Sun Rethinking Linux Strategy Over SCO Lawsuit

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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Re:I've karma to burn...

[James_Duncan8181]

The suit does not allgege that any code was directly copied - it alleges that the concepts were reused, and that linux could not have adanced so far/fast without IBM slipping SCO code to us under the table. I find this quite insulting. Amusingly, it then goes on the say that Big Blue does not have the expertise to produce a OS without SCO code *snigger snigger*. Now I have seen IBM accused of many things, but technical incompetence is not one of them. I would personally say that OS/2 and the fact that IBM produced the original arch suggests they might just be able to program and design...jeez. Combine this with IBM's famous paranoia on IP issues, and it starts (!) to sound like complete and utter bollocks from a failing company. Personally I hope they don't get bought out by IBM but crushed into a small, smoking pile of rubble. I will then enjoy seeing IBM perchase the UNIX rights for pennies in the dollar when SCO go tits up.

Goodbye SCO, I won't miss you...