March 4, 2004
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I think The SCO Group deserves every penny they’re asking for… if they were right, but theyre not. Ive been following SCO as a writer since the late 80s, and Ive been using its products for even longer. When Caldera … Continue reading
September 25, 2003
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In 1994, Caldera Inc. was formed by Bryan Sparks and Ransom Love with the financial backing of Novell Inc. founder Ray Noorda. The company was one of the first backers of commercial Linux. Since that time, Calderas successor company, The … Continue reading
August 28, 2003
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Between hate mail from open source supporters and love notes from investors, life isn’t easy inside SCO. There have been more hated technology companies; IBM and Microsoft immediately come to mind. But they weren’t pounded earlier this week by a … Continue reading
June 12, 2003
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I’ve known for about a week now-known, not assumed, not puzzled it out, known-that SCO had mixed Linux code into Unix. I know it because a source I trusted who was in a position to know had told me that … Continue reading
May 21, 2003
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What is Microsoft really up to by licensing Unix from SCO for between 10 to 30 million dollars? I think the answer’s quite simple: they want to hurt Linux. Anything that damages Linux’s reputation, which lending support to SCO’s Unix … Continue reading
May 18, 2003
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On May 12, 2003, SCO tried to break all ties with its Linux past and declared war on the entire Linux community. Specifically, underneath the legal language, SCO claims Linux includes Unix code stolen, or directly developed, from their SCO … Continue reading