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Novell to SCO Group: Drop Dead
ComputerWorld ^
| 1 August 2005
| Frank Hayes
Posted on 08/05/2005 5:21:20 AM PDT by ShadowAce
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:21:20 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:22:43 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
So SCO said it owned Linux because it owned UNIX, but it turns out it doesn't really own UNIX.
Doh!
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:35:55 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(QURAN QUOTE >>> The Imrans 3:149: "Believers...put terror into the hearts of the unbelievers.")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Yup. I've been saying for months (if not years)--SCO's going down.
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:39:08 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
by the sounds of it that should be Novell's name not IBM's
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:53:12 AM PDT
by
kpp_kpp
To: ShadowAce
And in constrast to their usual bluster,
SCO have been as quiet as a tombstone
about the Novel filing.
The principle concern in the open source
community is that SCO might now collapse
before some key Unix IP issues get fully
settled.
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:55:46 AM PDT
by
Boundless
To: kpp_kpp
True, but that was the cartoon I found. :( It's kinda old--before Novell filed their suit against SCO.
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:02:20 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:05:36 AM PDT
by
DaGman
To: ShadowAce
So what are the odds that Novell will acquire the assets of SCO and pursue the lawsuits?
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:14:49 AM PDT
by
js1138
(e unum pluribus)
To: ShadowAce
thats all right... Microsoft's plan all along was just for the FUD and SCO suits to slow down Linux momentum. All the FUD probably did, so SCO is now expendable since Longhorn is in beta.
i'll bet even the EULA inventors are surprised the SCO suits got as far as they did without any evidence! the SCO guys on the front line got their money already selling the stock a few years back when all the hype (and SCO stock) was at its peak and the sheep who bought SCO stock from them are the ones holding the bag when the stock finally makes the plunge to zero...
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:18:10 AM PDT
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: js1138
So what are the odds that Novell will acquire the assets of SCO... High
...and pursue the lawsuits?
None. Novell owns, develops, and distributes a GPL'ed Linux distro.
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:18:55 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: js1138
So what are the odds that Novell will acquire the assets of SCO and pursue the lawsuits? Considering that Novell is committed to a Linux strategy and now owns SuSE, there is no chance.
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:21:44 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(QURAN QUOTE >>> The Imrans 3:149: "Believers...put terror into the hearts of the unbelievers.")
To: chilepepper
LOL -- SCO is the "suicide bomber" in this war.
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:21:53 AM PDT
by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
To: chilepepper
All the FUD probably did... Actually, the FUD was beneficial to Linux.
There is no such thing as bad publicity.
Furthermore, Linux withstanding this first assault makes it a much more viable enterprise solution.
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:23:43 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(QURAN QUOTE >>> The Imrans 3:149: "Believers...put terror into the hearts of the unbelievers.")
To: Boundless
If you were locked in a cage with a hungry lion and no chance of escape, how quiet would you be.
To: Cheburashka
With no chance of escape, would it matter?
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:37:29 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
okay, what you say is partially, but only partially true. FUD is dual edged at best -- it is invariably the case that some folks can cut through hype while others fall for it...
yet some companies will not (and should not) commit to Linux until the IP status of Linux/OSS is settled judicially: in this sense, something like the SCO suit was preordained and both Linux and Open Source will (hopefully) come out of this stronger than they went in...
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:38:40 AM PDT
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:39:30 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Koran 9:123 "Make war on the infidels who dwell around you.")
To: Boundless
The principle concern in the open source community is that SCO might now collapse before some key Unix IP issues get fully settled.Indeed. I want to see this litigated to conclusion. We need some certainty regarding our whacky IP and copy right laws.
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:40:27 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(Democrats and muslims are varelse...)
To: chilepepper
okay, what you say is partially, but only partially true. The proof is that Linux has increased penetration since the SCO farce began.
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:41:01 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Koran 9:123 "Make war on the infidels who dwell around you.")
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