Red Hat joins the fight. Sues SCO.

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  • The PIT
    Super MURCer
    • Aug 1999
    • 11901

    #1

    Red Hat joins the fight. Sues SCO.

    http://news.com.com/2100-7252_3-5059547.html?tag=fd_top

    Now will the other Linux providers join in???
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  • Brian Ellis
    Super MURCer
    • Sep 1999
    • 9623

    #2
    This is interesting as SCOs only real asset is what they can hope to get from court decisions.

    Does anyone really use SCO Unix, now? I tried it umpteen years ago for a CAD workstation and it was a real monster.
    Brian (the devil incarnate)

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    • GT98
      FanBoy
      • Aug 1999
      • 4408

      #3
      Originally posted by Brian Ellis
      This is interesting as SCOs only real asset is what they can hope to get from court decisions.

      Does anyone really use SCO Unix, now? I tried it umpteen years ago for a CAD workstation and it was a real monster.
      I thought SCO was Caldera renamed.....
      Why is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?

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      • Brian Ellis
        Super MURCer
        • Sep 1999
        • 9623

        #4
        You surprise me if it is. SCO stands for Santa Cruz something-or-other-beginning-with-O and they pioneered Unix for PCs and Xenix.
        Brian (the devil incarnate)

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        • az
          Moderator
          • Feb 2001
          • 9336

          #5
          Caldera bought SCO, then renamed themselves to SCO after a while, IIRC.

          AZ
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          • Brian Ellis
            Super MURCer
            • Sep 1999
            • 9623

            #6
            Then this starts to look crazy. Caldera Linux is hopeless, compared with RH and SuSE (and possibly others). If they try to eliminate the competition on an Open Source engine, then they will shoot themselves in the foot, as development could cease. That is unless Caldera/SCO is being financed by MS.
            Brian (the devil incarnate)

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            • Fluff
              Super MURCer
              • Apr 2002
              • 1522

              #7
              what ever happened to the common good. Give the SCO lawyers a slap and tell them to stop creating problems
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              • Taz
                Super MURCer
                • Nov 1999
                • 1393

                #8
                Originally posted by Brian Ellis
                SCO stands for Santa Cruz something-or-other-beginning-with-O
                Operations

                SCO bought the rights to Unix from Novell who in turn bought them from AT&T. One of the grey areas is how much Novell sold to SCO, Novell state that they kept hold of some of the patents and copyrights. Guess we'll all find out if/when this court case comes to a conclussion.
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                • az
                  Moderator
                  • Feb 2001
                  • 9336

                  #9
                  BTW, Microsoft bought a license from SCO, too. And they say that they're sure linux also uses some ms code.

                  AZ
                  There's an Opera in my macbook.

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                  • Technoid
                    Super MURCer
                    • Sep 1999
                    • 7645

                    #10
                    Originally posted by az
                    BTW, Microsoft bought a license from SCO, too. And they say that they're sure linux also uses some ms code.

                    AZ
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                    • Chrono_Wanderer
                      Super MURCer
                      • Mar 2002
                      • 2540

                      #11
                      yea roflmao hahaha

                      good old MShite

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                      • KeiFront
                        Super MURCer
                        • Sep 2001
                        • 2668

                        #12
                        Hehe IBM files counterclaims against SCO
                        Main: Dual Xeon LV2.4Ghz@3.1Ghz | 3X21" | NVidia 6800 | 2Gb DDR | SCSI
                        Second: Dual PIII 1GHz | 21" Monitor | G200MMS + Quadro 2 Pro | 512MB ECC SDRAM | SCSI
                        Third: Apple G4 450Mhz | 21" Monitor | Radeon 8500 | 1,5Gb SDRAM | SCSI

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                        • bsdgeek
                          Super MURCer
                          • Feb 2002
                          • 1543

                          #13
                          Looks like SCO bit off more than they can chew.

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