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Wired News: Unix Developer Stops Linux Sales
by bucy at 12:06 pm EDT, May 15, 2003 |
] Commercial users and distributors of the Linux operating
] system could face legal action from the key patent holder
] of Unix, which said Wednesday it will suspend sales of
] its own Linux products.
]
] SCO Group, formerly known as Caldera International,
] claims its intellectual property has been illegally
] included in all distributions of the Linux operating
] system. This is soooooo stupid. SCO is basically begging for IBM to
buy them. It really is time for SCO to go away... |
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RE: Wired News: Unix Developer Stops Linux Sales
by flynn23 at 12:16 pm EDT, May 15, 2003 |
bucy wrote:
] ] Commercial users and distributors of the Linux operating
] ] system could face legal action from the key patent holder
] ] of Unix, which said Wednesday it will suspend sales of
] ] its own Linux products.
] ]
] ] SCO Group, formerly known as Caldera International,
] ] claims its intellectual property has been illegally
] ] included in all distributions of the Linux operating
] ] system.
]
] This is soooooo stupid. SCO is basically begging for IBM to
] buy them. It really is time for SCO to go away... Speaking as an old SCO hack, I don't condone this tactic on their part, but you've gotta give them props. Without them, you'd have no Linux at all. And it's definitely easy to see that their work was essentially ripped off, even if it's to a (arguably) minor degree. |
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Wired News: Unix Developer Stops Linux Sales
by Decius at 12:47 pm EDT, May 15, 2003 |
] Commercial users and distributors of the Linux operating
] system could face legal action from the key patent holder
] of Unix, which said Wednesday it will suspend sales of
] its own Linux products.
]
] SCO Group, formerly known as Caldera International,
] claims its intellectual property has been illegally
] included in all distributions of the Linux operating
] system. OK, I'm now officially declaring Caldera the North Korea of Linux Distributions. SCO has to figure out if it can offer itself up for less money then these legal wranglings are going to cost the major players in terms of slower adoption rates. There are a number of companies that have made a significant investment in Linux who have a lot of cash in the bank. The big IF is whether the market will beleive that there are real risks. Ultimately, this will be bad for the Linux Business any way you cut it. No one is going to pony up for Caldera until they bleed a bit, and Caldera has absolutely nothing to loose. |
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