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On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 12:04 -0400, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
At first, I trashed SCO and thought they had _no_case_ based 100% of what I read in the IT media. But within 1 day, I realized what it might be about, since I had been anticipating Monterey for the past 4 years. That's when I actually _read_ the filing. And after reading items 1-49, I came to the "summary items" in 50-55. Then it was _completely_clear_. Which is when I posted this in 7 March 2003. Something that was not only confirmed by various posting by Cox, ESR and Linux _prior_ to May 2003, but _also_ Ransom Love (formerly of Caldera at that time) in his fall 2003 eWeek article.
I've read many discovery/injunctions since. Everytime the ignorant IT media goes, "how did SCO manage to get this discovery/injunction granted?" I go off and read the actual ruling. And sure enough, it's 100% contract. SCO has IBM _by_the_balls_ on Monterey. You can clearly see IBM's strategy -- be the 1,200lbs. IP gorilla with the IP, money and lawyers trying to see SCO go under before it goes to trial. Because that's when a jury in Utah is going to smack IBM hard for what it did to Caldera-SCO -- and so they should. And that's when the ignorant IT media will come back, "oh no, Linux IP is in danger!" When it has *0* to do with Linux IP -- and 100% Monterey. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Americans don't get upset because citizens in some foreign nations can burn the American flag -- Americans get upset because citizens in those same nations can't burn their own