SCO scares me...

[Alma J Wetzker]

> Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 at comcast.net> Sun, 10 Aug 2003 11:07:43 -0400
> 
> In the September issue of WIRED, Darl McBride in the HOT SEAT says...
> 
> WIRED: Give me the summary brief.
> 
> McBride: "The world is moving to a Unix operating environment, and SCO owns 
> the IP rights to it, When you snap off a branch from the Unix tree and try to 
> graft it onto the Linux tree, that's out-of-bounds. It's time to step up and 
> claim the ownership rights that are rightly ours."
> 
> Holyshit. I know they make claim to "their unix code in linux" but what is the 
> REAL attitude towards Linux. Is Linux seen as a competitor to Unix (SCO) and 
> as such they want it also? I tell ya' Darl could have chosen better words 
> than what he did. 

I wonder if Darl is ever curious about life outside his head?  Does he 
even know that an alternative reality exists?

My understanding is that SCO's biggest competitor is M$.  M$'s biggest 
problem is linux.  So SCO makes a deal with M$ to get rid of linux. 
Does Darl really believe that he can litigate himself a piece of the 
linux revenue stream in perpetuity, just because he wants to?

     -- Alma

Don't worry Jerry, we don't hold you resposible for deranged, pathetic 
individuals.  No matter what their name.