On Wednesday 14 May 2003 22:42, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
* Preston Crawford (me@prestoncrawford.com) [030514 22:18]: -> ->So FreeBSD here I come? Or is there going to be some defense against ->this nonesense? This corporate terrorism.
Do you honestly think the BSD's are immune to this? Hardly. They just aren't on the radar for the " You copied stuff from us, but we're not saying what. naananana. "
Does anyone REALLY think that IBM could be bested by an upstart like SCO. IBM has been around for quite sometime..and they know this game. You don't survive for 107 years without being a little on the tough side..
http://www.ox.compsoc.net/~swhite/history/timeline-ORG.html
The dogs of war have yet to be unleashed I think. ;)
Well, I read a bit about IBM, and seen a few documentaries on them. They are a culture unto themselves. They are without par the most successful and prolific company in the field of computers and electronic technologies. Everyone thinks M$ is big, and as far as a software company they are. But IBM dwarfs M$. Just look at the stock value and their quarterly reports. I mean be honest. IBM "threw" 1 billion into linux development - it's "risk" capital that's beginning to pay off big time. Big Blue are there own venture capitalist for crying out loud. Hmmm.. 1 billion! I've heard that number again recently - coincidence? Not likely. SCO is a penny ennie company compared to BIG BLUE. It's an elaborate shakedown. And SCO is trying to use every means available to get IBMs partner and constituents to pressure IBM and shake up the market as well. I also think Ben is right about SuSE's take on this. The head chameleon was a former IBM chief and I'm willing to bet the farm the he has some fairly deep rooted ties with the blue. I think they're communicating on this quite aptly and SuSE is just bidding their time on this. I also find it ironic that SCO just announces that they're suspending sales of it's own Linux offerings, and then making blank statements about "anyone" using Linux could be liable! Well....... let's see. Linux is supplanting Unix. One of SCOs main source of revenue is Unix (or supposedly Unix) patents and the subsequent licensing of said patents. Now if Unix dries up, and IBM is heading this shift, what happens to company that's struggled over the years and now sees one of it's main revenue stays going obsolete? Take the money and run baby! They know that bigtime nixes are on there way out and so is there money stream. So, why not take a few with you as you go down? It's like the convict on death row that acts tough and then goes kicking and screaming when the time comes. This is the "tough" talk right before the needle full of undeluted K+ (potassium). They know it's not going to last and have figured out the light at the end of the tunnel is the train called Linux and this means no more licenses, so now what? Big blue will squash them. They're just doing what they do best, being quite and gathering their forces. I could be wrong, but.... Nah. I think it's all but done and SCO is just too desperate to be honest about it. Is M$ giving them a push? Are their venture capitlaists urging them on? Is this a tactic plot to undermine Linux to further keep Unix and SCO licensing revenues viable? All could be true. But I still think at the end of the day it going to very Blue for SCO (hehe - could resist)! Just MHO. Curtis.