Posted by: Mandrake Magician
on August 18, 2003 02:07 PM
Actually, I rather like the possibility that SCO might find itself sued in a lot of different jurisdictions for its FUD campaign.
I also like the thought that Linux is a transnational product that no one nation can outlaw or otherwise stop. If MicroSCOft were to somehow convince the US government to outlaw Linux, Linux would continue to thrive beyond our borders<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... just as encryption did while we pretended that our encryption was so precious that others would steal it. Rat farts! Our encryption fell seriously behind the rest of the world while our government played make-believe.
Linux is the next dominant OS<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... and that's why MSFT is working so hard on<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET. SCO is toast. I believe Darl is simply pumping the handle for as much money as he can get out of it<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... all the while keeping a nervous eye on his escape routes.
Those lines of code have to come out publicly eventually. When they do, if they actually are an infringement, they will cease to be in Linux as fast as fingers can fly over keyboards.
Darl doesn't understand the rate of technological change. He claims Linux could not have progressed as rapidly as it did without his code. It took mankind a VERY long time to make the first workable glider and a very short time afterward to make the first heavier than air self-propelled plane. Then, in the wink of an eye, he was taking off from land and flying to the stratosphere and beyond. Things are hard to do until someone actually does them<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... then a dozen ways to accomplish the same objective show up in short order.
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Re:is linux American?... (US technology)
Posted by: Mandrake Magician on August 18, 2003 02:07 PMI also like the thought that Linux is a transnational product that no one nation can outlaw or otherwise stop. If MicroSCOft were to somehow convince the US government to outlaw Linux, Linux would continue to thrive beyond our borders<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... just as encryption did while we pretended that our encryption was so precious that others would steal it. Rat farts! Our encryption fell seriously behind the rest of the world while our government played make-believe.
Linux is the next dominant OS<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... and that's why MSFT is working so hard on<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET. SCO is toast. I believe Darl is simply pumping the handle for as much money as he can get out of it<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... all the while keeping a nervous eye on his escape routes.
Those lines of code have to come out publicly eventually. When they do, if they actually are an infringement, they will cease to be in Linux as fast as fingers can fly over keyboards.
Darl doesn't understand the rate of technological change. He claims Linux could not have progressed as rapidly as it did without his code. It took mankind a VERY long time to make the first workable glider and a very short time afterward to make the first heavier than air self-propelled plane. Then, in the wink of an eye, he was taking off from land and flying to the stratosphere and beyond. Things are hard to do until someone actually does them<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... then a dozen ways to accomplish the same objective show up in short order.
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