[NTLUG:Discuss] found this on SCO vs Linux

[James Rice]

It's the Canopus Group.  They purchased Caldera then purchased the 
rights for DR-DOS from Novell.  Then they sued and extorted all that 
cash out of Microsoft for subverting DR-DOS.   Not that they (MS) 
probably deserved it, but I fault anyonew whose business is build around 
litigation instead of  actually producing something of value.  That 
reminds me, I need to migrate my  mailserver at work off Caldera eServer 
to something else not associated with SCO.

James

David Brown wrote:

> SCO is owned by a holdings company (can't remember their name) that is 
> known for law suits.  This is what they do, and use it as a viable 
> business model.   They are infact doing dirty work for other 
> businesses, but not for them.  We've already seens some of those 
> businesses kick money SCO's way in support of this legal action.
>
> David
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> Greg Edwards wrote:
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>> fredjame wrote:
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>>> The tactic deployed by SCO is one of intimidation.  From the "small 
>>> fry" persective it may seem like a choice of the lesser of two 
>>> evils: (a) a court case against an opponent that is prepared to 
>>> spend more money than 
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>>> above.  Of course there are without a doubt many other 
>>> possibilities, including the possibility that someone at SCO has 
>>> their neck on the block and the activity might simply be a ploy to 
>>> save their own skin.
>>>
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>> I have to wonder if maybe SCO could be doing somebody else's dirty 
>> work for them.  While we know that one of the well used tactics a 
>> certain company employs is to drive the costs of doing business up 
>> via legal expenses.  But, as someone reminded me lately, they never 
>> do this in a direct face to face way.  They don't put troops on the 
>> front lines, but they sure do direct the battle.
>>
>> Just a thought.
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