[TriLUG] SCO has modified their legal argument

Patrick Williams patwill2 at williamsIT.com
Thu Jun 19 02:09:29 EDT 2003


Does SCO claim to have invented Unix and all of the code and trade secrets
in their product?

How did this evolve from the original at Bell Labs?


----- Original Message -----
From: "al johson" <alfjon at mindspring.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:50 PM
Subject: [TriLUG] SCO has modified their legal argument


> The following is another article about SCO vs. IBM (and LINUX) from
> Lockergnome's Tech Specialist newsletter 6/17 entitled "Magneto
> Overhaul"--Al Johnson
> =====================
>
> As The Gavel Turns
>
> The legal headlines continue, with SCO amending its lawsuit against IBM.
Now
> seeking $3 billion from IBM, SCO is making all sorts of claims about its
> code being included in Linux software, which IBM has been selling. The
suit
> even goes so far as to name Linux creator Linus Torvalds as a party
> responsible for letting the code into Linux. Quite the mess, and I have to
> question the motives of the suit, given the following quote from CNET's
> article:
>
> Gone is the statement, "Prior to IBM's involvement, Linux was the software
> equivalent of a bicycle. Unix was the software equivalent of a luxury
car."
> Also missing is the statement, "It is not possible for Linux to rapidly
> reach Unix performance standards for complete enterprise functionality
> without the misappropriation of Unix code, methods or concepts to achieve
> such performance, and coordination by a larger developer, such as IBM."
>
> But the original idea is still intact: Redesigning Linux for use by
> demanding business customers "is not technologically feasible or even
> possible at the enterprise level without (a) a high degree of design
> coordination, (b) access to expensive and sophisticated design and testing
> equipment; (c) access to Unix code and development methods; (d) Unix
> architectural experience; and (e) a very significant financial
investment,"
> the amended suit says.
>
> As I weaved through CNET headlines, Linus Torvalds came up again. It may
> interest you to know that Linus has moved into a more formal position with
> regard to the development of the 2.6 kernel, having joined the Open Source
> Development Lab as a full-time code crafter. Linus quips: "It feels a bit
> strange to finally officially work on what I've been doing for the last
> twelve years, but with the upcoming 2.6.x release it makes sense to be
able
> to concentrate fully on Linux..."
>
>
>
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