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United Linux Dead

Posted by michael on from the no-business-like-sco-business dept.

DesScorp writes "ZDnet has a story about the impending demise of United Linux, with former general manager Paula Hunter stating that 'the legal entity still exists but I turned the lights out'. While a couple of reasons were given for UL's demise, most of the blame was firmly laid on the shoulders of SCO. As a member of group, their lawsuits killed off any real product development. SCO apparently refused to resign from UL, and Hunter said that 'As long as they remained a member, it remained impossible for us to begin new projects'. Which brings up the question, couldn't the other group members have kicked them out?"

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  1. Dead? by spezz · · Score: 5, Funny
    Man, I hadn't even heard it was dying. Where were the early warning trolls?

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    1. Re:Dead? by sik0fewl · · Score: 5, Funny

      Let's see.. here it is.

      Seems to be the only one.. and he was "just kidding"

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    2. Re:Dead? by Geek+of+Tech · · Score: 4, Funny
      How about +1 (Prophetic)?

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  2. SCO ploy to get "Linux Dead" in news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on, boys, that trick is as old as the hairpiece on Darl's head.

  3. plans for future by Savatte · · Score: 5, Funny

    well, if they are dead, they should open source the code.

    oh wait...

  4. Re:Maybe by migurski · · Score: 5, Funny
    It might have just been easier for everyone else to pull out and just reform a different group at a later time.

    ...Like an open source No Homers Club

  5. HOW THE HELL IS THIS INSIGHTFUL? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "SCO is bad", now mod me up assholes.

  6. Re:is this SCO's fault? by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Novell pulled SUSE out of it already. Was that due to SCO or did they just not want to be part of it anymore?

    Yes.

    KFG

  7. United Linux Dead? by squidfood · · Score: 4, Funny


    Is this a support group for vampire geekheads?
    Not to be confused with Linux Dead United, the zombie penguin football team.

  8. Re:The replacement is already here by AKAImBatman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bruce, you're trolling. How about a "this is sad, but we've created UserLinux as a viable alternative"? That would at least be a little more sensitive to those who might have an emotional attachment to United Linux.

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  9. Re:Alternative Group by markhb · · Score: 5, Funny

    I *hope* you meant that they are violating the GPL. "Violating the GNU" brings up a whole other set of connotations, some entailing a risk of contracting anthrax....

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  10. United Linux is Dying by irix · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is official; Netcraft confirms: United Linux is dying

    One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered United Linux community when IDC confirmed that United Linux market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that United Linux has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. United Linux is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.

    You don't need to be Kreskin to predict United Linux's future. The hand writing is on the wall: United Linux faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for United Linux because United Linux is dying. Things are looking very bad for United Linux. As many of us are already aware, United Linux continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.

    SCO is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time SCO developers Jordan Hubbard and Mike Smith only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: SCO is dying.

    Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.

    SCO leader Darl states that there are 7000 users of SCO. How many users of TurboLinux are there? Let's see. The number of SCO versus TuboLinux posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 TuboLinux users. Connectiva posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of TuboLinux posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of Connectiva. A recent article put SuSE at about 80 percent of the United Linux market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 SuSE users. This is consistent with the number of SuSE Usenet posts.

    Due to the troubles of SuSE, abysmal sales and so on, SuSE went out of business and was taken over by Novell who sell another troubled OS. Now TurboLinux is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.

    All major surveys show that United Linux has steadily declined in market share. United Linux is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If United Linux is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. United Linux continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, United Linux is dead.

    Fact: United Linux is dying

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