Re: [Nolug] The Inevitable Thread

On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 jacklinux@cox.net wrote:

> One thing I’ve noticed is the lack of mention of this SCO law suit. I
> don’t know how contentious the subject is but if it can be friendly, I
> have a few questions that are more speculative. For example, there’s a
> lot of rhetoric online about who’s right and who’s wrong, the Microsoft®
> connection, etc. But I haven’t really seen anything definitive on the
> impact on Linux if SCO wins. And maybe I’m being simple-minded about it,
> but if SCO could identify the copied code then shouldn’t the distros be
> able to do the same thing and then rewrite it. Wouldn’t that make the
> suite moot? Or would it? And if this isn’t an option, then what are some
> of the alternatives? Are any of the distros immune? What about the
> kernel itself? I’m sure the philosophy from which Linux was born will
> survive, but I find myself full of FUD and I’m just one novice user so I
> can only imagine what IT shops using or considering an open source
> solution must be going through.
>
> Maybe I just need a hug…..I dunno.

The only Unix we run is AIX and Linux, on many critical servers, and i am
not worried. I talked to some IBM guys yesterday and officially they're
telling customers not to be worried in the least. Unofficialy, one of
the comments heard was "We have more lawyers than they do." Haha...

When IBM does settle this, i really hope the settlement provides some
protection for their Linux partners, Redhat, SuSE, and TurboLinux.
Otherwise, i think SCO will use any monetary settlement they get from IBM
to hire more lawyers to go after Linux distributions. Instead of
investing that money in their products. Pretty sad.

ray

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Ray DeJean  				       	 http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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