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Thread ID: 43117	2004-03-03 20:57:00	News: SCO Files first Lawsuit	Chilling_Silently (228)	Press F1

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220036	2004-03-04 23:47:00	>They aren't. These two lawsuits are unrelated to the case with IBM. It's a big smoke and mirrors trick by SCO. Certainly works, it can get quite confusing trying to figure out what is actually happening from the variety of articles that are on the web. >If SCO has a case here and they win, it could be bad for us (as members of the open source community). The media won't differentiate between the differences in the cases, and all we'll hear is that SCO sued a Linux user. Very true. Thanks for clarifying that :)	Jen C (20)
220037	2004-03-05 02:04:00	> > If SCO has a case here and they win, it could be bad > for us (as members of the open source community). The > media won't differentiate between the differences in > the cases, and all we'll hear is that SCO sued a > Linux user. > > Very true. > > Thanks for clarifying that :) Yes, so there's not a lot that _can_ be done except informing people of the "truth" as such. Again, thankyou segfault, I had no idea of the difference! Has there been any recent word on the Kernel Source case? Chill.	Chilling_Silently (228)
220038	2004-03-05 07:09:00	> Has there been any recent word on the Kernel Source > case? The latest news is that Judge Well's told SCO to produce all alleged offending code within 45 days (starting 3rd of March). This means all the copies of the alleged offending code in AIX, Dynix and Linux. SCO also have to produce copies of the code in SCO Unix. IBM have to provide all releases of AIX and Dynix as well as all "non-public" contributions that it has made to the Linux kernel. If you want to read the full court order, you can download it here (sco.tuxrocks.com) Murray P: You might be interested in reading this (www.opensource.org)	segfault (655)
220039	2004-03-05 10:56:00	> <conspire > I'm beggining to think SCO is/is backed by > Microsoft to scare users out of using > linux.</conspire > > I would easily believe that was so,if MS percieves Linux to be a threat because its free then it makes sence that it would back an effort to make people pay,especially if MS ends up owning the company that is collecting the fees. Seems a billion billion dollars and near total market domination just ain;t enough to make Satan happy. This article claims that MS not only invested 11 million into SCO but followed it up with 100 million to keep legal action on the up,with a promise of more funds when needed... www.opensource.org	metla (154)
220040	2004-03-06 14:12:00	Satan???? Metla you need to go and have a lie down. It's a long long stretch from Microsoft to Beelzebub. Struth all this company is doing is taking lawful commercial steps to protect its market. After all Microsoft itself came from nowhere and in the space of 20 years has dominated world computer systems. Nothing lasts forever and the sun will set on Windows one day. There is nothing remotely satanic in this company being worried about the future - it's perfectly natural. They've reached the point where soon the only way will be down. But no-one dies, countries aren't invaded, there are no death camps when a business seeks ways of expanding or protecting what it does. Ultimately computing simply isn't that important.	Winston001 (3612)
220041	2004-03-06 17:20:00	>Satan???? Metla you need to go and have a lie down. It's a long long stretch from Microsoft to Beelzebub. Struth all this company is doing is taking lawful commercial steps to protect its market. Pull the other one it has bells on it. MS is aiding putting a spanner in the works. You will have to be a smart cookie to convince me otherwise. MS aren't into paying millions for something they don't need unless they percieve it to be helping them and anything that slows down Linux helps them. SCO has just ruined its market as even it's own customers don't trust it any more	mikebartnz (21)
220042	2004-03-06 17:27:00	>especially if MS ends up owning the company that is collecting the fees. They are very happy just owning the spanner thats why they paid millions for something they did not need.	mikebartnz (21)
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