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Interview: Linux usage raises big legal concerns (Gulf News)

Posted Sep 15, 2003 8:36 UTC (Mon) by maxmurd (guest, #14858)
In reply to: Interview: Linux usage raises big legal concerns (Gulf News) by alisonken1
Parent article: Interview: Linux usage raises big legal concerns (Gulf News)

Yes the threat is true, but this not implies a lawsuit against L, that in fact doesn't exist now...
I can remember last week the post of an user who tried to buy (jokingly) that licence but $co phone operators weren't able at all to even state the price of it...
So, how the heck m$ could have buyed one licence?...

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Posted Sep 15, 2003 13:19 UTC (Mon) by jimbo (subscriber, #6689) [Link]

I think that that licence was one that permitted picosquish
to use Unix "Intellectual Property" in their products.
<insert desired conspiracy theory here> Bigger firms
generally attempt to negotiate a site or enterprise licence,
for a considerable amount, to be sure, but a valuable saving
per capita.

The guy who tried to get his amnesty license from SCO last week
would have probably had more luck had he been trying to
negotiate block discounts for a large firm.
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J