The core issue is that OSs have become commodities.
SCO has no other horses in the stable. Even the boys
and girls in Redmond are trying to grow beyond
Windows. Looks like SCO does not have the billions
rquired to muscle their way into the newly defined
world of commodity operating systems so
Peter - Well put. fund raising
Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
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The core issue is that OSs have become commodities.
SCO has no other horses in the
I think the underlying issue is Linux. The SCO people are seeing their
licensing fees slip away to the free Linux. As far as I've seen, every major
vendor has a Linux strategy. This is SCO's effort to strike back, discourage
defections. I think it is pretty dumb.
We have been on DEC/Compaq/HP
Title: RE: Who Owns Unix?
Computerworld says:
http://computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/legalissues/story/0,10801,79153,00.html
IBM has built its own AIX Unix under license since February 1985, when the company entered into a Unix license agreement with ATT Bell Laboratories
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Per the below link, SCO owns Unix and they're suing IBM for a paltry
$1Billion:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/06/HNsco_1.html
How can this be?
Which part? SCO owning 'Unix' or
