idiocy

[Matthew Carpenter]

While I am very upset with this move, I would not be inclined to dismiss the
teeth of these allegations.
SCO owns code which was licensed to IBM for use in AIX.
IBM has been sinking HUGE assets and time and "mind-share" into Linux,
obviously hurting SCO in their "big-hitters".
It will probably be tough to prove that IBM has not misappropriated their
personnel such that people who have seen the code for certain Unix libraries
have worked on the betterment of Linux... in a way that violates their
license.
Scoff at the management of SCO for being so incredibly idiotic and childish,
but their lawsuit will no doubt make IBM stand up and take notice.
On the other hand, it may push IBM to take the final steps to get rid of AIX
in favor of Linux completely.  I'm sure their proprietary software isn't that
far away from being portable.



On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 01:23:03 -0500
Lee <rathaus at gtcom.net> wrote:

> If they win this, I have a 1986 Pontiax with a bad Carb I'll be willing to 
> sell to the judge the for a mere $10 million. The suit is so much marsh gas 
> and lawyer food. SCO is and has always been a loser. That's the only way
> that Ranson Love could squeeze enough out of Caldera to buy the turkey. At
> no time in its history has SCO been worth $1 billion let alone had sales
> anywhere near that.