On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 19:12, Z wrote: > Microsoft bought a license from SCO. It is probably related to AT&T code > in Xenix that might have gone all the way to NT. The TCP/IP stack is > definitely BSD derived and AT&T claimed copyrights over early BSD. > As for the lawsuit, IBM had the habit of terminating with extreme > prejudice anyone that sues them, even on clear-and-cut cases. Let's see > how they handle this. If they stall the process with a couple of > injunctions for 3-4 years SCO will starve to death anyway. > No they would be kept alive by speculation. Just like for over 70 years there has been market for the bonds issued by Czarist Russia (disowned by the Soviets) as people waited for these bonds being refunded. Fianlly they got sums who had been unadjusted for inflation.... Now when you say that IBM uses to terminate with extreme prejudice those who sue them I dream of black cars stopping in front of SCO offices. Black-clad men pour out of those cars. They draw assault rifles from under their overcoats and start shooting. Variant: The men are clad in blue > On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 09:32, Colburn wrote: > > A friend just asked me about the SCO versus Linux lawsuit. > > > > SCO is suing saying Linux illegally uses Unix code (they're suing IBM, > > other hardware providers, and maybe even some distros like RedHat -- he > > wasn't too clear as to the details). > > > > Guess who owns a lot of SCO shares? Microsoft. > > > > Sounds like a backdoor attack on Linux. They couldn't crush Linux in > > the marketplace, so they're going to the courtroom. > > > > Since Linux companies are so weakly capitalized a harassing lawsuit > > could create sufficient doubt to scare off large corporate buyers, seed > > doubt in the minds of consumers, and divert resources from marketing and > > development to legal battles ... it could work. > > > > Couldn't RH and several States drag the Gates/M$ thugs back into > > monopoly court with this as new evidence of new anti-competitive > > behavior. > > > > Anyone have good info as to the potential harm to RH of this latest M$ > > scam? (If they spent more time and money writing good code they > > wouldn't have to worry about competition!) > > > > dmc > -- > Z <zleite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list >
