To me it looks like the author is saying that SCO is angry because IBM
let Project Monterrey die, and they're taking it out on Linux  (starting
with IBM). Maybe so. I just think they're trying either to be bought or
to win enough money for the CEO to happily leave a little richer.

He also cited the fact that SCO [Caldera] has released Linux themselves
under GPL, negating any claims they have on the IP it contains. Knowing
this, legally, SCO doesn't have a leg to stand on; however, we can't yet
trust the courts to understand what all this technology stuff means. It
seems to me that even still, for most judges, when technological terms
such as "kernel" and "source code" start being brought up, his eyes
glaze over until either side comes up with the most convincing non-tech
analogy that he then uses to base his opinion on. 

On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 09:17, Jim Carter wrote:
> That didn't really say anything.
> 
> Jim
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