Re: Unix vs Linux - Round 1 -- MIDRANGE-L

If it proceeds it will be interesting.  I wouldn't bet on it proceeding,
however.  I don't see Caldera/SCO taking this on for the 5+ years that
would be required.  I am thinking that this is a gambit to get IBM to
buy SCO, or at least fund the golden parachutes of the SCO execs.

Back to the topic at hand . . . I was not under the impression that IBM
has distributed any Linux of it's own yet.  I thought that IBM sells
SuSe or RedHat distros with it's servers.  If you go to
www.ibm/com/linux the link for downloading goes to Turbolinux.

Finally, I think it highly unlikely that IBM was so brazen as to
wholesale copy and paste code from SCO/AIX to Linux.  The copying of
functionality from one piece of software to another is common (and
accepted), so it would be tough for SCO to win on functionality.

>>> aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 03/07/03 12:38PM >>>
The problem is if the code was already put into the mainstream.

How do you rewrite code that has been put on public CVS?

This isn't like you took code and packaged it with your app.  You took
code
and gave everyone a copy of it.  You can't take it back from people.

It will be an interesting case.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:46 PM
Subject: RE: Unix vs Linux - Round 1


> > From: John Myers - MM
> >
> > SCO Sues IBM For $1B In Intellectual Property Fight
> >
> > The scary part is that on June13, IBM can lose its ability to sell
AIX !
>
> <yawn>
>
> SCO says that IBM can't include AIX code in Linux.  Okee dokee. 
That
means
> that whatever pieces came from AIX have to be rewritten.
>
> Let's see here... of all the companies in the world, which is the one
most
> likely to be able to rewrite sections of an operating system?  (You
get
> three guesses, and the first two don't count.)
>
> So yeah, it's a nuisance.  And a painful nuisance at that, more along
the
> line of root canal rather than a cavity.  But not insuperable.  And
it's
got
> the potential to completely bury the SCO Unix market, because if
you're a
> manager of any sort of SCO Unix shop, you are now in a position where
a
> company whom you have no dealings with whatsoever can put your vendor
out
of
> business (and has proven that they are willing to do so).
>
> So you go to Linux (which will thrill IBM once they've rewritten the
SCO
> liable pieces) or something like FreeBSD.  Or who knows?  Maybe you
decide
> you want to go to a real operating system and you go with OS/400
<grin>.
>
> Joe

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