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Thread ID: 85967 2007-12-29 00:14:00 Linux Under Threat? SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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625539 2007-12-29 00:14:00 Interesting article on GNU and other free, open-ended things

www.linux-watch.com
SurferJoe46 (51)
625540 2007-12-29 02:44:00 Well SCO had a go and failed.

Maybe Microsoft next although they have more might behind them.
dolby digital (5073)
625541 2007-12-29 03:08:00 The Micro$oft buck is like the same Big Blue buck that destroyed Commodore and Atari too.

It ain't fair...and it's nasty pool...but I think if they decide to go after L, then it might get kinda messy.
SurferJoe46 (51)
625542 2007-12-29 06:06:00 The Micro$oft buck is like the same Big Blue buck that destroyed Commodore and Atari too.


Commodore stuffed themselves up, nothing to do with MS or anyone else.

www.thocp.net
pctek (84)
625543 2007-12-29 06:09:00 "Is the open-source community stealing ideas from commercial vendors? IP Innovations seems to think so; the patent-holding company recently filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against Linux distributors Red Hat and Novell, claiming that Linux uses ideas originally developed at the Xerox PARC laboratory."

Wonder if they will go after Apple and Microsoft next??
paulw (1826)
625544 2007-12-29 06:32:00 long live the penguin beama (111)
625545 2007-12-29 07:43:00 Uses the same modus operandi as SCO did .

The crunch came when the plaintiffs had to stump up with the evidence - SCO had none, so tried stalling and dithering Linux users to death . We all know how that went .
vinref (6194)
625546 2007-12-29 09:41:00 The Micro$oft buck is like the same Big Blue buck that destroyed Commodore and Atari too.

But Atari is still alive... unless they are all zombies back from the dead.
Greven (91)
625547 2007-12-29 13:04:00 So is Commodore officially. But don't expect the Amiga 6000 or Atari Super-ST to come out any time soon :) sprinkles (11943)
625548 2007-12-29 13:40:00 Look at SCO, The SCO Group has been removed from the Nasdaq Stock Market because the company declared bankruptcy in September, not long after they tried to take on Linux...

"Worrying it like sitting in a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but it doesnt get you anywhere" -- Van Wilder : Party Liason

Anyways, when somebody actually gets sued successfully, maybe a few people.. THEN it might be time to get worried. In the mean time, its just spreading FUD needlessly IMO!
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