I don't think it's going to be a huge deal for most home users. Most of the ISP's will probably have a launch date and simply send their customers update disks for the switch over. For example, when @Home (remember @Home?) bit the dust, all the Cable providers had to send their customers setup CD's for making the conversion. Well, for the switch to IPv6, I foresee a similar action being taken "Put this CD into your computer" and the CD will detect if the system is IPv6 compliant, if not, it runs the setup, and it's done. Granted, this is for the Window$ community, but the ISP tend to frown upon the *nix crowd:(
However, switching Linux over to IPv6 isn't THAT hard, and if you're not skilled enough to do it, well...go get Window$;P But I've got a feeling a member of the community will probably make a binary that will recompile the Kernel with all the necessary options:) (I would but...I just don't have the mad skillage....yet...by 2008, maybe:P)
My thoughts exactly. Their claim is not sufficient enough to be seen as a real threat. Personally, I believe they're trying to scare the money out of people (Hmm...Corporate Terrorists). The fundamental problem with SCO's strategy is "Show us that you developed it first"?
Also, what if there was a person whom is a OSS advocate, and they also worked for Novell?!? Well, if that were the case, what kind of agreement was signed at time of employment stating that this person (if he should exist) is not allowed to use code that he's developed personally (Which I would LOVE to see) at work? Wouldn't it be great if it was proven that the said person integrated into Linux before the fact, and brought a counter suit? Oh I WOULD LOVE that, but it won't happen...Because we will never know what code has been supposedly "Copied".
Also just one more point to add on a side note: Why is SCO so worried about the Closed Source being released to the public, since it's already supposedly in an Open Source environment?!? The main thing that they're doing is just being greedy, and not allowing the Linux community to re-write the code in question, because then they couldn't make their extra cash from suing companies, and individuals whom unknowingly used their code, and did not know that their code was in it, and are now dependant upon the Application(s) the said companies or persons are forced to:
Drop Linux
Keep the app's and pay the license
Get sued
In my opinion no option is acceptable, and it's basically a fact of SCO being money hungry.
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Yes, as it stands, with IP V6, every living person in the world could have around 4 billion IP's each. That's alot of IP's!
I don't think it's going to be a huge deal for most home users. Most of the ISP's will probably have a launch date and simply send their customers update disks for the switch over. For example, when @Home (remember @Home?) bit the dust, all the Cable providers had to send their customers setup CD's for making the conversion. Well, for the switch to IPv6, I foresee a similar action being taken "Put this CD into your computer" and the CD will detect if the system is IPv6 compliant, if not, it runs the setup, and it's done. Granted, this is for the Window$ community, but the ISP tend to frown upon the *nix crowd :(
;P But I've got a feeling a member of the community will probably make a binary that will recompile the Kernel with all the necessary options :) (I would but...I just don't have the mad skillage....yet...by 2008, maybe :P)
However, switching Linux over to IPv6 isn't THAT hard, and if you're not skilled enough to do it, well...go get Window$
The J-Dog
Also, what if there was a person whom is a OSS advocate, and they also worked for Novell?!? Well, if that were the case, what kind of agreement was signed at time of employment stating that this person (if he should exist) is not allowed to use code that he's developed personally (Which I would LOVE to see) at work? Wouldn't it be great if it was proven that the said person integrated into Linux before the fact, and brought a counter suit? Oh I WOULD LOVE that, but it won't happen...Because we will never know what code has been supposedly "Copied".
Also just one more point to add on a side note: Why is SCO so worried about the Closed Source being released to the public, since it's already supposedly in an Open Source environment?!? The main thing that they're doing is just being greedy, and not allowing the Linux community to re-write the code in question, because then they couldn't make their extra cash from suing companies, and individuals whom unknowingly used their code, and did not know that their code was in it, and are now dependant upon the Application(s) the said companies or persons are forced to:
- Drop Linux
- Keep the app's and pay the license
- Get sued
In my opinion no option is acceptable, and it's basically a fact of SCO being money hungry.Yes sir, that is what I'm talking about! Wouldn't it be nice to have all the morons of the world to the moon, then have them press the red button!