check it out guys

[green_man]

ron browning wrote, On 6/5/03 12:57 AM:

 > The same group that bought Word Perfect, did a Linux release, 
and had
 > a drawing program.  Need I say more?


This quote is from an article by Bill Machrone of PC Magazine, 
entitled "The Unix/Linux Wall ", dated 1 APR 03.

"The chart shows that Unix is an amazing cross-pollinated 
pastiche. What it doesn't show is that most of the Linux code was 
written fresh, not derived from The SCO Group's old x86 code. So 
proving infringement will be incredibly difficult if not impossible.

This also shows The SCO Group's startling lack of understanding of 
the open-source community. If code is found to be infringing, 
thousands of programmers will come out of the woodwork to rewrite 
it until it isn't."

And now, for your entertainment pleasure:
The SCO Pedigree Chart
<http://www.sco.com/scosource/unixtree/unixhistory01.html>

I think it would confuse a geneticist. :-)


Here's a good one on the UNIX specification - what actually 
defines UNIX.
http://www.unix-systems.org/what_is_unix/flavors_of_unix.html

Note at the bottom that this page was last updated on Monday, 22 
July 2002.

And some other goodies:

Ballmer Memo Cites Linux Threat
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1117928,00.asp

  SCO versus IBM and Linux Timeline
http://www.dvorak.org/scotimeline/

  SCO-Microsoft conspiracy theory
http://www.linuxworld.com/2003/0527.petreley.html

Corel Seeks Buyer
This announcement follows hot on the heels of Microsoft Corp.'s 
sale to Vector Capital of the 22.89 million Corel shares (a 24.6 
percent stake in the company) it bought in October 2000.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,971851,00.asp

Court Puts Muzzle on SCO
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1113018,00.asp

Why Munich Dumped Microsoft for Linux
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1110809,00.asp


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Scott

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