[NTLUG:Discuss] SCO sues IBM over UNIX IP in Linux

[Wayne Dahl]

On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 00:24, Tim Riker wrote:
> Well put Chris. One note:
> 
> Chris Cox wrote:
> > 85.         For example, Linux is currently capable of coordinating the
> >             simultaneous performance of 4 computer processors.  UNIX, on
> >             the other hand, commonly links 16 processors and can
> >             successfully link up to 32 processors for simultaneous
> >             operation.  This difference in memory management performance
> >             is very significant to enterprise customers who need
> >             extremely high computing capabilities for complex tasks.
> >             The ability to accomplish this task successfully has taken
> >             AT&T, Novell and SCO at least 20 years, with access to
> >             expensive equipment for design and testing, well-trained
> >             UNIX engineers and a wealth of experience in UNIX methods
> >             and  concepts.
> > 
> > What the mislead SCO "professional" is saying is that 4 processors
> > is the most Linux can handle... of course anyone with a clue realize
> > that that's mainly referring to the ugly i386 architecture.
> > 
> > I'm sure the SGI boys will be the next people that SCO will sue on this
> > (of course they'll be attacking SGI and not the bicycle known as Linux).
> > 
> > So this one they have to prove.  They're saying that ALL of the
> > advancements in Linux that make it work on more than 4 processors
> > were STOLEN from Unix.  Myself, I don't want the plastic wheels,
> > I'd like something better.  Everything I've seen in Linux leads
> > me to believe that engineers are taking the ideas that their
> > Big Wheel companies would not listen to and they are implementing
> > them inside of Linux.  Now if SCO want their engineers, since
> > believe it or not, not everyone at SCO is as stupid as their
> > executive staff, to not work on Linux... fine, that's a corporate
> > policy they can dictate to their employees.
> 
> I guess I was dreaming when I was running Linux on an 8 way Compaq 
> server 3 years ago. Must have also been dreaming demoing Linux on that 
> 16 way ia64 box at the Intel Developers Conference.

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but to demonstrate the ease of configurability
and power of Linux, didn't IBM link 10 Intel boxes a year or two ago
that turned out to perform more and faster calculations than a Cray? 
And if memory serves, they bought the machines the night before the
demonstration, loaded and configured them and had them ready the next
day.  Am *I* dreaming or didn't that happen a while back?

Wayne, an aspiring Linux enthusiast...in training (an Intern, maybe?) ;)