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

Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:55:18 -0400

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"Fred A. Miller" wrote:

> 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
> earlier shipment of an  open-source Linux product under the GNU General
> Public License (GPL).
>
> 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=36-wgL.IiI9mXBrfjWWh7K1raizNfiU

Yeah, like they stood behind their OS/2 customers and defended itself vigorously.

They left us OS/2 users, partners and developers to twist in the wind.

John

>
>
> SCO gains copyrights to license Linux
> http://ct.com.com/click?q=d5-p.miQzLA49GibEDh7Zc..ixFVlej
>
> Web sites unfazed by SCO threats
> http://ct.com.com/click?q=75-wh_tIKU1zF7vro51j2nEw7LZpIxd
>
> SCO's Darl McBride: We have the copyrights
> http://ct.com.com/click?q=1b-wAchI3N3z0xmtlNb_hjn4uO_R.1y
>
> 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 credibility
> 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."
> Sanjeev Sharma writes that SCO "has actually shown nothing convincing to
> anyone, merely put on a show of grandiose claims backed by misdirection and
> confusion." And Bryan Taylor puts perhaps the finest point on it: "SCO's
> distribution of Linux is nothing short of a business based on for-profit
> 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=b9-WWnsQ.BtMTzhBAvgQcenDmoVOvQP
>
> Timothy  Egbert: First, SCO must make its case
> http://ct.com.com/click?q=52-LU0oIrJaIR3LUwiZLgv29IQDQok.
>
> Sanjeev Sharma: SCO has proven nothing
> http://ct.com.com/click?q=07-HqWzI5rbtU6ou1DrRgV7QvLsYbWu
>
> See also: Is this the end of free Linux?
> http://ct.com.com/click?q=a5-DyhHQ7Z_S_fuQGzmdt771OBcw2ms
>
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> We have no bugs in our software, Never!,
> We do have undocumented added features,
> that you will find amusing, at no added cost,
> to you, at this time.
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"Fred A. Miller" wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>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
 earlier shipment of an&nbsp; open-source Linux product under the GNU
General
 Public License (GPL).
Big Blue sent a&nbsp; message last week to its sales force reiterating
that
 the company will stand by its customers and defend itself vigorously.
 <a href="http://ct.com.com/click?q=36-wgL.IiI9mXBrfjWWh7K1raizNfiU">http://ct.com.com/click?q=36-wgL.IiI9mXBrfjWWh7K1raizNfiU</a></blockquote>

Yeah, like they stood behind their OS/2 customers and defended itself
vigorously.
They left us OS/2 users, partners and developers to twist in the wind.
John
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<blockquote TYPE=CITE><a href="http://ct.com.com/click?q=36-wgL.IiI9mXBrfjWWh7K1raizNfiU"></a>&nbsp;
SCO gains copyrights to license Linux
 <a href="http://ct.com.com/click?q=d5-p.miQzLA49GibEDh7Zc..ixFVlej">http://ct.com.com/click?q=d5-p.miQzLA49GibEDh7Zc..ixFVlej</a>
Web sites unfazed by SCO threats
 <a href="http://ct.com.com/click?q=75-wh_tIKU1zF7vro51j2nEw7LZpIxd">http://ct.com.com/click?q=75-wh_tIKU1zF7vro51j2nEw7LZpIxd</a>
SCO's Darl McBride: We have the copyrights
 <a href="http://ct.com.com/click?q=1b-wAchI3N3z0xmtlNb_hjn4uO_R.1y">http://ct.com.com/click?q=1b-wAchI3N3z0xmtlNb_hjn4uO_R.1y</a>
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 credibility
 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."
 Sanjeev Sharma writes that SCO "has actually shown nothing convincing
to
 anyone, merely put on a show of grandiose claims backed by misdirection
and
 confusion." And Bryan Taylor puts perhaps the finest point on it: "SCO's
 distribution of Linux is nothing short of a business based on for-profit
 willful distribution of unlicensed and therefore pirated software."
 Does anyone think SCO has a case?
SCO's claims have absolutely no credibility
 <a href="http://ct.com.com/click?q=b9-WWnsQ.BtMTzhBAvgQcenDmoVOvQP">http://ct.com.com/click?q=b9-WWnsQ.BtMTzhBAvgQcenDmoVOvQP</a>
Timothy&nbsp; Egbert: First, SCO must make its case
 <a href="http://ct.com.com/click?q=52-LU0oIrJaIR3LUwiZLgv29IQDQok">http://ct.com.com/click?q=52-LU0oIrJaIR3LUwiZLgv29IQDQok</a>.
Sanjeev Sharma: SCO has proven nothing
 <a href="http://ct.com.com/click?q=07-HqWzI5rbtU6ou1DrRgV7QvLsYbWu">http://ct.com.com/click?q=07-HqWzI5rbtU6ou1DrRgV7QvLsYbWu</a>
See also: Is this the end of free Linux?
 <a href="http://ct.com.com/click?q=a5-DyhHQ7Z_S_fuQGzmdt771OBcw2ms">http://ct.com.com/click?q=a5-DyhHQ7Z_S_fuQGzmdt771OBcw2ms</a>
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 Planet Earth - a subsidiary of Microsoft&reg;.
 We have no bugs in our software, Never!,
 We do have undocumented added features,
 that you will find amusing, at no added cost,
 to you, at this time.
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