Ok Dustin, I was a bit harsh but you must admit the SCO's attempt to attack the Linux community as a whole simply because their product has not evolved due to neglect is at least sour grapes if not down right asinine. That's like Ford saying General Motors can't produce cars because they look like mine.
I think that this intelectual property thing has gotten way out of hand. Take the fact that the present copyright law say a writer owns their work for their life plus 70 years. Get real, how can someone own something after they are dead? Where are they going to send the royally checks to? Heaven or hell? And where do you draw the line? Can someone who builds a house say "it's my design. you can use it and pay me but I own it until 70 years after I gone."? Will Lowe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dustin Puryear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Good review of SCO issue.. > At 02:57 PM 5/16/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >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? > > I used SCO OSR5 and I didn't have any real problems with it. It has a > somewhat decent delegation system and the performance is good. Some things > were a little odd if I remember right. > > The debate is whether IBM misused their UNIX license and ultimately damaged > SCO's ability to leverage their UNIX IP. SCO owns the AT&T UNIX IP, and > that encompasses a lot more than just the technology used in SCO OpenServer > or SCO UnixWare. > > > --- > 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 >
