[OT] I can't belive this can be happen ????????

[ronnie gauthier]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 23:33:30 -0500 - Alma J Wetzker <almaw at ieee.org> wrote the
following
Re: Re: [OT] I can't belive this can be happen ????????

Yup,

Everyone who has a commercial interest in Internet/Network software is feeling
the effects of linux. And most of the effects felt are on the bottom end, and
most of those are printed in red. Not counting little red fruit every
commercial vendor was happier when linux was not a viable alternative and would
sure like to see linux knocked out of the picture, whether they will admint it
or not.

The computer world agrees that linux is the only OS that has the possibility to
be the windows killer. The only thorn that little billy could not scare, buy,
or bottom feed to death. What no one has really said is that along that
killers path is the death of commercial *nix. The windows crowd does not care,
the Linux crowd does not care, the *nix users are glad to save $$ just as the M$
converts to Linux are. No one is unhappy except billy and commercial *nix. I
think they all put their pointy heads together and cooked up a plan to stall
Linux as long as they could, desperation can create strange bedfellows. 
Going on the fact that everything is not as it seems, I like the sound of IBM.
Even though IBM has fully embraced linux on the public front, it is not a
profitable long term strategy, as they are finding out. They are not ever going
to get back the money they are now and have invested in linux. They now know
this, they have for a while. Not only do they have to dump Linux they have to
prop up the sagging interest and profit from *nix without alienateing the whole
Linux community, who are their future potential customers. So how to do it?
Just like they are. SCO throws as much FUD just as far and wide as it can. Only
IBM can really sue them over this so far. IBM stays strangely silent.
Then...well, thats where we are now. With a linux user community giving SCO the
finger and the Fortune 500 that use Linux are a bit worried.




>In reguards to SCO, we have to remember that SUN is paying a good chunk 
>of SCO's legal fees.  The traditional *nix vendors have had some very 
>profitable niches gutted by Windoze.  They are starting to see the same 
>from linux and M$ has also noticed.  I think they are all working to 
>shut down linux on the "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" theory.  The 
>only problem is who has the dagger and who has the back between SUN and 
>M$?  Any bets?
>
>     -- Alma
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>> Re: [OT] I can't belive this can be happen ????????
>> ronnie gauthier <ronnieg at chartermi.net>
>> Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:06:49 -0500
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>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 06:04:34 -0400 - Michael Scottaline <nbhs2 at i-2000.com>
>wrote> the following
>> Re: Re: [OT] I can't belive this can be happen ????????
>> 
>> I dont think that anything seen on the surface is SCO's real intention.
>> 
>> Linux has taken a huge bite out of the *nix market and as a result
>> commercial UNIX is not worth as much as it once was and related incomes are
>also> dropping fast. Now we all know that if there is any bad code in the
>kernal any> developer has already seen it(or cant reliably prove they didnt)
>and it will be> difficult to continue as is. SCO could possibly stop the
>distribution of any> kernal 2.4 and later. Which is what they want to, and will
>if a judge> allows/agrees to it. But I dont think they want license fees
>because surely> their planned binary only distribution is a violation of the
>GPL and they will> be barred from distributing it. Now we have a mexican stand
>off with UNIX the> clear winner.
>> 
>> I dont believe in a conspiricy around every corner but...
>> SCO did not plan this alone
>> M$ was much happier when it was a *nix/Win playing field 
>> M$ would do anything in its power to make it so again 
>> 
>> As Captain Picard would say, "Make it so number one".
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