Re: [OT] SCO is going all out now

From: cr (cr_at_orcon.net.nz)
Date: 07/22/03

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    On Tuesday 22 July 2003 18:42, cr wrote:
    > On Tuesday 22 July 2003 17:37, Sharninder Singh-662 wrote:
    > > > Do you suspect there could be a long enough delay between releasing
    > > > the alleged infractions and producing a clean kernel that fully
    > > > changing OSes could make sense, however?
    > >
    > > like u said .. if worst comes to worse. either ppl will develop patches
    > > and features for the latest hardware or some ppl might just shift OSs.
    > > FreeBSD gives most of the freedom of Linux though i'm not an expert on
    > > licenses and can't comment on the difference between the BSD and GPL, but
    > > i know that FreeBSD is already being used by BIG companies and linux is
    > > not exactly replacing it just existing beside it.
    > > Worse comes to worse .. hmmm .. makes me wonder ... i should pull out my
    > > FreeBSD disks again and try the f***** installation again.
    > >
    > > sharninder
    >
    > Cripes, Mickey$oft never managed to make me pay them for using Windoze, how
    > the heck are those turkeys at SCO ever gonna make me pay them for using
    > somebody else's operating system...?
    >
    > From what I've read, this is just SCO grandstanding. They're probably
    > just a puppet anyway, guess who's hand is up their ***? ;)
    >
    > cr

    Damn! Meant to kill that. Sorry.

    I do realise that many of you are professionals running business systems and
    can't just ignore licensing demands as a private owner can.

    (My opinion of SCO's tactics remains the same though).

    cr 

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