtain a declaratory judgment to prevent future legal disputes. ... International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) (NYSE: IBM) (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, and services. ... For the 2006 film, see Intellectual Property (film). ... This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. ... is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code governs the process of reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. ...

Education

McBride is fluent in Japanese and spent time in Japan as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[1] It has been suggested that Senior Missionaries be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (disambiguation). ...

Career/History

From 1988 to 1996, he worked at Novell, where at first he was in charge of Novell Japan and later was vice president and general manager of Novell's Embedded Systems Division (NEST). He left Novell to become senior vice president of IKON Office Solutions. IKON fired him in 1998 after his involvement in the execution of 33 business acquisitions.^[2] McBride then sued Ikon for $10 million, claiming breach of contract, nonpayment of wages, and fraud. Ikon counter-sued, and the case was eventually settled. At that time, McBride was also fighting a divorce battle in court with his first wife. He was also involved in two startups: SBI and Company, a professional services company, which he founded and served as CEO, and later PointServe, a software company of which he was also CEO. He raised venture capital for both of these companies.^[2] McBride was the president of Franklin Covey's online planning business from August 2, 2000 until a few months prior to his recruitment for the SCO Group.^[3] Novell Inc. ... A router, an example of an embedded system. ... IKON Office Solutions is a Fortune 500 company based in Malvern, Pennsylvania. ... The phrase mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different companies that can aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to create another business... Venture capital is a general term to describe financing for startup and early stage businesses as well as businesses in turn around situations. ... The Franklin Covey Company was formed on May 30, 1997 when Franklin Quest acquired the Covey Leadership Center, the firm created by Stephen Covey They are based in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. They are the company who market the Franklin Planner. ... is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

McBride became a friend of Ransom Love, CEO of Caldera. When Love left the company in 2002, McBride replaced him. He was appointed by Ralph Yarro III, who was a personal friend^{[citation needed]} of McBride and also CEO of the Canopy Group, owners of Caldera at that time. Ransom Love is the co-founder and former chief executive officer of Caldera, now the SCO Group. ... Satellite image of Santorini. ... Ralph Yarro III is currently chairman of the board and the largest stockholder in The SCO Group, Inc. ... The Canopy Group is an investment firm founded by Ray Noorda, headquartered in Lindon, Utah. ...

Mcbride is the second son of Patrick and Mollie Mcbride. He has an older Brother Kevin, and three sisters: Teresa, Suzanne, and Jerri. Daryl was raised in Ephraim, Utah. His cousins included: Gigi, Candi, Roger, Lewis, Charlotte, Jim, Casey, Kitty, Honeylyn, Alan, Barbara, and Gerald. Its possible he also had a cousin named Ceilla but this could not be verified.

Linux controversy

Recently, he has become notorious in the information technology industry for his strategy of claiming intellectual property rights covering all of the various UNIX operating systems developed by IBM under a license originally granted by AT&T (see SCO v. IBM Linux lawsuit). SCO and McBride's series of confusing and complex legal actions targeted at Linux have especially angered the open source, free software and Linux communities. The SCO-Linux controversies are a series of legal and public disputes between the software company SCO Group (SCO) and various Linux vendors and users. ... Information and communication technology spending in 2005 Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ... For the 2006 film, see Intellectual Property (film). ... Filiation of Unix and Unix-like systems Unix (officially trademarked as UNIXÂ®, sometimes also written as or Â® with small caps) is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ... In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ... This article is about the current AT&T. For the 1885-2005 company, see American Telephone & Telegraph. ... SCO v. ... This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things. ... This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. ...

McBride has also resorted to personal verbal attacks criticizing journalists covering the SCO litigation, and spending time on company conference calls describing how he's investigating their backgrounds: "All is not as appeared as it is in Groklaw land. … We're digging into who Pam Jones is, and we're close to the bottom."^[4] As of May 2007 he has not disclosed who he thinks Pam Jones is. Groklaw is a blog that was started May 16, 2003 by paralegal Pamela Jones (posting as PJ) at Radio UserLand. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

A close friend of his, Ty Mattingly, is said to have told him, "Congratulations. In a few short months you've dethroned Bill Gates as the most hated man in the industry."^[5] He has claimed to have received death threats from convicted felons, prompting him to carry a firearm and to employ multiple bodyguards.^[1] For other persons named Bill Gates, see Bill Gates (disambiguation). ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... A felony, in many common law legal systems, is the term for a very serious crime; misdemeanors are considered to be less serious. ... Firearms redirects here. ... A bodyguard is a person who protects someone from personal assault, kidnapping, assassination, loss of confidential information, or other threats. ...

Effect on Caldera/SCO

Although the litigation strategy initially saw a surge in lagging stock prices from under $2 on March 18, 2003 to over $20 just 6 months later, over the next four years stock value dropped to under $1. On April 27, 2007, NASDAQ served notice^[6] that the company would be de-listed if SCO's stock price does not increase above $1 for a minimum of 10 consecutive days over the course of 180 business days, ending October 22, 2007. is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

In an August 10, 2007 district court ruling that Novell owns the copyrights to System V UNIX, SCO stock fell to just $0.44 per share, a one-day drop of more than 70%, prompting technology sector pundits to question SCO's viability, in addition to the loss of a promised source of growth and income. is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Novell Inc. ... AT&T UNIX System V was one of the versions of the UNIX operating system. ... Filiation of Unix and Unix-like systems Unix (officially trademarked as UNIXÂ®, sometimes also written as or Â® with small caps) is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ...

On September 14, 2007, SCO filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and by September 18 its share price had reached $0.18 a share. is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code governs the process of reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. ... is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Notes

^ ^a ^b SCO so despised that chief is armed. deseretnews.com (2004-03-08). Retrieved on 2006-11-13.
^ ^a ^b Stone, Brad (July 2004). The Linux Killer. Wired. Retrieved on 2006-11-13.
^ Darl McBride – President and Chief Executive Officer. The SCO Group. Retrieved on 2006-11-13.
^ Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. (2005-05-10). SCO's Legal Wrangles Take an Odd, Personal Turn. eWeek.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-10.
^ Torode, Christina (2003-11-14). Top 25 Executives: Darl McBride, President and CEO, The SCO Group. CRN. Retrieved on 2006-11-13.
^ Jones, Pamela (2007-04-27). Nasdaq Delisting Notice. groklaw.net. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.

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