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A brief look at IBM's counterclaimsA brief look at IBM's counterclaimsPosted Aug 7, 2003 21:08 UTC (Thu) by euvitudo (guest, #98)Parent article: A brief look at IBM's counterclaims My question in this mess is: When will Microsoft sue SCO for selling them a useless license? My conspiracy theory is that the only thing MS wants is domination, and that means killing the competition. They are also struggling with their image regarding FLOSS. Hence, they buy a SCO license, let the FLOSS community hate SCO, wait for IBM to countersue, then sue SCO for a useless license. MS would love to look like it's finally agreeing with the FLOSS community, so they go after SCO to obtain the admiration of the FLOSS community. Then they look for other ways to destroy the competition (read: especially now that everyone is balking about indemnification, and IBM is enforcing patent rights). Any thoughts? Cheers!!
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A brief look at IBM's counterclaims Posted Aug 7, 2003 23:28 UTC (Thu) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] Microsoft knows that the license is bogus; they paid the cash because it helps their anti-Linux FUD campaign and helps keep SCO alive.
A brief look at IBM's counterclaims Posted Aug 8, 2003 3:32 UTC (Fri) by euvitudo (guest, #98) [Link] My argument is that it's all part of the game they play. I agree that they are most likely aware of the uselessness of the license. However, they can claim that they didn't know and most of their cohorts and stock-holders will believe them, and support them in helping the rest of the world finish SCO, making MS look like they are "on our side", and not out to get us.My first reaction is to be very skeptical at every move that these big corporations make. There is always an ulterior motive, and I believe you as well as many others share that opinion. So, where will they put their resources next? But then again, shouldn't we really be working with the hardware makers et al., and help them see the benefit of designing their hardware with Linux in mind. I think this is a much more worthy goal than to try to catch up with the competition, and allow them to influence the hardware makers and friends before we can. (Of course, I am also guilty of following every move the competition makes--something that I should change.)
A brief look at IBM's counterclaims Posted Aug 8, 2003 7:13 UTC (Fri) by anselm (subscriber, #2796) [Link] Microsoft can well afford to pay SCO ten million dollars on the off chance. They haveenough money to burn.
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