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IBM Points Out SCO's GPL Software Distribution
An anonymous reader writes "Cnet is reporting that IBM has launched a counterstrike against SCO Group's attack on Linux users, arguing that SCO's demands for Unix license payments are undermined by its earlier shipment of an open-source Linux product." JayJay.br points out a similar but more colorful article on The Register "in which SCO says that 'SCO-Caldera does not own the copyrights to JFS (Journaling File System), RCU (Read, Copy, and Update), NUMA (Non-uniform Memory Access) software, and other IBM-developed AIX code that IBM contributed to the Linux kernel.' Gee, now that I was almost buying their license ..."
I hafta run this on a Harris-made 20MHz 286 clone, with a Ministor 40Mb MFM drive. We all consider this a step up from Mark Williams Company's Coherent. UUCP works now!
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
I registered my copy of Linux with SCO. It only costs $700, and I don't have to worry about getting sued or breaking the law.
If that isn't a troll, I don't know what a troll is. But I appreciate the straight delivery....so I will bite. So, what did you get in return for this $700?
Tequila: It's not just for breakfast anymore!
Not bad at all! Harris' Semi-Conductor Division made 'most all my pre-i386 AT CPU's! When no one had 386 memory management, and ran 'em like fast 8086's... I would pick up Harris 286-clones cheap! They got to 25 MHz, I'm recalling.
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."