SCO fizzles

[Federico Voges]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:42:13 -0500, Stuart Biggerstaff wrote:

>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?
>

Oh, that's an easy one: all of them :)


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