SCO in the news [LWN.net]

SCO in the news

Posted May 6, 2003 14:31 UTC (Tue) by rknop (guest, #66)
Parent article: SCO in the news

What we really need is an LDOS (Legal Denial of Service) attack on SCO. You know, things like boycotts. I suppose that most of the Linux faithful are already doing this de fact, as so far as I can tell nobody really cares that much about the SCO distribution who also is the sort to read LWN.net and get all bothered about their stupid court actions.

I'd like to see it go further. E.g., we should boycott all United Linux outfits until either they dissassociated themselves from SCO, or kick SCO out of United Linux. I know that lots of people like SUSE, and that this seems harsh, but the community should make clear that SCO's behavior is not acceptable-- without resorting to a response which itself is unacceptable (such as a ddos attack).

-Rob

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SCO in the news

Posted May 6, 2003 15:15 UTC (Tue) by pben (guest, #2538) [Link]

There is no need for a boycott. The reason SCO is doing this is because their
customers are voting with their feet to use Linux. SCO can't amit that to
themselfs that they have a poor product that their customers not longer want.

They want one last big payday for the suits before they close up shop. That way
they can tell themselfs that they were robbed and not imcompetent. Looks better
on the resume.