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 15:43 UTC (Fri) by hppnq (subscriber, #14462)
In reply to: SCO's McBride on his open letter to the Linux community (ComputerWorld) by IkeTo
Parent article: SCO's McBride on his open letter to the Linux community (ComputerWorld)

Mmmh... I'm not exactly sure what you mean.

I'm quite convinced that all Mr McBride is doing is reaching out to those who are susceptible to sentiments along the lines of the "GPL is like cancer" nonsense. And his notion of "free" is quite wrong in this context, like most of his remarks meant to mock, provoke, or mislead.

This IMHO is the most difficult aspect of this whole "discussion" (if you can call it that): it's just too much lies, half-truths, slander and downright nonsense, there's no point in taking it seriously. But obviously the general public will be influenced by it. Maybe it's time to take on SCO on a slightly higher level: instead of merely insisting they show us the code -- sticking to the facts --, we hit them hard in the credibility ballpark.

Suggestions?

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