Microsoft/SCO versus Linux - Ultimate Conspiracy Theory

[Thomas Cameron]

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From: "George Toft" <george@georgetoft.com>
To: "PLUG Discuss" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 2:54 AM
Subject: Microsoft/SCO versus Linux - Ultimate Conspiracy Theory


> Remember about 20 years ago when Microsoft owned Xenix, developed by
> SCO?  Then they transferred their interest back to SCO.  Imagine if a
> Microsoft mole with advanced knowledge of the SCO kernel (and maybe the
> source code as well) were to contribute some of that code to the Linux
> kernel.  A couple years later, SCO "finds" their code in the Linux
> kernel and files suit against the biggest player around.  This would
> have a devastating effect on Linux in the corporate marketplace, which
> is precisely what Microsoft wants, and it paves the way for their
> "purebred, certified" code to fill the vacuum as thousands of companies
> dump Linux.

You are giving M$ a lot of credit for seeing the future.  This is that same
company that totally under-rated the importance of the Internet.  Granted,
they play a mean game of catch-up and destroy, but they just don't do a very
good job at calling the future.

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Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
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