[HamiltonJay]

FreeBSD Kicks ass, far more stable than Linux, if not as well "known" in the press.

However, the whole thing is moot, because once the "controversial" code is known, it will be rewritten in a matter of DAYS at the most and new versions of any any Linux will no longer have the parts in question...

So everyone out there does a free upgrade to the newest Kernel, SCO can do nothing really other than persue RH and IBM et al.. which even if they would lose, would just stall SCO indefinately with legal proceedings to the point where if SCO ever got a dime, it would be ancient history.

IMHO Last thing SCO wants to do is get this to a courtroom, its way easier to intimidate 200-600 a pop from mom and pop oerations than it is to actually create new products.. which once the controversial code is completley removed, SCO will be forced into doing, which currently it is losing market share and revenue and will continue to do so.


The longer this issue stays "secret" and hidden, the longer they can keep blackmailing the public.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Yes, this definitely is a game in which SCO wants to exact tribute for the future. No, SCO can't exact tribute for the future - it has to mitigate its damages.

[dennisw]

IMHO Last thing SCO wants to do is get this to a courtroom, its way easier to intimidate 200-600 a pop from mom and pop oerations than it is to actually create new products.. .


SCO is in the lawsuit biz not the software biz

[martianagent]

Hope you're right, and that's the way I'd bet it. Moving to FreeBSD would be a last resort, but I'd do that before paying SCO anything.