SCO Will Pay You Not to Use Linux

Verteiron writes: "As if things weren't weird enough already, SCO is now planning to pay companies to migrate away from Linux.. even if it's not toward UNIX. According to the summary over at Groklaw, SCO will provide 'financial incentives and discounts' to users that switch to 'other operating systems that have a stronger IP basis than Linux.' This doubly amusing when considered together with the following statements straight from SCO's 8-K form filed with the SEC: '...plans to expand SCO's intellectual property licensing program to allow for migration alternatives to end users... and continued efforts to protect SCO's UNIX intellectual property rights and SCO's belief that the private investment will enhance SCO's ability to pursue currently pending legal actions... SCO has a history of unprofitability and has only realized revenue from its SCOsource licensing initiative during the last two quarters...'"

Comments

MS owns SCO

[MrJones]

Since Linux is #1 treat to MS, SCO is owned by MS.
Clear as water :-)

Re:Better than free?

[John Hansen]

Public service announcement: parent contains link to goatse.cx image.

The form this will probably take

[Felinoid]

It looks like they are targeting companys and you have to be running Linux already and switch to an offically liccensed Unix.

Now for me if Linux became "Not free" (as in speach) I'd switch to BSD.
If BSD and Linux became not free (as in speach) I'd switch to FreeDos.
If FreeDos became not free (as in money) I'd switch to worm os.
If Worm os became not free (as in mine) I'd sue somebody for IP theft and neglegence... I'd also recomend the person be checked for psycotic behavure beccouse not even "I" would try to sell Worm Os. I might give it to people I dislike.

I'd probably remake it for todays systems and rename it "Blaster os"
(For the clueless the name implys Worm Os sucks.. Is easly to infect and easy to crash. And it's NOT user friendly. In fact it's quite rude.)