[TriLUG] Any SCO fans out there?

Dave Schwartzburg rooney at uwalumni.com
Mon Jan 13 21:14:17 EST 2003


That was my thought too.  Bring it on SCO.  

They would just be committing suicide if they try to sue.  Sounds like 
IBM tried to talk some sense into them.


Chris Hedemark wrote:

>
> On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 08:49 PM, Dave Schwartzburg wrote:
>
>> I think the concern was that they were going to try to sue Red Hat, 
>> SuSE, and all the other big distributions because they feel Linux 
>> infringes on their IP.  They want to sue the big distros for $99 for 
>> every copy of Linux out there.  At least that was my take on it.
>
>
> Anyone can sue anyone else for anything (almost).  Doesn't mean you've 
> got a good case, or that the judge won't throw it out.
>
> The courts move slowly.  It's a wonder SCO is still alive at all these 
> days, and a prolonged court battle that upsets UNIX customers is 
> likely to alienate the few customers they have left.
>
> Bring it on.
>
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