First Analyst Impressed By SCO's 'Proof'

[Vaughn Treude]

I sure hope you're right!!   The problem is that Linux vendors have been 
damaged by this crummy economy, and that to be denied growth opportunities 
for a couple of years could be their death knell.  Hope for the best, prepare 
for the worst.  To SCO I say:  put up or shut up!  Show us where the code is 
so we can remove it.   I wonder if we could all (Linux vendors, 
organizations, user groups) file a class-action suit if they continue their 
FUD campaign.

Vaughn

On Saturday 07 June 2003 01:45, you wrote:
> Vaughn Treude wrote:
> >Does any of this matter, even if we (the Linux community) are totally
> > right, as I (and most all of us) believe we are . . .?
> >
> >All SCO has to do is drag this out long enough to cost the remaining
> > viable Linux vendors (except, of course, IBM)  enough to put them out of
> > business. The so-called "wheels of justice" turn very slowly.   Martha
> > Stewart is just now being indicted for her alleged insider trading deal. 
> > Bishop O'Brien is just now cutting a deal about the priestly sex
> > scandals.  So what if SCO's suit is groundless?  Unless IBM cuts a deal
> > with them, or someone pressures SCO to drop the suit, Tux could be a
> > casualty.
> >
> >Can anybody say FreeBSD?
> >
> >Vaughn Treude
>
> I don't understand a key in all of this.
>
> Basis:
> 1. Assume for a moment that SCO's claims are true and Unix code that
> they own is in Linux.
> 2. Assume that I am CIO of a Fortune 1500 company using Linux in my IT
> infrastructure.
>
> Question:
> Can SCO simply give me an ultimatum, requiring me to pay them or forcing
> me to stop using Linux?  They obviously wouldn't own all of Linux so
> wouldn't they only be able to make me stop using the offending code?
> After the offending code is written out, I could go on using Linux again.
>
> That would be a worse case scenerio that I don't think will come to be.
> However, I do worry that SCO can maintain a cloud over Linux and really
> hurt people who have built their business on it.
>
> On the other hand, once the mess is resolved, SCO will either slink away
> in defeat or crumble away once the code is removed, since they
> completely angered most of their potential market.  Then, I would expect
> Linux growth to explode because of the pent-up demand.
>
> Alan
>
>
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