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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. SCO Day? by suwain_2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Has anyone noticed that there are SCO Days on Slashdot, when all the stories (such as this one) are about SCO, and then there are RIAA Days, where all the posts are about the RIAA?

    Today's a SCO Day, making up for all the RIAA Days we've had lately.

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  2. Right. And that's why you ALL want to live here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    America is still top of the heap. You don't see too many people in this country telling pollsters that they want to live in other countries. A survey conducted five years ago in Britain had 48% of respondents say they would live in America for the rest of their lives if their relocation was paid for them. Look all over the world and you'll see similar attitudes.

    America, my friends, is #1. That's all there is to it. If you don't want to be here, perfect -- we don't want you as it is.

    Take care.

  3. Re:God Bless America by SlashDotJihad · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mullah, is that you?

  4. I can pee farther than you! by rerunn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I remember Project Monterey.... and quickly forgot about it till this article. Love gave some interesting insight. Seems like IBM pulled a fast one on SCO well before this all started.

    As much as I think SCO is heinous for their current actions. Iam sure that IBM's hands arent pristine either.

    business + money = lying, scum sucking, sons a bitches.

    The two can piss on each other all they want, and the saddest part being the lawyers will just laugh all the way to the bank (and back again for more).