Re: Article from Network World

From: Myers, Drew (MyersD_at_GOALAMO.COM)
Date: 05/28/03

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Date:         Wed, 28 May 2003 12:44:57 -0400
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

Indeed. In a related article, a Linux programmer stated "I think SCO's
actions are an attempt to become relevant and profitable again through the
court system." That has the ring of truth to me.

source: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1093994,00.asp

If anyone has any further information regarding this topic, like a source
for the withdrawal of the Linux claim, I'd be interested to read it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Coyle, Jack [mailto:Jack.Coyle@REXHEALTH.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:35 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: Article from Network World

For an interesting perspective on this whole issue, you might be interested
in the "OSI position paper on SCO versus IBM case". VERY interesting
reading.

A quote from the paper ...

> "SCO's complaint is factually defective in that it implies claims about
> SCO's business and technical capabilities that are untrue. It is, indeed,
> very cleverly crafted to deceive a reader without intimate knowledge of
> the technology and history of Unix; it gives false impressions by both the
> suppression of relevant facts, the ambiguous suggestion of falsehoods, and
> in a few instances by outright lying."
>
>
> http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html
>
>
Jack Coyle
Rex Healthcare
(919) 784-3792
jack.coyle@rexhealth.com

> ----------
> From: Anthony F. Fiore[SMTP:anthony.fiore@NYU.EDU]
> Reply To: IBM AIX Discussion List
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:17 PM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: Article from Network World
>
> That's quite concerning. If they do the AIX license, I wonder what that
> could mean to customers like us...
>
> Thanks for the info, Bill.
>
> -Anthony
>
> Bill Verzal wrote:
>
> >Taken from SCO's web site...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > SCO is also demanding
> > that IBM cease these
> > anti-competitive
> > practices based on
> > specific requirements
> > sent in a notification
> > letter to IBM. If
> > these requirements are
> > not met, SCO will have
> > the authority to
> > revoke IBM's AIX
> > license 100 days
> > following the receipt
> > of SCO's letter.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Bill Verzal
> >AIX Administrator, Komatsu America
> >(847) 970-3726
> >
> >
> >|---------+---------------------------->
> >| | Bill Verzal |
> >| | |
> >| | 05/28/2003 09:58 |
> >| | AM |
> >| | |
> >|---------+---------------------------->
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------------------------------------------|
> > |
> |
> > | To: AIX-L, Chris Marler/HQ/KAIC, Len Jesse/HQ/KAIC,
> campm@bcbsil.com, greg_roesch@bcbsil.com |
> > | cc:
> |
> > | Subject: Article from Network World
> |
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------------------------------------------|
> >
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >BV
> >--------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Bill Verzal
> >AIX Administrator, Komatsu America
> >(847) 970-3726
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Anthony Fiore
> System Administrator
> ITS Operations and Production Services
> New York University
> anthony.fiore@nyu.edu
>

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