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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