Re: [tlug] Novell letter to SCO - "You don't own it anyway"

[bruno raoult <br@example.com>]

On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 03:03, Stephen Lee wrote:
> > Here's the latest development in the SCO saga:
> > 
> > "Red Hat Sues SCO Over Claim to Unix Code"
> > 
> > The article itself doesn't contain much more than the title but it's good
> > to know SCO aren't going to get away with this scot free.
> 
> Back before this happened when SCO was dragging their feet producing any
> evidence, somebody speculated this is what they were trying to do: to
> get sued by, rather than suing, IBM, because then the burden of proof
> would fall on IBM's side.  I'm not sure whether that is what SCO is
> doing, but it is interesting seeing from that perspective.

Today, SCO announced the price for all of us: USD $699 for a runtime
Linux licence. Story is at:
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=13000135

If you don't pay before Oct 15, the price will be USD $1,399.

This is the latest news about this claim, after yesterday's RH action
against SCO.

I don't know why, but this whole story looks very strange since the
beginning. Just for your information, for those who think that RH is
maybe too small to "attack" SCO, some numbers about market
capitalization (rounded):
SCO = 120 M USD
RH = 10 SCO
IBM = 100 RH

I just wonder which company will be the first one to pay the 700 bucks
;-)

br.


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