[geeks] SCO sues IBM

[Lionel Peterson]

--- "Jonathan C. Patschke" <jp at celestrion.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Gavin Hubbard wrote:
> 
> > SCO has launched a lawsuit against IBM over Unix IP and has
> > threatened to revoke IBM's license to ship AIX if their
> > demands are not met.
> 
> Well, you know, when you can't produce a software product worth the
> CD it's printed on, you have to resort to other methods of revenue. 
I
> think SCO's just bitter that no one uses their horribly outdated and
> overpriced OS.

Sanity check: SCO Owns "Unix", bought from Novell, who bought it from
AT&T.

OT: Sun made a shrewd business move by getting a license "in
perpetuity" (s I understand it) to Unix, elininating per box license
fees they used to pay...


=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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