Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 23, 2003 06:28 AM
Ray Noorda has never had a direct role in Caldera. Caldera was started by Bryan Sparks and Ransom Love, the people behind the 'Expose' Linux project at Novell under Noorda. But his only connection to Caldera is through investment provided from his VC firm, the Canopy Group.
I don't honestly see why the anti-Microsoft folks are so down on Noorda, who was not only the original anti-Microsoft crusader in the corporate world, but also the first "suit" who actually saw what Linux's potential was. Expose was a project to build a Linux-based competitor to Windows 95 back in 1994. Say what you will about Noorda's logic and tactics, but he wanted to use Linux to push Windows off the desktop years before it became fashionable. If Noorda was still active with the Canopy Group (which I don't think he has been for years, even if his name's still on the place), I suspect they'd have been rather vocal about not supporting SCO's current actions.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 23, 2003 06:28 AMI don't honestly see why the anti-Microsoft folks are so down on Noorda, who was not only the original anti-Microsoft crusader in the corporate world, but also the first "suit" who actually saw what Linux's potential was. Expose was a project to build a Linux-based competitor to Windows 95 back in 1994. Say what you will about Noorda's logic and tactics, but he wanted to use Linux to push Windows off the desktop years before it became fashionable. If Noorda was still active with the Canopy Group (which I don't think he has been for years, even if his name's still on the place), I suspect they'd have been rather vocal about not supporting SCO's current actions.
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