Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 15:25, James Knott wrote:
Given that despite being told by both their senior software engineer and an outside consultant, that there was no infringment, that SCO threatend companies with lawsuits, if they didn't licence Linux, I'd say they're getting close to fraud. There is also something called "tortious interference", where someone tries to use the courts, to unjustly attack a competitor, which may also apply here.
Smells of Lotus V Borland over the look and feel issue of their respective spread sheets. Back in 1985-6 the case was eventually tossed. Its time someone bought out SCO for something far less than a penny on a dollar and opened their source.
Here's another curious item. http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/05/08/09/2358237.shtml?tid=88&tid=106