OSI vs SCO

the jackol writes "As expected, the OSI's just given the SCO vs IBM case a bite with this position paper. "SCO has never owned the UNIX trademark. IBM neither requested nor required SCO's permission to call their AIX offering a Unix. That decision lies not with the accidental owner of the historical Bell Labs source code, but with the Open Group.""

Comments

Wow

[gazbo]

OSI is ISO backwards. Conspiracy.

Re:Wow

[stonebeat.org]

no it is just backward compliance :)

OSI Papers notwithstanding...

[BJZQ8]

OSI Papers notwithstanding, all it takes is a tipply judge to cause a lot of headaches for everyone from RedHat to Yellow Dog. In any case, Microsoft wins. Their line...go with the smart, non-litigated choice...Windows XP. Now with Software Assurance!

Re:Microsoft linkage

[moehoward]

I agree with your paranoia comments. I'd mod me down if I could.

I'd still look for connections down the road. MS sure capitulated to SCO mighty fast. But, don't discount Gates' respect for Unix/Linux either.

But after doing a painfully difficult 1 minute search on Google, I'd say SCO is looking more and more like a Rambus. The lawyers are calling the shots. I see their gripes with MS.

I'll start working on an Illuminati and Free Masons angle. That will be much more diffiulct to call paranoia because we all know they run the world anyway.