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More on IBM's Project Monterey and SCO

Posted by Zonk on from the poorly-planned-plans dept.

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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  1. Monterey by bryan986 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds cheesy doesnt it

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  2. SCO and IBM by UlfGabe · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  3. Re:Timeline by sik0fewl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here is a timeline of people posting timelines:

    • 16:18 - Virtual Karma posts timeline for SCO vs IBM and Linux
    • 16:28 - RealProgrammer posts a more complete, searchable timeline
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