A group statement on SCO

[bogy Wan Kenobi]

Just to toot my own horn on this one . . .

My sent mail folder shows that I called this one last Thursday:

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Subject:    Re: Begun, this war has..
Date:         Thu, 15 May 2003 13:57:56 -0600
From:        bogy Wan Kenobi <moneybaggz at qwest.net>
To:             pluglist at plug.org

Just wondering - how much do you think Bill Gates is paying Daryl McBride
to
pull this stunt?
After all is said and done if SCO wins Billy has a lot to gain.
Linux is by their own press releases a "serious threat".

Bogy.
just my cynical/conspiratorial view on things comming through.
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Bogy.
p.s. Sooner or later the Linux Community will know what the offending parts
of the code are and what we have to do to rectify the problem. But someone
at Novell (shortly after a code sharing agreement went Bills way and Novell
got nothing of any value) once said that if Bill Gates shakes your hand you
had better get your shots - 'cause you/ve been screwed.  SCO is his
infectee.


Jesse Stay wrote:

> Speaking of this, I don't know how many read Slashdot this morning, but
> what do you know.  Microsoft is involved in this after all...
>
> "Microsoft to license Unix code...
>
> Microsoft will license the rights to Unix technology from SCO Group, a
> move that could impact the battle between Windows and Linux in the
> market for computer operating systems."
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1007528.html
>
> -Jesse
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joel Finlinson [mailto:joel at utah.gov]
> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 2:53 PM
> > To: pluglist at plug.org
> > Subject: Re: A group statement on SCO
> >
> >
> > Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.  Scare tactics.  Microsoft is famous for
> > this.  Has been for many years.  Whenever a software company would
> > announce something that wasn't in a Microsoft product (back in the
> > feature wars of early Windows wordprocessors when Lotus' AmiPro and
> > WordPerfect were still alive), they'd announce that it was going to be
> > in the next release (vapor-wave), or they'd mention that it would most
> > likely not be compatible with whatever MS's choice was going to be.
> > They always come up with their own version that's just a little bit
> > different.  The other famous 'embrace and extend' principle.  CORBA vs
> > COM and tweaking Kerberos are two of the quickest examples I can think
> > of right off hand.  Sounds like SCO's trying to use it now to their
> > advantage.
> >
> > >>> merrill at scmi.com 05/16/03 11:56AM >>>
> > I think that's a good idea.
> >
> > PS: what does FUD stand for?
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