SCO's claims have absolutely no credibility (ZDNet) [LWN.net]

SCO's claims have absolutely no credibility (ZDNet)

Posted Jul 25, 2003 18:02 UTC (Fri) by walterbyrd (guest, #11620)
Parent article: SCO's claims have absolutely no credibility (ZDNet)

I believe trolltech is a private company, and as such, trolltech can control which companies invest in trolltech. I would like to encorage trolltech, and the other companies, to stop affiliating with Canopy and SCO. Because the investments by SCO/Canopy are small, it would be relatively easy for trolltech to stop affiliating with SCO/Canopy.

Trolltech removing themselves from the Canopy portfolio list would send a strong statement. If trolltech got 30 or 40 serious emails, from people who wanted to boycott trolltech products/services because of Canopy, I wonder if there is any chance that trolltech might re-evaluate their relationship with Canopy.

I believe the terms "fraud" and "extortion" are entirely appropriate to describe scox's behavior. However, I would like to encorage everybody to write their own letters, and to use whatever phrases you wish.

It will be a cinch to send a letter to all of those companies, I doubt it would take 10 minutes. Just cut-n-paste the email list.

Frankly, it bugs me a little, that so many so-called Linux advocates will complain about SCO all day, but won't do the slightest thing to help the situation.

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SCO's claims have absolutely no credibility (ZDNet)

Posted Jul 25, 2003 19:29 UTC (Fri) by melauer (guest, #2438) [Link]

> Frankly, it bugs me a little, that so many so-called Linux advocates will
> complain about SCO all day, but won't do the slightest thing to help the
> situation.

Unless you're personally familiar with all of the people you're complaining about, you should not make such broad claims. This sort of accusation is more likely to anger your potential supporters than to shame them into helping you.

SCO's claims have absolutely no credibility (ZDNet)

Posted Jul 30, 2003 12:59 UTC (Wed) by Wol (guest, #4433) [Link]

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I believe trolltech is a private company, and as such, trolltech can control which companies invest in trolltech. I would like to encorage trolltech, and the other companies, to stop affiliating with Canopy and SCO. Because the investments by SCO/Canopy are small, it would be relatively easy for trolltech to stop affiliating with SCO/Canopy.
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No it would NOT be easy. As a private person, could I go up to you and say "I demand that you sell your house to me. I like it and I'm quite happy to pay a fair price"?

The fact is, SCO & Canopy own about 5%, and it is THEIR PROPERTY. There is no way (short of passing a law of expropriation) that they can be coerced into selling against their will.

And the fact that TT is private is irrelevant. I don't know the rules elsewhere, but in the UK the only way that shares can be forcibly transferred in the normal course of events is where the buyer has already bought 90% of the shares with the consent of their previous owners (this gives them the right to forcefully acquire the remaining shares at the same price), or where the share certificate explicitly defines the shares as redeemable and details the circumstances under which the issuing company is allowed to buy them back. My company actually has that sort of setup - the shares are nominally worthy £1 each and our shareholders are obliged to trade solely with us, at par. But that is part of the share contract we have with our shareholders and is not normal for a typical company.

Cheers,
Wol