[TriLUG] O.T., but interesting (SCO Protest)

Smitty a.smitty at verizon.net
Mon Jun 23 01:13:15 EDT 2003


On Monday 23 June 2003 00:55, Jon Carnes wrote:
> > SCO are truly enemies of free software and are attempting to position
> > linux users with criminals.  What has amazed me is how scheming and
> > diabolical they are.  It seems that they involved themselves with Linux
> > for the sole purpose of undermining and subverting it.  Real strategic
> > planning went into this. It is not coincidental.
> > Smitty
>
> Just to set the record straight, and maybe muddy the waters a bit...
> The "SCO Group" is not the same as SCO.  The original SCO that actually
> helped out Linux no longer exists (well it goes by a different name) -
> and the only thing that this Corp has in common with the original SCO is
> the letters "SCO" in the name.

I used SCO as an abbreviated form of the present corporate name.
I think most readers understood that from the context.  
>
> This company is really just a group of lawyers that has successfully
> sued it's way to profits. They buy up "intellectual property" and then
> milk all the participants they can.

The Canopy Group
>
> If they continue on with their past MO, then they *will* sue companies
> using Linux.  They don't care if they are right or wrong - only if they
> can get money, and they have plenty of legal talent sitting around with
> nothing better to do.
>
> Jon
>



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