SCO fizzles

[Net Llama!]

On 08/24/03 13:02, Alma J Wetzker wrote:
> My guess is that they are not as involved as we would like to believe. 
> Much as SCO's blathering is to the benefit of M$, I don't think they are 
> orchestrating it.  Sun is also a backer of SCO with _LOTS_ to lose if 
> linux catches on.  Remember that Caldera was birthed by a lawsuit with 
> M$ over DR-DOS not working with Windoze.  (They won for big bucks.)

Sun is between a rock and a hard place right now, as they despise M$, yet 
fear Linux.  They're not sure whether they want to fight a two fronted war 
at the moment, so they're riding the fence.

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