Re: no commentary on SCO v. Novell ?

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Author: Stephen
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Subject: Re: no commentary on SCO v. Novell ?
Not to mention galvanizing the Linux and Unix communities...

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Kevin Fries <> 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
> Kevin Fries
>
> On Apr 3, 2010 4:53 PM, "Stephen" <> 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 <> wrote:
>> http://www.novell.com...
>
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>
> Stephen
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