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More on IBM's Project Monterey and SCO
karvind writes "Groklaw has posted another interesting article about AIX/Monterey/POWER research. The primary purpose of Project Monterey was to provide a stepping stone to Linux. IBM clearly stated this in promotional and technical materials, some of which SCO participated in publishing. It was always the plan that Project Monterey would be for POWER and SCO knew about IBM using SVR4 on POWER as far back as 2001. The article asks (and answers) some interesting questions: 'Where is the monetary damage to SCO? Where is there copyright infringement? Was SCO fully aware how quickly Linux would develop, that it would replace Unix, or did it take them by surprise?'"
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looks like ibm got the better of SCO
data... check
supporting information...check
patents...gotta wait till the courts are out on this one
copyright...check
liscensing...check
having lots of high priced lawyers.....priceless.
Check journal for info on Anti-TextBook, an idea by me.
The issue is really quite simple. IBM was supposed to use SCO's code to develop Monterey, and instead, they apparently used it to enhance Linux. Everything else being said about this case is just rehashing of religious fervor and procedural issues.
Wow, Deja vu. IBM paid MS to code OS/2, and they instead worked on NT. maybe IBM just figured if it worked once...
SCO turned out to be little better than shakedown artists.
In what way do you think they're better than shakedown artists?
SCO kept us amused for years! What stamina and tenacity. Most shakedown artists get tired after a kneecap and a broken finger or two but SCO just go the whole nine yards.
Also, it was really enjoyable watching SCOX. Sure, all my other stocks went down as well, but when SCOX fell, I knew Microsoft were feeling the pain, and that made everything OK again.
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Shit, a broken boot-loader for a 6502 would've been a threat to 'SCO at the time'.
Here is a timeline of people posting timelines:
I remember when legal used to mean lawful, now it means some kind of loophole. - Leo Kessler
Al right, enough already. This SCO suit has become so absurd that no one is buying it anymore. It's time to drop the act, and admit the truth. ... so as I was saying, Linux is clearly a pirated version of SCO UNIX....
The whole SCO fiasco was just an attempt to cover up the true origins of Linux. If we could create the rumor that Linux was a pirated version of AT&T UNIX, then we wouldn't have to admit that it was really reverse engineered from the computers aboard alien spacecraft under study by project BlueBook in Area 51 of the Nellis Airforce base in Groome Lake, NV.
So there, now the secret is out!
Wait, who are those men in black suits on my front lawn? Wait, stop, what does that thing do?
****FLASH*****
"Sic Semper Path of Least Resistance"