the irony is so thick . . .

[Collins Richey]

On Sun, 18 May 2003 21:03:05 -0500
"David A. Bandel" <david at pananix.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 18 May 2003 18:24:58 -0400
> dep <dep at linuxandmain.com> wrote:
> 
> > begin  Net Llama!'s  quote:
> > | they prolly canned the admin for the server months ago.
> > 
> > esr tells me that the gpl requires them to keep it available for
> > three
> > 
> > years. now, it's interesting that they would use *that* rationale,
> > if they did; perhaps they do not care to have the fsf take them on
> > just now. perhaps they believe that they can take out the gpl in the
> > ibm suit -- it's certainly mentioned.
> > 
> > it's puzzling, no matter how you cut it.
> 
> it gets a bit thicker.  I can?t say much more than what I?m about to
> say-- but I have a (former) inside source that tells me:
> 
> The Canopy Group is one entity
> Caldera is another entity under the Canopy Group
> SCO is yet another group, supposedly under the Caldera and the Canopy
> Group, but seemingly with a mind (just not one with any intelligence)
> of its own.
> The name ?The SCO Group? being used currently isn?t official because
> it hasn?t been blessed by anyone (especially the shareholders who have
> to vote on this name change).
> 
> It gets a lot thicker than the above, but basically, neither the
> Canopy Group nor Caldera benefit from the current ?SCO Group? suicide
> run.  Why the brakes haven?t been applied yet, I don?t know.  But
> obviously something is out of control.
> 
> Ciao,
> 
> David A. Bandel
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> 

I think Dep has it right, and I said so a few days earlier, only someone
with the deep pockets and lack of morals like Redmond could have
concocted this fsck'n mess.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
gentoo stable - ext3