Here is a good writeup from the Open Source Initiative about SCO's and Micro$oft's atempt to re-write history.
http://opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html Will Lowe ----- Original Message ----- From: "-ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] I knew Gates had to be involved... > > Haha, this chart has been hanging in my office for a few years. Didn't > know it was a big deal (http://www.levenez.com/wall), but i'll have to > send in a pic. I also have the following quote on there, don't remember > where it got it, and can't say that it's true, but it's funny: > > "Multics was actually the predecessor to UNIX. Ken Thompson and Dennis > Ritchie started working on UNIX when Bell Labs dropped out of Multics > development in 1969. The term "Unix" is attributed to Brian Kernighan, > and is a pun on Multics and eunuch, basically meaning Unix is 'Multics > without balls'..." > > -ray > > > On Mon, 19 May 2003, Will Lowe wrote: > > > If you want to see how crazy all this is look at this chart of Unix history. > > If a good lawyer can get OJ off then one ought to be able to prove that no > > one even owns Unix much less Linux. <Grin> > > > > http://www.levenez.com/unix/ > > > > Will Lowe > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dustin Puryear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 3:12 PM > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] I knew Gates had to be involved... > > > > > > > At 02:59 PM 5/19/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > > >On 2003.05.19 14:10 Tim Fournet wrote: > > > > > If it were BSD, then it would even be scarier, as code from the BSD > > > > > kernel could have been copied and placed in tons of closed-source apps > > > > > by now--really giving SCO cause to go on a witch hunt. > > > >You don't think this case has anything to do with reality, do you? Of > > the > > > >two systems, BSDs owes much more to Unix directly. The whole thing is a > > > >FUD fest designed to scare big dumb companies into Paladium. > > > > > > What? :) > > > > > > > > > --- > > > 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 > > > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org > Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University > IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
