Hi Guys, What if IBM is guilty? What if the IBM employees that were assigned to linux kernel hacking actually did have access to SCO's IP that IBM has a License for and is used in their AIX vers of UNIX? Slasdot http://slashdot.org had a few articles that described IBMs entry into full support of Linux and there was a "Q & A" with the IBM Linux kernel hackers where they shared their knowledge of the AIX code and how it compared to the Linux kernel. That means that IBM employees with knowledge of and access to SCO's IP were working on and contributing to the Linux kernel. Isn't that all that SCO needs to prove to win? Maybe my memory is faulty, but it seems to me that the IBM kernel hackers talked about how their experiance would help improve the SMP support in Linux. Then when 2.4 arrived SMP was improved. I am not advocating for SCO, I hate how this might turn out, but we shouldn't be blind to the facts. PeterB On Monday 05 May 2003 02:13 am, Curtis Rey wrote:
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. My opinion is that SCO wants to become a part of IBM and it's
management wants out. ;)
I think this is part of it. I have a sneaking suspicion that those at the SCO helm have mismanaged it horribly and that they're very concerned about the company tanking big time and incurring the wrath of it's board and shareholders. If it tanks, the share holder cry foul, file torts, launch inquiries and gross incomptence and non-disclose is found. Then the shareholder will definitely want heads to roll - can you say McBride and Ransom on a platter?
So, IBM buckles under and buys them out. They get off the hook, the share holders get nice payouts, and no one's the wiser. Except, if this is the case, IBM ain't that dumb and will most likely suck the financial lifeblood out of the company via the courts and attornys before buying it for pennies on the dollar.
Just my $0.02
Curtis :) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux)
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