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More on SCO vs. IBM Lawsuit

Posted by michael on from the circumstantial-evidence dept.

Colin Stanners writes "SCO has held a TeleConference and put up a page with information on their lawsuit against IBM. The key phrase (from their complaint) is: 'It is not possible for Linux to rapidly reach UNIX performance standards for complete enterprise functionality without the misappropriation of UNIX code, methods or concepts to achieve such performance, and coordination by a larger developer, such as IBM.' Their page also includes a Q&A, presentation, and exhibits, although these are mostly licensing agreements and not code." Bruce Perens had an interesting comment on the situation, more than one group is trying to organize a boycott, and Newsforge has a story based on SCO's press conference this morning. Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.

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  1. This reminds me of... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Monkey vs. Robot the classic tale about the constant battle between monkeys (who live in the jungle) and robots (who work in the factory). MONKEY... VS... ROBOT...

    1. Re:This reminds me of... by jfunk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I'd bet that 99% of Slashdotters have never heard of what you're referring to.

      I'm thinking of the soundtrack right now, as I was listening to it this morning. We're currently listening to the monkey's drum solo. A couple of songs will play, then we'll get to hear the robot's drum solo.

      I can't wait, myself.

  2. Valetine's Day Masacre by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    $$$$$exyGal ignored my Valentine day request for a date

  3. Trolltech by csguy314 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hmm, with this boycott, does this mean IBM will drop Trolltech and QT for their embedded GNU/Linux needs? Trolltech is also owned by Canopy Group. So is a company called Tuglet which looks like it produces spamware.

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  4. Re:why? by sporty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I live near a subway. I resent that. It gets really noisy at nite.

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