[luau] The SCO saga continues...

[Ronald Willis]

Adds balance to the unknown. Thanks Gary.

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> [mailto:luau-admin at videl.ics.hawaii.edu]On Behalf Of Gary Sublett
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 2:10 PM
> To: luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
> Subject: Re: [luau] The SCO saga continues...
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> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:35:34 -1000
> "Ronald Willis" <ronal at aloha.com> wrote:
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> > Im sure you folks are probably tired of this SCO vs the world cat
> > fight, but what are your views on the future of Linux?
> > What alternatives are there now for the remaining open source code?
> > Are we all destined to become politicians with promises of open source
> > freedom, without an honest indication of its future?
> > 
> > Great that Fedora is in place to keep the Penguin alive and breathing!
> > But how will the overall SCO litigation threats affect new RH/Fedora
> > users? Are we destined to pay the $200 single processor desktop ransom
> > for their binary Unix code? Yes the SCO vs RH arrow hasnt hit the mark
> > yet, but it sounds like they are next after IBM!
> > 
> > 
> > I am aware of a November report that is a bit calming, but since this
> > weeks rulings Ive seen nothing from home base;
> > 
> > November 2003...
> > 
> > What Perens said does count though is SCO's PR war sometimes allows
> > them to continue their fight.
> > 
> > "What they are counting on is investors who don't follow the case
> > close enough and those people who think this is a big deal," he said.
> > "What is happening here is that SCO is trying to divert attention away
> > from the fact that there is quite literally nothing they can do can
> > win the case. They can still make lots and lots of money, but this is
> > the largest degree of deceptiveness I've seen."
> > 
> > Cited; http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/3109461
> > 
> Ron,
> 
> I think you're being a bit pessimistic,  may I suggest:
> 
>  http://www.groklaw.net/
> 
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> Gary
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