Sounds more and more like a Scam [LWN.net]

Sounds more and more like a Scam

Posted Jul 19, 2003 23:18 UTC (Sat) by conz (subscriber, #4784)
Parent article: SCO readies new Linux licensing program (InfoWorld)

As I've mentioned in other forums, this whole fiasco is soundng more and more like
a manufactured scam on SCO's part.

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Sounds more and more like a Scam

Posted Jul 20, 2003 14:32 UTC (Sun) by walterbyrd (guest, #11620) [Link]

Of course it's a scam. But not to sell linux licenses, only to pump the stock price.

From the article:
>>The program will be announced "within the next month or so," <<

Last December, scox said they were "planing" a linux licensing programing. Then, about a month ago, scox said they would announce such a plan in July. July is more than half-way over, everybody is wondering what is going on. Now scox is saying they will have a plan "within a month or so." Or so?

Could it be that scox knows they can not legally implement such a plan? In two months will scox call another such teleconference to anounce their big plan, only to say once again: "we're working on some details to try and create some kind of a licensing program for Linux users to be able to run Linux legally."

Some details? Haven't they been working on "some details" since December? How complicated could it be.

Yet another SCOX bluff? Remember scox said they would stop ibm from selling AIX, they haven't. Scox said they would audit AIX users, they haven't. Scox said they would sue Linux Torvald, they haven't.

But it sure pumps the stock price. Share of scox up 15% in one day on this "news." Since this scam started, scox shares are up about 600%. Scox execs gave themselves a boat-load of options for $0.001 each when scox was planning this lawsuit in January.

http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/Holdings.asp?symbol=SCOX&selected=SCOX