Of course MS is migrating *all* their linux servers over 2 SCO for fear of being sued ... hahaha
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 23:34, Wesley Parish wrote: > This is my reaction to the above article. > http://www.cbronline.com/latestnews/3752ef9c5fdf36b480256dd7001e4767 > > I am a contented Linux and Free/Libre Open Source Software user, and expect to > be using it for the foreseeable future, as I doubt SCO would be able to take > me up on taking them up on their generous offer, particularly when one > factors in the remote control aircraft, the spacecraft and the fully-armed > robots, and the full year's contract with IBM. > > Some people just don't know when to stop, do they? > > Wesley Parish > > ----------- > Darl McBride > The SCO Group > > Dear Darl McBride > > About "Linux Migration Incentives Planned by SCO" > http://www.cbronline.com/latestnews/3752ef9c5fdf36b480256dd7001e4767 > - > > A proprietary Operating System? Of course, I've always had a hankering for > Big Iron. > > Yes, now you come to think of it, Linux really isn't all that good - not when > you consider the alternatives. > > I think a cluster of z990s with z/VM with a source code license, with source > code licensed z/OS and VSE/ESA running as guests, would be fine, just fine. > > And of course, I was forgetting, a 32-cpu Alpha running OpenVMS for the > terminal. > > I mean, I have to have a _serious games machine_, don't I? Everybody'll laugh > at me if I don't. And that takes _serious_ _IO_, to control all the remote > control aircraft and spacecraft and robots that one needs to _play_ _DOOM_ in > a _totally_ _satisfactory_ _manner_; and once again, thanks for offering. > > Linux'd never fit the bill, would it? > > And once again, thanks for the offer, and I take it that once having declared > my intentions to take up your offer in good faith, you cannot now refuse to > carry it out. And I gave my full postal address when I applied for the Free > Unix Licenses, so you don't have any excuses, do you now? > > I've never owned a mainframe before - and I owe it all to SCO! > > Wesley Parish -- .''`. Paul William : :' : Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system
