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SCO's McBride on his open letter to the Linux community (ComputerWorld)SCO's McBride on his open letter to the Linux community (ComputerWorld)Posted Sep 12, 2003 14:30 UTC (Fri) by thompsot (guest, #12368)Parent article: SCO's McBride on his open letter to the Linux community (ComputerWorld) Every post so far has been right on the money. Darl obviously doesn't possess such qualities as honesty and integrity, so it stands to reason that his deranged blatherings aren't entirely because he's delusional and arrogant (a dangerous combination), but also because he's working the system. He knows that anyone who says and does outlandish things will be focused on by the media, and if he simply pumps enough BS through the pipeline there will be a section of people who will believe and act on it, no matter how absurd. Microsoft's marketing team has been doing this for years (remember their "The Way Out" marketing scheme? You were almost embarrassed for them at their enthusiastic display of ignorance, but you knew that their message would get to some people anyway). People like Darl just need to be ignored, but the media won't ignore anything that might get an audience. I predict that Darl and his goons will fade away slowly, with every lie and dumb statement coming back on them and hurting their case. Unscrupulous people who yell accusations loud enough will always get heard at first, but they are always found out eventually and go the way of the Dodo bird. The "15-year knockdown, drag-out type of fight" will basically be Darl and company getting knocked down and dragged out, but it won't take 15 years. And ccchips has the right idea. If companies are going to pour millions of dollars into Linux development, they should be willing to counter some of the FUD that threatens their potential customer bases.
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