Re: Article from Network World

From: Bill Verzal (BVerzal_at_KOMATSUNA.COM)
Date: 05/28/03

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    Date:         Wed, 28 May 2003 11:31:50 -0500
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    Although I just heard from a co-worker this morning that deal was killed
    over Linux.

    BV
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    I wonder if SCO is trying to push everyone over to the Unix they are
    licensing to Microsoft.
     - Nadine

    On Wed, 28 May 2003, Bill Verzal wrote:

    > Here is a snippet from Scott Bradner's column from the May 26 issue of
    > Network World. I don't know his source, so take it at face value and do
    > your own research - as I am...
    >
    >
    > SCO says that, while doing research to support the suit, it found a
    number of places where SCO
    > secret software code was used in Linux. The company, at least in part,
    blames IBM for the code
    > being there. SCO says it will cancel IBM's Unix license, which IBM needs
    in order to ship its
    > version of Unix called AIX, in the middle of June because of the
    violations. Then, in spite of
    > claiming that it is not out to destroy Linux, SCO sent mail to 1,500
    corporate users of Linux
    > strongly hinting that SCO might come after them next.
    >
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