[Am-info] "Why Don't You and He Fight?"

[Roy Bixler]

On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 06:28:23PM -0400, John J. Urbaniak wrote:
> "Fred A. Miller" wrote:
> 
> > On Monday May 26 2003 6:48 am, you wrote:
> > > "Fred A. Miller" wrote:
> > > > "Why Don't You and He Fight?"
> > > > By Robert X. Cringely
> > > >
> > > > SCO Seems to Have Lost Its Senses, and I Think Microsoft Is Behind It
> > > >
> > > > http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030522.html
> > >
> > > Well, if you look at a chart of the stock price (SCOX), it's gone from
> > > about $1 in February to about $9 now.
> > >
> > > I think Caldera has a decent case against IBM.
> >
> > You disposition wouldn't be because of a deep dislike for IBM, would it?
> >
> 
> I don't think so.  I'm looking at Caldera's record.  They bought DR and sued
> Microsoft for what they did to DR-DOS.  Caldera won that suit via a very nice
> settlement with the thugs at Redmond.  Clearly, Caldera knew what they were
> doing then and I suspect they know what they are doing now.

I strongly suspect SCO's lawsuit is more hot air than a legal case.
It's primary purpose seems to be promoting fear, uncertainty and
doubt.  It's strange how SCO people take many opportunities to
interview the media and make a lot of wide-ranging assertions while
IBM remains quiet in the media and acts more like they would actually
like their case to be heard in court.

Also, I don't think SCO helped themselves much when they decided to
retain their Linux distribution, thus releasing all of its code under
the GPL, for 2 months after they filed their "improper trade secrets
dissemination" claim against IBM.  Any claims that they "unknowingly"
released code under the GPL would be much weaker now.

Oh, and speaking of their settlement with Microsoft, does the follwing
story

Microsoft Documents to be Shredded in Utah
http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=29450

and its timing just as Microsoft signed a Unix licence agreement with
SCO pique your interest?

R.