All, Has anyone seen this? http://www.sco.com/scosource/letter_to_linux_customers.html Jen
From: Jenny Hopkins Has anyone seen this?
http://www.sco.com/scosource/letter_to_linux_customers.html
Jen
Yes, this could be an interesting ride. Perhaps the GNU/Linux community should start buying SCO Caldera shares (New York stock exchange NYSE:SCOX current price around 3.5 USD) and collectively instruct SCO to put Unix(TM) into GPL. :o) I wonder what RMS's thoughts are on this? Would it also apply to GNU/Hurd? Regards, Keith ____________ It's not what the eye sees, but that which makes the eye see. The Upanishads
Keith Watson <keith.watson@kewill.com> wrote:
I wonder what RMS's thoughts are on this? Would it also apply to GNU/Hurd?
Not to the Hurd itself, I wouldn't think, because of the different model, but I don't know if any of the "user-land" tools are implicated in this. ISTR the Hurd can use some Linux driver modules too? IANA Hurd hacker. -- MJR http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ IM: slef@jabber.at This is my home web site. This for Jabber Messaging. How's my writing? Let me know via any of my contact details.
On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 01:12:08PM +0100, Keith Watson wrote:
From: Jenny Hopkins Has anyone seen this?
http://www.sco.com/scosource/letter_to_linux_customers.html
Jen
Yes, this could be an interesting ride.
Perhaps the GNU/Linux community should start buying SCO Caldera shares (New York stock exchange NYSE:SCOX current price around 3.5 USD) and collectively instruct SCO to put Unix(TM) into GPL. :o)
SCO would love that, they have been losing money for a while now and are getting to a stage of being rather poor. Lots of people have suggested that they are hoping to be bought by IBM (or anyone) as they are not a huge factor in the (shrinking) Unix market now. Buying up their shares could be a shrewd investment move... Adam -- jabberid = quinophex@jabber.earth.li AFFS || http://www.affs.org.uk/ || Not a filesystem
http://www.petitiononline.com/scosueme/petition.html a bit drastic? what do you think? here's an extract... ========= To: SCO I am a Linux user. I feel that SCO's tactics toward an operating system of my choice are unjust, ill founded and bizarre. I am willing to be sued because I am confident that SCO's tactics toward Linux will fail. If I have published my email address as part of this petition it is so SCO representatives can email me and begin the process of serving me a court order Sincerely, The Undersigned ========= Is it really worth while? I'm not sure. Ben Francis
On Friday 16 May 2003 9:49 pm, Ben Francis wrote:
http://www.petitiononline.com/scosueme/petition.html a bit drastic? what do you think? here's an extract...
========= To: SCO I am a Linux user. I feel that SCO's tactics toward an operating system of my choice are unjust, ill founded and bizarre. I am willing to be sued because I am confident that SCO's tactics toward Linux will fail. If I have published my email address as part of this petition it is so SCO representatives can email me and begin the process of serving me a court order Sincerely, The Undersigned =========
Is it really worth while? I'm not sure.
I think the fact it had only 16 signatures when I looked speaks for itself. Ian
** Ian Bell <ian@redtommo.com> [2003-05-17 13:02]:
On Friday 16 May 2003 9:49 pm, Ben Francis wrote:
http://www.petitiononline.com/scosueme/petition.html a bit drastic? what do you think? here's an extract...
========= To: SCO I am a Linux user. I feel that SCO's tactics toward an operating system of my choice are unjust, ill founded and bizarre. I am willing to be sued because I am confident that SCO's tactics toward Linux will fail. If I have published my email address as part of this petition it is so SCO representatives can email me and begin the process of serving me a court order Sincerely, The Undersigned =========
Is it really worth while? I'm not sure.
I think the fact it had only 16 signatures when I looked speaks for itself. ** end quote [Ian Bell]
..Darn, done it again, gone and replied instead of group replied.. It's grown a bit now, up to 4226 by the looks of it. Still a drop in the ocean as far as SCO is concerned though. I for one wouldn't like the idea of SCO taking up the offer though, as however confident you could be about the 'rightness' of the case, we are talking a court of law here, and there are many more things to consider in this type of case than being righ (IMHO), not least of which that SCO, however poor as a company, have significantly more financial muscle than me - hence I couldn't afford to defend myself. As an aside, has anyone notice that CNET is removing its Linux software selection? -- Paul Tansom: - contact paul@aptanet.com for more information Internet and Intranet Solutions -- http://www.aptanet.com/
On Thursday 15 May 2003 09:25, Jenny_Hopkins@toby-churchill.com wrote:
All, Has anyone seen this?
http://www.sco.com/scosource/letter_to_linux_customers.html
Jen
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On Thursday 15 May 2003 10:25 am, Jenny_Hopkins@toby-churchill.com wrote:
All, Has anyone seen this?
http://www.sco.com/scosource/letter_to_linux_customers.html
Jen
Not that particular page but SCO's billion dollar lawsuit against IBM was reported in Linux Format and discussed briefly (i.e. dismissively) at the Norwich ALUG evening meeting. Ian
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