Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 23, 2003 12:51 AM
MicroSoft could weasel an argument out of one of its product lines as to why they need to pay SCO. MicroSoft does sell a GPL Unix variant in its <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/default.asp" TITLE="microsoft.com">Windows Services for UNIX</a microsoft.com> product ( SFU, formerly Interix ). But I doubt they make enough money off this product to truly justify paying SCO.
This product is similar to (not exactly like) Cygwin from Red Hat. The Microsoft product provides a basic UNIX-like environment in Windows an includes many GPL tools. Chances are MicroSoft will claim they are ensuring that code within their product is not infringing on SCO's IP by paying the license.
So why didn't SCO sue MicroSoft as well as IBM?
I love to show this page to MicroSoft zombies who bash anything associated with the cancerous un-american GPL. I usually scratch my head and show them that they can buy GPL'ed products from MicroSoft! It shuts most of them up. You can follow the <A HREF="http://www.interopsystems.com/Products2.asp" TITLE="interopsystems.com">link</a interopsystems.com> labelled "GPL source code" on the right hand side to buy a copy of a cd with the source code. This product patches the Windows kernel to work.
If you know anyone that believes all MicroSoft FUD, show them this. According to the spin from MicroSoft, shouldn't all Windows software that gets infected by this viral license become GPL'ed too?
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 23, 2003 12:51 AMThis product is similar to (not exactly like) Cygwin from Red Hat. The Microsoft product provides a basic UNIX-like environment in Windows an includes many GPL tools. Chances are MicroSoft will claim they are ensuring that code within their product is not infringing on SCO's IP by paying the license.
So why didn't SCO sue MicroSoft as well as IBM?
I love to show this page to MicroSoft zombies who bash anything associated with the cancerous un-american GPL. I usually scratch my head and show them that they can buy GPL'ed products from MicroSoft! It shuts most of them up. You can follow the <A HREF="http://www.interopsystems.com/Products2.asp" TITLE="interopsystems.com">link</a interopsystems.com> labelled "GPL source code" on the right hand side to buy a copy of a cd with the source code. This product patches the Windows kernel to work.
If you know anyone that believes all MicroSoft FUD, show them this. According to the spin from MicroSoft, shouldn't all Windows software that gets infected by this viral license become GPL'ed too?
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