As someone who has worked with Santa Cruz Operation Unix in the past my question is who would want to steal any part of it?
Will Lowe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Fournet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 9:44 AM Subject: RE: [brlug-general] Good review of SCO issue.. > 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 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > > Of Dustin Puryear > > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 7:41 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [brlug-general] Good review of SCO issue.. > > > > > > http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t479-s2134763-p1,00.html > > > > --- > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Puryear Information Technology > > Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
