Can you name another distro with the resources to provide support to a major hardware vendor deploying Linux?
Lindows!/me ducks...
But really, I know everyone has their feelings about Lindows, but I think it is a step in the right direction for mainstream consumer acception. Somethings they murder, but I feel something are done right.
I wonder if you couldn't 'invest' in buying one of those SCO Linx licenses, wait until trial is over, then sue them afterwords... I wonder if one could turn out from something like that...
SCO's challenge of IBM's use of its software is not a threat to the open-source Linux operating system. If fact, SCO is a toad about to face a steamroller
Alarm bells are ringing throughout the open-source software world. SCO Group has filed suit against IBM, accusing it of illegally incorporating SCO's Unix code into the Linux operating system. Some analysts are predicting an onslaught of legal attacks that will kill Linux.
The alarm is overdone. While no one relishes the prospect of going to court, this lawsuit is actually a good thing for Linux in the long run.
The story behind the lawsuit goes like this: In 1995, SCO Group purchased the code for the Unix System V operating system from Novell. IBM has a contract with SCO to use this code as part of its own operating system, known as AIX. (An outside observer would be forgiven if he thought this lawsuit is all about a bunch of acronyms suing each other). SCO charges that IBM violated the contract and stole SCO's trade secrets by incorporating SCO software into the hugely popular Linux operating system. SCO claims a whopping US$3-billion in damages. Linux defenders accuse SCO of being a gold-digger, a two-bit player trying to exploit Linux's success for money.
At the centre of the lawsuit, Linux has its own interesting tale. Linux doesn't belong to any one company. Instead it was created through a fascinating process known as open-source development. A team of talented volunteer programmers led by Linus Torvalds collaborated over the Internet and built a stable, spiffy and very cheap operating system. In less than a decade it has become Microsoft's most dangerous rival. The operating system is now deployed on 14% of servers and its market share is growing at a torrid pace of 60% a year.
Four years ago, IBM recognized Linux's strength. It put 250 of its own engineers to work on it and integrated Linux into its products. The bet has paid off handsomely: In the fourth quarter alone, IBM shipped US$160-million worth of Linux servers.
And there lies the rub. Linux is now big business. It powers products for Dell and HP. It is finding its way (albeit at a slower pace) on to desktops and consumer electronics gear. Linux was born out of a warm and fuzzy let's-work-together idealism that is typical of all open-source projects. Today it finds itself front and centre in a world where market share projections and $800-an-hour litigation lawyers count for as much as spiffy code.
Software analysts worry that SCO's lawsuit will put the big chill on Linux development. This would be a bad thing, not least because it would leave Microsoft in a stronger position than ever. But there's another, more stout-hearted way of looking at it: SCO's legal action is the first harbinger of the corporate makeover of Linux. Open-source advocates are outraged at the audacity of the lawsuit. They should instead be thankful. Linux must inoculate itself against the nasty legal toxins that are endemic in the corporate environment. And if we were to perversely pick a poison, the SCO suit has a lot going for it. SCO is strong enough to provoke a strengthening of Linux's defences but not so strong that it poses any real danger.
What makes the SCO action the ideal first-time lawsuit for Linux is this: First, it is directed at IBM rather than directly at Linux customers. This means there is no immediate threat against the deployment and continuing use of Linux.
Second, the substance of SCO's claims appears weak. Eric Raymond, who heads the Open Source Initiative (OSI) advocacy group, has been a vocal debunker of SCO's charges. According to Raymond, it is unlikely there were trade secret transfers from SCO code to Linux. The codebase owned by SCO is an old and creaky one, a jalopy compared to the Formula One technology found in Linux. Furthermore, SCO itself had made its codebase freely available
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It will probably work just like the damn joystick on my phone... Or the Service (T-Mobile)...
The way I see it, this whole cell phone thing is really starting to suck.
Maybe they're just waiting for the economy to get a little bit better.
No, I just think they need to settle things with Playskool first before they release anything anymore...
I am quite sure these websites are circling around on the "Lindows Insider" forums, a lot of talk goes on there.
McBride's lucky its just kool aid, I am sure quite a few people wouldn't mind taking him out in a completely blunt way....
I guess you didn't hear about the Apple PowerMac G5 when it was announced months ago and began shipping last week, then....
I guess you didn't read the word "mainstream" in the comment you replied to.
they aren't solving the problem. They are developing a way around the problem.
I thought that was how you were suppose to fix things, at least according to Microsoft and their software philosophies...
So... Sven will this be available?
Can you name another distro with the resources to provide support to a major hardware vendor deploying Linux?
/me ducks...
Lindows!
But really, I know everyone has their feelings about Lindows, but I think it is a step in the right direction for mainstream consumer acception. Somethings they murder, but I feel something are done right.
Where did the Boy Scouts of America even get the right to do this crap to companies...
We never had that much fun in Boy Scouts... =P
...or can they?
Send all SCO Execs to jail, they'll sure get it both ways...
And I was starting to wonder why I see all those "I love NY" t-shirts...
Even here in Minnesota...
I wonder if you couldn't 'invest' in buying one of those SCO Linx licenses, wait until trial is over, then sue them afterwords... I wonder if one could turn out from something like that...
Hop on over for a look!
/. isn't enough... =P
Can we not be saying stuff like this... You will have an even worse chance of ever getting laid. As if spending your whole day on
I will donate a CDR if that helps you keep your little files...
Its hard to believe something like this actually happened, especially to the FSF... You would think... nevermind
My philosophy is that SCO owns it all anyways!
And I thought images were bad when getting /.ed...
Linux's lucky lawsuit
Wynn Quon National Post
Saturday, August 09, 2003 ADVERTISEMENT
SCO's challenge of IBM's use of its software is not a threat to the open-source Linux operating system. If fact, SCO is a toad about to face a steamroller
Alarm bells are ringing throughout the open-source software world. SCO Group has filed suit against IBM, accusing it of illegally incorporating SCO's Unix code into the Linux operating system. Some analysts are predicting an onslaught of legal attacks that will kill Linux.
The alarm is overdone. While no one relishes the prospect of going to court, this lawsuit is actually a good thing for Linux in the long run.
The story behind the lawsuit goes like this: In 1995, SCO Group purchased the code for the Unix System V operating system from Novell. IBM has a contract with SCO to use this code as part of its own operating system, known as AIX. (An outside observer would be forgiven if he thought this lawsuit is all about a bunch of acronyms suing each other). SCO charges that IBM violated the contract and stole SCO's trade secrets by incorporating SCO software into the hugely popular Linux operating system. SCO claims a whopping US$3-billion in damages. Linux defenders accuse SCO of being a gold-digger, a two-bit player trying to exploit Linux's success for money.
At the centre of the lawsuit, Linux has its own interesting tale. Linux doesn't belong to any one company. Instead it was created through a fascinating process known as open-source development. A team of talented volunteer programmers led by Linus Torvalds collaborated over the Internet and built a stable, spiffy and very cheap operating system. In less than a decade it has become Microsoft's most dangerous rival. The operating system is now deployed on 14% of servers and its market share is growing at a torrid pace of 60% a year.
Four years ago, IBM recognized Linux's strength. It put 250 of its own engineers to work on it and integrated Linux into its products. The bet has paid off handsomely: In the fourth quarter alone, IBM shipped US$160-million worth of Linux servers.
And there lies the rub. Linux is now big business. It powers products for Dell and HP. It is finding its way (albeit at a slower pace) on to desktops and consumer electronics gear. Linux was born out of a warm and fuzzy let's-work-together idealism that is typical of all open-source projects. Today it finds itself front and centre in a world where market share projections and $800-an-hour litigation lawyers count for as much as spiffy code.
Software analysts worry that SCO's lawsuit will put the big chill on Linux development. This would be a bad thing, not least because it would leave Microsoft in a stronger position than ever. But there's another, more stout-hearted way of looking at it: SCO's legal action is the first harbinger of the corporate makeover of Linux. Open-source advocates are outraged at the audacity of the lawsuit. They should instead be thankful. Linux must inoculate itself against the nasty legal toxins that are endemic in the corporate environment. And if we were to perversely pick a poison, the SCO suit has a lot going for it. SCO is strong enough to provoke a strengthening of Linux's defences but not so strong that it poses any real danger.
What makes the SCO action the ideal first-time lawsuit for Linux is this: First, it is directed at IBM rather than directly at Linux customers. This means there is no immediate threat against the deployment and continuing use of Linux.
Second, the substance of SCO's claims appears weak. Eric Raymond, who heads the Open Source Initiative (OSI) advocacy group, has been a vocal debunker of SCO's charges. According to Raymond, it is unlikely there were trade secret transfers from SCO code to Linux. The codebase owned by SCO is an old and creaky one, a jalopy compared to the Formula One technology found in Linux. Furthermore, SCO itself had made its codebase freely available
They are obviously trying to make a big profit and get out, killing Linux is a product of them making money.
I don't think this negative information about Linux helps anyone but them...
Microsoft says they invented something...
/. believed them!!!
...and
...use it to your advantage, muhahahaha!
I thought they fixed this version of GCC already... Damn!
What this means is that government can consider Linux when making purchasing decisions. Linux got the highest rating possible.
So what the hell was going on before?
"but that they are not out to compete with Microsoft"
"Uh... Yeah... We want to sell this but, uh.. not a lot of it..." - Chris Stone
Now I know what to put all over my rice burner to make it faster!!!
Is that the dude from Night Rider on this page?
Knight Rider 2003! Now with Holographic panel!