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Authored by: Kilz on Saturday, May 25 2013 @ 03:30 PM EDT |
The problem is that SCO tried to pull a fast one. They tried
to say that the journaling file system that IBM put into AIX
somehow now belonged to SCO and that IBM gave it to Linux.
But the reality is the journaling file system IBM open
sourced for Linux came not from AIX, but from OS2 which IBM
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 27 2013 @ 12:47 AM EDT |
It that was so, McBride made a huge blunder by getting derailed into the Novell
case (which was about the copyrights). By the time that was over, McBride
wasn't in control of SCO any more. If the main case was over contracts, then
McBride blew six years (plus his job) chasing a sideshow.
My reading is that there never was a case against IBM. It was an extortion
racket against small companies, and the IBM case was for publicity (plus a hope
that IBM would fold). But that was a huge mistake; IBM fought back hard. Then
Novell made their very public pronouncements puncturing SCO's claims, and SCO
had to sue Novell to keep the FUD going to keep the extortion racket going.
They got forced into the Novell case to try to keep their racket alive; they
didn't go willingly (despite being the side that filed the case).
In short: The contracts part of the case was just flinging mud, hoping
something would stick. SCO never had anything real; they were dead the moment
IBM decided to fight.
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