Did SCO 'Borrow' Linux Code?

An Anonymous Reader writes "Apparently someone inside SCO has stated that SCO(actually Caldera) copied Linux code into System V. They did it to build what they now market as Linux Kernel Personality - the ability to run Linux software on their Unix. Now, the open source community(of course they don't mention who) is jumping on this, because they didn't return the changes to the OS community or give the community credit. Of course, SCO says it's a misunderstanding and, get this 'SCO also never used any of the Linux kernel code.'"

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Re:Why is Linux so metaphorical?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why donâ(TM)t you just admit to yourself that the reason you are not using Linux is because it would be too difficult for you to switch to a Unix flaver..... Yes, admit it... You have been "nursing at the tit" of Micro$oft for so long, that you wouldnâ(TM)t have a clue on how to use a much more sophisticated shell OS.....

Ah, yes... Here is the point where you tell me that you "used" to use Unix is the old days before you went to Windows and basically know everything there is to know about Unix in general. You would probably also tell me about the days that you used to have to use card punches to right all of your applications, (ie. Work 10 miles up hill in the freezing snow story) â¦

Plan and simple, you do not use Linux because you do all of your work in Windows and find it easier to do your work. Admit it because it is true. The only person that does not believe this is YOU! What you do not realize is that OS's are just like programming languages in that you really need to understand several different OS's and learn the benefits and disadvantages of each and pick the appropriate "tool" when the job best fits. This includes understanding not just Linux, but also other flavors such as BSD, OSX, and maybe even a little AIX. OK, maybe you can leave AIX off for nowâ¦

Open your eyes just a little.... Who know, you just realize that there is other people out there that know a little more than you do!! :-)

My Vow

[Thing 1]

I'm tired of this "The comments are the same" shit.

Well, this comment's the same. It's "My Vow," as seen here. (By the way, I got 50% Troll, 50% Interesting. Let's see if I can do better this time. ;-)

I vow to post these instructions every time an article on SCO comes up.

My Favorite, from the other night. Put the following in the file get_sco.sh and then "chmod u+x get_sco.sh":

#!/bin/sh
wget -r -O /dev/null ftp://ftp.sco.com

This will download their entire FTP site (to /dev/null of course).

Put it in a loop if you really want to hurt them:

while true ; do ./get_sco.sh ; done

Report back when the site's down.

This works on the bash shell, which is the default under Cygwin on Windows -- so Windows users can help also.
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Re:"Someone inside SCO"

[santeri]

They probably had them to be ready for the impending attack by a nation which *does* have chemical weapons (and other WMD), and has used them against another nation in the past, as well.

Namely the US of A.