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SCO To Invest in LinuxMall
Jason Perlow noted a story that popped up at ZD Net talking about a new investor at LinuxMall.
Sco has entered the Linux World with an investment in the web store.
Its interesting to note that they talk about doing this as publicity.
Not irrelevant, not M$ flamebait. pure possiblities.
"Trust no one"
Remember the Halloween papers??????
The Truth is a Virus!!!
The Good Old Days: The first few companies to invest in Linux (IBM, Intel, etc.) did so for 2 reasons. 1) Money. They wouldn't do it if it wasn't going to make them some money. 2) Interest/Excitement. I truly believe that a year or so ago when they were giving money to RedHat, these large corporations saw something exciting in Linux. They wanted to be a part of it (for reason #1) and they thought that it might be a good way to expand their reach.
New World Order: Nowadays, companies like SCO and Sun just invest in Linux (or open source parts of their software) out of mere survival. THey're afraid that if they don't hitch themselves to the rising star that is Linux, they'll just go out of business.
I"m not saying I resent their investment,and I'm not saying it's a bad idea. But I AM saying that it's no longer impressive or newsworthy.
Werd.
hey SCO, i thought you said linux sucked. were you lying then or are you lying now? i'd really like to see you explain this one.
Here is something to think about. M$ Has a 6-8% investment in SCO. WIth SCO investing in LinuxMal M$ is Indirectly investing in Linux. But here is the catch. People from SCO will be on the board of directors at LinuxMall, thus M$ will have an "in" into a Linux company. Interesting?, Scary? Guess we will see .....
The Truth is a Virus!!!
Well, Sun makes money on hardware and are doing quite well.
Companies will always want their hardware, because it's as good as it gets.
Most smart people want their software too, and it's free.
SCO on the other hand... you told me.
"Last words are for fools who haven't said enough." - Karl Marx
It's not like it's an earth-shattering concept: Increasing your profits by entering new markets.
"Evil will always triumph over good, because good is dumb." - Dark Helmet (Spaceballs)
I'm starting to wonder if SCO might be more of a "threat" to Linux than Sun. I really don't like Sun's attitude towards Linux and I know they're scared of it on the low end. (Not the E10K sized servers, but the Ultra 5, Ultra 10, and that range.) Sun seems to be doing a lot to sidetrack, derail, and otherwise just sort of take whatever momentum they can from the growing popularity of Linux with stuff like their SCSL and their so-called "Open Sourcing" of Solaris and the purchase and "release of source code" for Star Office.
However, I'm starting to believe that SCO might actually be taking a more discrete approach to derailing Linux since it competes directly on exactly the same platform and in the same market.
Perhaps SCO will get itself entrenched in several of the larger Linux companies, then in a few months or a few years, make some sort of announcement to the effect, "Well, we tried this Linux thing by investing in all these Linux companies, but, as the world's leading supplier of UNIX operating systems for the PC platform, we feel qualified in stating unequivocably that 'Linux isn't working.' Everyone go home and buy SCO from now on."
Not that I think it would have a whole lot of effect, but it would probably shake things up at least.
In any case, SCO is starting to worry and confuse me.
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Those evil Unix counterparts are afraid that they will not exist anymore in the near future. So they diversify their investments into the Linux Community. They might even be sending a torpedo into the commune in which they later will pull the life out of company, taking all the know-how with it.
These evil Capitalist Pig companies should just do what is truely good for us, which is to set their source code free and shut down their company. This way, the greater Linux group could morph that in.
All Unix company employees/perpertraitors, set all the proprietary code within your evil empire's confines free, and let the commune clense it. You would do the world a great service and make Karl proud. Of course, you will still burn in hell since the very blood in you already has been tainted, but your family would be spared.
Free the source and free the world
ZZZ
Squashing a World Wide Phenomemna such as Linux takes more than One company with an agenda.
You don't seem to hear about SCO in the news, anyway. They HAD to invest in a Linux company, any company.
I just realized that all my Linux CDs came from LinuxMall...I'm prolly gonna get a shit load more spam and junkmail from SCO now...
Kagenin
"All warfare is based on deception."
Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
I assume you mean "SCO has been in the Unix market longer than any other commercial Unix vendor", because IBM is a commercial Unix vendor and they have been an incorporated company since 1911.
Actually, while looking up this fact, I found another really interesting tidbit:
From http://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/story/
"The Social Security deal was secured even while IBM was at odds with another branch of the federal government. The Justice Department filed an antitrust case against IBM and Remington-Rand in 1932, alleging that the two companies, which controlled virtually the entire market for punch card machines, were illegally requiring customers to buy their punch cards. The case went to the Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the Justice Department in 1936."
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" In subsequent years, IBM's size and success would inspire numerous antitrust actions. A 1952 suit by the Justice Department, settled four years later, forced IBM to sell its tabulating machines -- at the time, IBM offered them only through leases -- in order to establish a competing, used-machine market. Another federal antitrust suit dragged on for thirteen years until the Justice Department concluded it was "without merit" and dropped it in 1982. IBM's competitors filed 20 antitrust actions during the 1970s. None succeeded."
Reading this really drives home how much IBM has changed recently (ie: the last 10 years). For most of their history they INVENTED the methodology for gaining and holding unfair advantages over their competitors. I suppose all these lawsuits have made them jumpy, but I can only hope that someday Microsoft too can fall back on its software strengths and stop using brute force to make money.
Now back to your regularily scheduled SCO roast.
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Not likely, but not out of the realm of possibilities.
Now wait a second, SCO didn't just enter the Linux World. Slashdot has reported two earlier incidents: SCO joined Linux International (http://slashdot.org/articles/98/12/04/1530208.sht ml) and SCO announced Linux Support (http://slashdot.org/articles/99/08/14/1527243.sht ml). One of the posters asks the question: Is SCO discretely trying to wreck Linux? Unlike IBM, SCO isn't that big of a company. I don't think they can afford to have conflicting strategies regarding Linux; that is, that can't count on their Linux support services as a revenue stream while simultaneously bashing Linux. The press releases we have seen from SCO have come at different times; I think they reflect SCO's efforts to formulate strategy, of which their are (broadly) two responses: fight'em or join'em. I think this is further evidence that they've picked the join'em strategy.... that they are counting on picking up business from those folks who have started to realize that NT isn't the holy grail, that Linux is good for SCO's interest.
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SCO joind linux international (with $$$) about 2 years ago. They said Linux would be good for Unix and good for SCO.
They ported some of their products to Linux.
They do Linux professional services.
They supply open source software.
They share price is up from $2.50 to $14 over that period, their revenues and profits are up massively.
Seems like these are smart guys, riding a wave, and doing well. Some people posting here are such blind bigots its almost laughable!