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Caldera/SCO Co-Founder Ransom Love Speaks

Posted by michael on from the still-taking-his-medication-for-the-moment dept.

securitas writes "CNet has published an interview with Caldera (now SCO Group) co-founder Ransom Love, in which he talks about the Novell acquisition of SuSE, Novell's Linux history, the early history of Caldera, the SCO-IBM lawsuit, his new role at Progeny and open standards. It's a good read that covers a lot of ground in a relatively short space."

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  1. wtf is "Ransom Love"? by goon+america · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Ransom Love? Is that his real name? It sounds a lot like a fake porn star name.

    Which would actually make sense, given what they want to do to Linux.

  2. Here you go... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    What did you think when SCO filed the lawsuit against IBM?

    I lived through the Microsoft suit at Caldera (in which Caldera sued Microsoft over the DOS operating system), and those things take on a life of their own.

    I wasn't surprised about the lawsuit against IBM because there were longstanding issues we weren't able to resolve with IBM. But I lived through the Microsoft suit at Caldera (in which Caldera sued Microsoft over the DOS operating system), and those things take on a life of their own. They consume a business. When it first came out my biggest concern--we had done work to get SCO to a position where it was profitable, then they got themselves embroiled in this major lawsuit, and I just new it was going to go south. That's when we--my wife and I--sold our shares.