Microsoft/SCO versus Linux - Ultimate Conspiracy Theory

[Entelin]

>From what I hear they are paying  Ms. Cleo  1 million a year to handle
their "Department of Preventing Future Competition"

On Sun, 2003-05-25 at 15:29, Thomas Cameron wrote:
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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
> Cameron Technical Services, Inc.
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