Aren't we going overboard a bit? [LWN.net]

Aren't we going overboard a bit?

Posted May 26, 2003 14:32 UTC (Mon) by dmomara (guest, #11454)
In reply to: Aren't we going overboard a bit? by llywrch
Parent article: The Open Group on UNIX trademark

I would agree.

History is a terrible thing, a German should be aware that some wars are well worth fighting.

In this historical context the US press had at a point not long ago billed the USL v. BSDi litigation as the "UNIX wars" and it was a bitter thing for the industry. The origin of the Open Group is closely tied with those events.

I for one immediately emailed the open group on seeing the statements damaging to both UNIX(R) and (GNU)/Linux made by the lusers who have come into power at SCO (look at their bios and backgrounds.)

The fact that a _strong_ statement has been made by this organization bodes well for a positive outcome in this matter. In any case this will be educational and ultimately beneficial for the IT community.

UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Group in the United States and other countries.

Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds, a really nice guy (dont cross him.)

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