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Sun Rethinking Linux Strategy Over SCO Lawsuit

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-thats-a-pr-move dept.

manyoso writes "Sun is waisting no time taking advantage of the SCO lawsuit against IBM. They are making statements trying to play up Solaris as a safe harbor for worried Linux and IBM users. John Loiacono, VP of Sun's operating platforms group, "For people looking at the issues at hand, we are a safe harbor. We have absolute rights to our technology ... We're changing our strategy around Linux (but) we're pausing because we're trying to figure out what the implications of this are going to be". So, this begs the questions... What are the short term implications for the new Linux based desktop we've been hearing about from our fair weather friends? How will the SCO lawsuit affect Sun's long term strategy with Linux and Open Source?"

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  1. Mr. T gonna kick their butts! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    From the article ...

    "I would expect they will bring out the A-team of lawyers and aggressively defend themselves against this and potentially assert their own intellectual property."

    And if that doesn't work, we'll sic Alf and Friends on them.

    1. Re:Mr. T gonna kick their butts! by TrekCycling · · Score: 2, Funny
      IBM Linux boxes + duct tape + blow torches.... cue the music.... SCO is done for.

      "Hey sucka, I pity the fool that mess with IBM."

  2. Hmm...Sun is a backbyter, aye? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I had heard Sun was going to make blade servers alright; I just pulled one from my back!

  3. David Boies by evocate · · Score: 3, Funny

    Speaking of Davids, SCO has hired David Boies to prosecute their case. Nice choice. Lost the DOJ case against Microsoft. Lost the Gore case for the White House. At this rate, he is going to be the Dan Marino of law - a great, but never could win the big one.

  4. SCO has this one in the bag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I know it pains you folks to hear the truth, but SCO is going to win their lawsuit. The patents are clear and Linux is in violation. Linux is about to become illegal "warez". The only place you'll be able to get it will be "warez" sites or pay for a license to use Linux from SCO which will probably cost more than you can afford to pay. With all of the primary usages of Linux (DVD piracy, hacking, DoS attacks, HDTV piracy, DMCA violations, etc) it's no suprise that the source code to Linux is illegal as well. Expect it to be outlawed soon and the developers of Linux to go to prison

  5. Re:This is Bill Gates' Wet Dream by TKinias · · Score: 4, Funny

    scripsit rseuhs:

    Heck, they can't even implement 64Bit Windows in a timely manner and will lose a lot of their server marketshare in the 32->64 Bit conversion.

    Heck, when was it exactly that they finally got the 16 bit code out of Windows? Or have they? Does anyone even know? ;)

    Usually the easy explanation is the right one.

    Please don't bring reasoned arguments into this. Conspiracy is more fun.

    Anyway, I kind of like spheres on spheres, too -- what kind of geek wouldn't prefer that to boring old elliptical orbits?

    --
    In principio creauit Linus Linucem.
  6. Re:The Great Savior by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now, _that_ is a conspiracy theory nobody else is bothering to think about. IBM publicly crushes the now hated SCO (which was dead anyway), gives some money to the SCO execs for their trouble, and the Linux community think IBM is king.

    Holy crap that's genius! :)