no commentary on SCO v. Novell ?

[Lisa Kachold]

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Kevin Fries <kfries6 at gmail.com> wrote:

> SCO was a second class player in the UNIX world behind BSD and Sun.  Then
> they switched to Linux, and became a second class player behind Debian and
> Red Hat.  This is the sign of a poorly run business.
>
> Having failed twice, SCO then did the unthinkable, the took large amounts
> of money from Microsoft.  Next thing you know, they are right in the middle
> of a FUD (Fear, Uncertainly, and Disinformation) campaign.  Coincidence?  I
> for one don't think so.  SCO was a pawn, sent to their doom by a company who
> is trying desperately to hold onto their illegal monopoly.
>
> The real loser in all of this was Microsoft. They pent allot of money tking
> a two bit loser of a company and propped them up in an attempt to cause the
> Linux community to self destruct. Not only has it not worked, they have had
> to put more resources in than they wanted, and have been completely sucker
> punched by Apple.
>
> Just my $0.02
>

So true!  I remember it all!


> Kevin Fries
>
> On Apr 3, 2010 4:53 PM, "Stephen" <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I find it amusing that Novell slapped SCO and SCO had the balls to try
> this. It was pretty plain that they Had acquire the IP legitimately
> and were quite happy leaving the world alone SCO was not and their
> case was done until they could prove it was their IP.
>
> was a very poor and sad strategy on SCO's part and at one time they
> had a very solid product...
>
> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com>
> wrote: > http://www.novell.com...
> --
>
> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>
> Stephen
>
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