Is there anything we can do as a group about SCO ?

[Carl Parrish]

According to this article 
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/4784/1/
SCO is still part of UnitedLinux. OTOH I would like to see them kicked
out. but it may make a stronger legal statement if they are still
actively involved with UnitedLinux when they go to court. 

Carl P.  


On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 05:07, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> I definitely agree, SCO is dead wrong.  On the other hand, this could be a 
> publicity coup for the Linux movement.  Microsoft's involvement makes the 
> whole thing suspect and a lot of people will buy the conspiracy angle - 
> although technically it's no conspiracy, it's out in the open.  Microsoft's 
> actions either (a) acknowledge that the Unix/Linux OS is valuable and maybe 
> even superior to their own or (b) they are seriously afraid of LInux as a 
> competitor and are trying to squash it by typically unfair means.  And 
> although it's probably a moot point (given their small market share) a 
> "Boycott SCO/Caldera" movement could also provide good publicity.   I don't 
> know if SCO is still involved in United Linux but if so, they should be 
> kicked out of the consortium.   
> 
> I wonder if there's also grounds for a renewed antitrust suit against 
> Microsoft.  It certainly doesn't seem that they've been living up to their 
> part of the deal, and this SCO connection provides more evidence of their 
> desire to control the whole market.  As a libertarian, I generally oppose 
> antitrust law on principle, but when someone else uses the law as a sword 
> they deserve to be impaled on a similar weapon.
> 
> Vaughn
> 
> On Tuesday 20 May 2003 07:36, you wrote:
> > This intellectual property issue SCO is stirring up is out of line. I
> > don't know what long term goals they think they are going to gain or how
> > much money Microsoft has bribed them with. However they are slandering
> > Linux and threating thousands of business's who are expanding this
> > movement. As someone who tries to keep up to date about issues that
> > surround our freedoms on the Internet, and ability to create truly free
> > software I have become accustomed to the occasional and continuing
> > assaults that we face from various groups such as Microsoft, DMCA, Music
> > / video Companies and the like. However a company such as SCO who has
> > put some effort into linux suddenly turning their back 180 degrees only
> > to threaten everyone from IBM to the distributors and home users really
> > makes me mad.
> >
> > Although I believe this will turn out to be a very self destructive move
> > on their part I really want to do something to aid in that end.
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