[Am-info] Linux wars: Big Blue strikes back

[Fred A. Miller]

Linux wars: Big Blue strikes back

IBM launched a counterstrike against SCO's attack on Linux users,
arguing that SCO's demands for Unix license payments are undermined by its=
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earlier shipment of an  open-source Linux product under the GNU General=20
Public License (GPL).=20

Big Blue sent a  message last week to its sales force reiterating that
the company will stand by its customers and defend itself vigorously.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=3D36-wgL.IiI9mXBrfjWWh7K1raizNfiU

SCO gains copyrights to license Linux
http://ct.com.com/click?q=3Dd5-p.miQzLA49GibEDh7Zc..ixFVlej

Web sites unfazed by SCO threats
http://ct.com.com/click?q=3D75-wh_tIKU1zF7vro51j2nEw7LZpIxd

SCO's Darl McBride: We have the copyrights
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Letters: SCO's claims have zero credibility

Last week I asked whether SCO might spell the end of free Linux. Judging
by the contents of my inbox, most ZDNet readers see absolutely no credibili=
ty
in SCO's claims. Timothy P. Egbert notes that "there is no practical way to
determine whether or not software code violates someone's software patents.=
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Sanjeev Sharma writes that SCO "has actually shown nothing convincing to=20
anyone, merely put on a show of grandiose claims backed by misdirection and=
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confusion." And Bryan Taylor puts perhaps the finest point on it: "SCO's=20
distribution of Linux is nothing short of a business based on for-profit=20
willful distribution of unlicensed and therefore pirated software."
Does anyone think SCO has a case?

SCO's claims have absolutely no credibility
http://ct.com.com/click?q=3Db9-WWnsQ.BtMTzhBAvgQcenDmoVOvQP

Timothy  Egbert: First, SCO must make its case
http://ct.com.com/click?q=3D52-LU0oIrJaIR3LUwiZLgv29IQDQok.

Sanjeev Sharma: SCO has proven nothing
http://ct.com.com/click?q=3D07-HqWzI5rbtU6ou1DrRgV7QvLsYbWu

See also: Is this the end of free Linux?
http://ct.com.com/click?q=3Da5-DyhHQ7Z_S_fuQGzmdt771OBcw2ms

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We have no bugs in our software, Never!,=20
We do have undocumented added features,
that you will find amusing, at no added cost,=20
to you, at this time.