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Ransom Love, Caldera Co-Founder Interviewed

Posted by michael on from the not-as-idiotic-as-he-usually-sounds dept.

rootmon writes "The interview focuses mostly on Ransom Love's views of SCO Group's current dispute with IBM and the Free/Open Source Software Community. It also provides some insights on why Caldera purchased the UNIX business of SCO and their joint Monterey project with IBM. In summary, Love's view is 'My belief is that Unix and Linux should co-exist and should look and feel the same to application developers. Fundamentally, I would not have pursued SCO's path. You see, the challenge is building business. Litigation, no matter what side you're on, tears down businesses. Only the attorneys win. Companies should focus their energies on building their businesses, not on lawsuits. I don't see any positive outcomes.'"

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  1. He sold his stock! by floppy+ears · · Score: 5, Funny

    When news of the IBM lawsuit broke, I sold the last of my stock.

    Sounds like the same game plan as Darl and the other SCO insiders!

    --

    "If I could live to be several hundred
    I could take a walk and really wander, really wonder."
  2. ASDF! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Okay.. we've finally done it.. that's a first.

    Two SCO stories SIDE BY SIDE on the FRONT PAGE. With no buffer.

    And to top it off, they're *both relevant*, and neither are reposts, and as far as i can tell weren't even rehashes of links posted in previous articles' comments.

    I am amazed. This is some kind of cosmic convergance. I await the falling of the stars into the sea.