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So many lies, so little time...

From a reply to Don Marti's nice article about SCO's suicidal tendencies:

  1. "It's not against Linux, it's against IBM"

  • "We're not going after Linux"

  • "It only involves Linux a little bit, on the 'periphery'"

  • "We will protect our Intellectual Property."

  • "1,500 major companies have to 'cease and desist' using Linux!"

  • "We have suspended our sales of SCO Linux"

  • "There is SCO code everywhere in Linux"

    • McBride seems to be making it up as he goes along.

    SCO in 1999:

    Santa Cruz Operation added the ability to run Linux programs to its UnixWare operating system, declaring that the upstart operating system has helped UnixWare more than it has harmed it.

    While Microsoft executives say Linux competes chiefly with Unix systems such as SCO's instead of Windows NT, SCO believes the opposite.

    "So far as we've seen it's actually helped us," said Greg Schwarzer, director of small and medium business marketing at SCO. "Linux has got the word out that Unix on Intel is a viable alternative to Microsoft."

    posted Fri 16 May 2003 in /issues/sco-vs-linux | link

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