SCO has valid case

[Jay]

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From: "Dave Stubbs" <dstubbs-ZsETY1VsSgK5ibTBNBZY+dUNXN58jlyp at public.gmane.org>
To: <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: SCO has valid case


>
> > BTW... and this is entirely speculation... what happens to software if
> > the
> > copyright owner is defunct? It's not like SCO is going to leave a will
or
> > an estate. Is it at this point that M$ buys the ...what? ...copyrights?
> > ...SCO? outright for nothing in a short stock trade? Remember this?
> >
> >
> NOW it's getting interesting!
>
> This might be very very important.  SCO is pretty much a starving,
> almost-dead, shrivelled, emaciated near-corpse and for all that, is
> making quite a racket.  They haven't been able to ship a compelling
> product in years.  Any time I've ever had to support SCO Unix I've hated
> it.  ALL of the other UNIXes are much more amenable to easy
> administration, and a lot more of the usual tools you'd expect are there.
>
> Anyway, what happens if SCO folds up and goes out of business?  How bad
> would it be if Microsoft bought the leftovers of SCO and decided to
> continue the fight, just for fun?  Could Microsoft afford to litigate
> Linux into oblivion?  At least in the US anyway?
>
> Finally, would it be possible to get concerned Linux users together to
> buy SCO?  Or at least to buy the scraps if they folded up?  Maybe then
> we could officially bequeath UNIX to the public domain...
>
> If each angry concerned Linux user out there put $100 into this cause,
> could we do it?

I pretty sure I could find a 100 bucks, why not submit the idea to newsforge
or slashdot if for no other reason than to debate the issue.



> Dave...
>
>
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