Re: the source, so to speak, of the SCO lawsuit

Hm - Even with my own "issues" about MS, I find that a little excessive.

After all, if you look at SCO's (minute) revenues, a very large chunk of
that is prurely licensing the original UNIX code (which speaks volumes about
their own producs).

I will stick with the buyout strategy interpretation. Of course, once MS
sees that it can make a point out of licensing and GPL, tossing some cash in
the direction of the Linux problem is no big deal. But remember, M$ used
plenty of BSD code for its licensing stacks and builds a few
interoperability modules.

They do not need a license, but they will gladly buy one if that makes the
point that all Linux distro assemblers should as well.

-F



----- Original Message -----
From: "Seth Gordon" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 13:07
Subject: the source, so to speak, of the SCO lawsuit


> Ah, I see it now.
>
> MS attorney: We'd like you to sue IBM on the grounds that Linux is
> violating your intellectual property in Unix.
>
> SCO attorney: What?  That's crazy!  We have no proof that they've
> violated anything, and we can't afford to drag them through the courts
> for a case we're certain to lose!
>
> MS attorney: We'd like you to sue IBM on the grounds that Linux is
> violating your intellectual property in Unix, make as much noise about
> this lawsuit as possible to the people who purchase Linux distributions,
> and drag out the case and the associated negative publicity about Linux
> for as long as possible.  We are prepared to buy a Unix license from you
> at a price which will more than adequately compensate your department
> for these efforts.
>
> SCO attorney: Let me talk to my CEO and get back to you on that....
>
> --
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> legs."
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