[TriLUG] SCO turns litigation on Linux users now...

Greg Brown gregbrown at mindspring.com
Sat May 17 12:46:06 EDT 2003


Was SCO purchased by M$ while nobody was watching?

On Friday, May 16, 2003, at 03:25 PM, Maria Winslow wrote:

> I agree that this is very alarming. They have apparently sent out lots 
> of
> letters to corporations (probably the legal departments) warning them 
> that
> they may be entering risky territory by using Linux.
>
> Maria
>
> On Friday 16 May 2003 03:16 pm, bp wrote:
>> SCO seems to be approaching all this like a broke-ass old drunk man
>> swinging a broken bottle at "those damn kids" on his lawn.  SCO has 
>> now
>> turned their profitability-by-litigation campaign against commercial
>> Linux users according to this article from InfoWorld.
>>
>> SCO drops Linux, warns Linux users
>> Linux users may be liable for intellectual property violations
>> By Robert McMillan      May 15, 2003
>> http://infoworld.com/article/03/05/15/HNscowarns_1.html
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> TriLUG mailing list
>>     http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
>> TriLUG Organizational FAQ:
>>     http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
>
> -- 
> Maria Winslow
> 919.968.7802
>
> Open Source Migrations
> www.windows-linux.com
>
> Open Source Migrations conducts feasibility/ROI studies, performs open 
> source
> deployments, data and application conversions, and supports open source
> alternatives for mid-size organizations.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TriLUG mailing list
>     http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG Organizational FAQ:
>     http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
>




More information about the TriLUG mailing list