Darl McBride

Darl McBride

Darl Charles McBride (born 1959) is the former CEO of The SCO Group. He became the CEO of Caldera International on June 28, 2002.

On March 7, 2003, during McBride's tenure as CEO of the company, The SCO Group initiated litigation (SCO v. IBM) against IBM, alleging breach of contract and copyright infringement claims connected to Unix. After Novell responded by denying they had sold copyrights to SCO, SCO filed a new lawsuit, SCO v. Novell, alleging slander of title, and later other claims. In August 2007, the United States District Court for the District of Utah ruled that Novell owned the copyrights at issue. SCO filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy on the eve of the planned September 2007 trial. In July 2008, the district court awarded Novell $2.5 million in monetary damages. SCO appealed both decisions, and in August 2009 the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld the monetary damages while reversing and remanding other issues for trial.

On October 14, 2009, McBride was terminated as Chief Executive Officer and President of The SCO Group.