On Mon, 19 May 2003, John LeMay wrote:
I wonder if SCO could be sued for slendering the open source community?
My wife thinks I could use some slendering.
Seriously though, and I don't think I've piped in on this topic yet, I believe the longer IBM is quiet about this the worse it will be for SCO. I'm sure IBM isn't about to lie down for anyone - especially as insignificant a company as SCO.
That being said, I'm more than a bit disturbed by Microsoft's announcement that it will license Unix code from SCO. This could be a double edged sword. While it could help Windows, it could just as easily damage Unix/Linux on the whole.
Microsoft's help was predictable, wish I had predicted it! They're just underwriting the lawsuit - I hope IBM has the good sense to bleed them as much as possible. -- (o< //\ Powered by SuSE Linux V_/_ Virusproof. Crashproof. 9:34pm up 9 days, 5:38, 28 users, load average: 0.58, 0.61, 0.56 processes 1190509