On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 14:36 +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> Well, allow me to update you :)
>
> They made a mistake (actually their CEO did), and they appologized
> publically and cancelled all the licensing issues with SCO - so the
> story ends..
Sounds too good to be true.
Do you have a citation for this claim (link to news item, press release
or note to customers)?
--- Omer
> You CAN install anything you like in those machines. Just for the fun
> I switched the machine I had there from RHEL 3 update 5 to RHEL 4 and
> to Fedora 4, and went back to RHEL update 5. I can compile any kernel
> that I want and use it.
>
> Furthermore, their agreement with you doesn't mention anything related
> to which kernel to run on the rented machine - be it 2.0, 2.2, 2.4 or
> the latest 2.6 with -mm patches - do whatever you want to do, crash
> the machine as much as you want (you get KVM services for free).
>
> Thanks,
> Hetz
>
> On 10/7/05, Omer Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The important issue is the terms of the SCO Linux "license" which EV1
> > bought.
> >
> > AFAIK, the terms of the SCO Linux "license" (which become binding once
> > the document is signed and becomes a contract from legal point of view)
> > are such that EV1 are permitted to use only a certain binary-only
> > version of Linux kernel. I assume that this is binding also upon their
> > customers.
> >
> > In other words, if you host your Web site in EV1 and want to use your
> > choice of Linux kernel, then their agreement with SCO would block you
> > from using the kernel of your choice.
> >
> > This, if I got my facts straight, renders EV1 service much worse than
> > the service available from other ISPs.
> >
> > Again, I do not know the current legal status, and whether they
> > officially voided their "license".
> > --- Omer
> >
> > On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 12:38 +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> > > Some managers are fools. I've been working with quite few stupid
> > > managers in various jobs and places :)
> > >
> > > Does this means EV1 service is bad? does this means any other
> > > problems? I don't think so.
> > >
> > > Their management goofed. Happened with almost ANY management in the
> > > world (specially when you treat PR crap as news). Go to their web site
> > > today and try to find a single SCO server that their selling..
> > >
> > > Try to think forward - if a hosting A company is super friendly to
> > > Linux, but charges quite more then hosting B company which offers a
> > > mix of Windows/Linux - which will you pick? Will you pay more just
> > > because company A is friendlier to Linux?
> > >
> > > Hetz
> > >
> > > On 10/7/05, Oron Peled <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On Friday, 7 ‘October 2005 12:18, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> > > > > I found that EV1 are much cheaper,
> > > >
> > > > Just a reminder: These were the people that jumped on the SCO
> > > > bandwagon and bought SCO "licenses" to use Linux:
> > > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040322133607169
> > > >
> > > > The market has enough alternatives, so it's easy not to fund
> > > > these clueless morons...
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