SCO fizzles

[Stuart Biggerstaff]

Well, let's see:

Microsoft benefits by what SCO is doing, but a big part of the origin of 
Caldera was a successful lawsuit against them.  Also, they had a big chunk 
of old SCO and dumped it as worthless--making them look foolish if the 
current management has found the magic bullet to kill Linux, while 
Microsoft couldn't see it.  Also, Microsoft "gets" GPL.  They don't like 
it, but they get it.  But they threw money at SCO for licensing they really 
didn't need.

Sun has made some noises similar to what SCO has, about paying for their 
(Linux) products to avoid IP issues.  They seem somewhat in favor of open 
source, but apparently have some inclination to co-opt same.  And they have 
also bought SCO licensing that it didn't really look like they need.

And then there's the lawyer whose head office is in--ahem--Armonk, NY.  And 
apparently has had past dealings with IBM.  And this crap started just 
after SCO hired him...

Who's the villain?

At 04:50 AM 8/25/03 -0500, Alma J Wetzker wrote:
>>burns <linux at burnsmacdonald.com> 24 Aug 2003 20:14:38 -0400
>>On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 16:02, 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.)
>>I just can't see where logic would lead you to believe that Sun is more
>>likely than MS to be in cahoots with SCO. The available indications,
>>albeit circumstantial, point in exactly the opposite direction.
>
>Sloppy language, sorry.  I really don't think either company is involved 
>other than giving $$$ to SCO.  To me it looks like the razor cuts to SCO's 
>arrogance and stupidity without any help from an outside source. (Other 
>than cheers.)
>
>     -- Alma
>
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