I have to say it is an interesting twist. I think the premise that SCO is operating on is that open source has weak (or ineffectual) ownership, and that anyone brazen enough can step in and claim ownership and licensing revenues. Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > Since it is new to 2.4 kernels, I suspect it is somewhere in what changed > between it and previous versions. My initial guess is VM code. In that > case, everybody has it who uses 2.4 kernels or newer. Probably some > algorithm they patented. Who knows, they are still complete losers. > Actually, SCO is worse than Microsoft when it comes to questionable business > practices. > > Tom Veldhouse > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Justin Kremer" <kremer at ringworld.org> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:35 PM > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] SCO and Linux > > > >>That is assuming that money could make me WANT to use Windows. >>Personally, I prefer other operating systems regardless of cost. >>Also, Dan mentioned entrapment because of SCO's refusal to reveal which >>code is stolen. I believe that another article someone posted hit the >>nail on the head. It is extortion based on fraud. >>The other thing that I wonder about is how one determines which linux >>computers or embedded devices are using stolen code. Since the kernel >>is modular, it is quite possible that many computers or devices do not >>use (or even contain) the portion(s) of the kernel that SCO claims is >>stolen, as long as they don't have random kernel sources lying around, >>right? But of course they don't mention that. They just say that it's >>$32 across the board for embedded, $199 for a single CPU license, etc. >>What a load of BS. >> >>On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 01:07 PM, Joseph wrote: >> >>>Another interesting item on the web site is the IP license cost. You >>>might as well use windows, the single user desktop license cost $199 >>> >> >>-- >>Justin Kremer >><kremer at ringworld.org> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list