On Monday 19 May 2003 12:51, Anders Karlsson wrote:
On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 20:33, Marshall Heartley wrote:
Loose lips sink ships. :-) It's better to keep silent, and keep the opponent guessing on what your strategy will be.
Change of strategy...is that like changing your story (SCO that is). When I asked Ben why he thought that BSD would come under fire, he wrote that they (SCO) has changed their story a few times. I wonder is this is because of IBM's silence. SCO reminds me of a wounded dog, It is injured and is lashing out. If SCO was SOOO worried about the code, then they should have said something when they bought UNIX. I'm still worried and confused. 8^S I guess that we will have to wait and see what happens.
Personally I would not be too worried about the situation. I have a good idea how anal IP lawyers are and I doubt very much that IBM would have let anything slip. SCO is playing a game with high stakes, and their bluff will be called.
I would not lose any sleep over this. IBM can take care of themselves, and I do not think they will give in to what amounts to blackmail. They sit on more IP than most (any?) other company in the IT sector.
/Anders
In regards to Anders, Zentara's and other similar statements. I have reservations about this whole chirade. But moreover, I tend to think A) Zentara has a point - Like the old line from the Godfather. "NEVER LET 'UM KNOW WHAT YOUR THINKING!" Let um sweat. Let them thrash about. Which leads me to Anders statement. IBM is ech you gee eee - HUGE. They are the veterans of the veterans in the technology circles. Everyone talks about M$ using dirty tricks... Who do you think wrote the book on corporate power plays in the tech sector ------- IBM. Who was the one that had the big anti-trust suit via the feds, lost and still kept rolling ---- IBM! I am very happy that IBM is backing Linux. It has helped immensly in the efforts to belay fears in corporate America (and the world) and give some credibility to Linux in the business circuit. They appear to be playing it fairly straight and are using it as a marketable commodity. When I think about SCO I think small timers that had a chance to make a mark and blew it. When I think about M$ I think right place at the right time and made the best of it and put a strangle hold on the desktop and ran ran ran. When I think IBM it think BIG BLUE, the bad boys, the walk softly and carry a big mother f*&%ing stick. I wouldn't want to go against IBM in pretty much anything. Ya, it can be argued that OS/2 was a failure. But what company doesn't have them. So what! M$ may have a team of 300 lbs team of gorillas for a legal team, but IMHO IBM is the 1200 lbs elephant. I'm not bothered by IBMs silence. It will, in my mind, be telling come the day the gabel hits the bench and the 1st arguements are heard... Then we'll start to get a clue about IBMs position. And I'm betting that's just the way they want it. So, give SCO all the rope they need. They'll know what to do with it. And if they need a pointer or two... I'm sure IBM will be more than happy to help them tie the knot. Just MHO. Now I'm going to go play Tribes2 or Diablo II and let SCO stew in their own juices. Cheers, Curtis. :)