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Open-source shifts spell an end for UnitedLinux (ZDNet)
ZDNet notes the end of UnitedLinux.
"The shutdown marks the end of an ambitious effort to attract more hardware and software partners, standardize Linux, and boost research and development. Instead, it was OSDL--a more neutral coalition in the Linux industry and the employer of Linux leader Linus Torvalds--that succeeded where UnitedLinux failed."
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Open-source shifts spell an end for UnitedLinux (ZDNet) Posted Jan 23, 2004 17:10 UTC (Fri) by rknop (guest, #66) [Link] Of course, I'm sure that having the letters S, C, and O attached, in that order, to UnitedLinux didn't help it any.-Rob
Open-source shifts spell an end for UnitedLinux (ZDNet) Posted Jan 23, 2004 18:47 UTC (Fri) by mattdm (subscriber, #18) [Link] Hey look! That's what the article says. It's encouragingly clueful, in fact.
Open-source shifts spell an end for UnitedLinux (ZDNet) Posted Jan 23, 2004 17:33 UTC (Fri) by freethinker (guest, #4397) [Link] I wonder what rant Darl will issue about this?
Darl's Reaction Posted Jan 23, 2004 18:12 UTC (Fri) by ccyoung (subscriber, #16340) [Link] sue! (loss of business, slander of title, and mis-use and/or mis-appropriation of IP - among others)
Open-source shifts spell an end for UnitedLinux (ZDNet) Posted Jan 23, 2004 18:14 UTC (Fri) by alspnost (subscriber, #2763) [Link] Indeed - it's amusing in a way. SCO refused to leave UnitedLinux, so UL basically dismantled itself around SCO, leaving them standing in the cold, screaming like spoiled children.Darl has obviously decided that modern civilisation will end unless everyone in the world gives him money for "his" IP, so who knows how much more hyperbolic he could get. The sad thing his, what has he personally given to the world?
Open-source shifts spell an end for UnitedLinux (ZDNet) Posted Jan 24, 2004 5:10 UTC (Sat) by freethinker (guest, #4397) [Link] Well, he's certainly keeping a lot of lawyers, paralegals and legal secretaries employed :)
Open-source shifts spell an end for UnitedLinux (ZDNet) Posted Jan 24, 2004 6:47 UTC (Sat) by stumbles (guest, #8796) [Link] (Posted Jan 23, 2004 18:17 UTC (Fri) by 87C751) (Post reply) The whole premise of the SCO venture has left credibility so far behind that the only remaining interest for me is much like the compulsion to look at the 4-car pileup on the freeway. A morbid fascination with disaster, but not much moreYep, that pretty much sums up the whole thing.
Open-source shifts spell an end for UnitedLinux (ZDNet) Posted Jan 25, 2004 2:04 UTC (Sun) by piman (subscriber, #8957) [Link] I actually find that unlikely; if he had a lot of laywers I doubt he'd be using his brother; if he had paralegals, I would have expected more legal research in his arguments.
Open-source shifts spell an end for UnitedLinux (ZDNet) Posted Jan 26, 2004 14:47 UTC (Mon) by freethinker (guest, #4397) [Link] Ah, but don't forget all the legal professionals who other people have to employ because of these cretins :)
Darl's rant Posted Jan 23, 2004 18:17 UTC (Fri) by 87C751 (guest, #11362) [Link] I'd expect something akin to a little boy stamping his feet at the edge of the playground and wailing that no one wants to play with him anymore.To be honest, even the amusement factor in SCO's Quixotian quest is wearing thin. The whole premise of the SCO venture has left credibility so far behind that the only remaining interest for me is much like the compulsion to look at the 4-car pileup on the freeway. A morbid fascination with disaster, but not much more
Darl's rant Posted Jan 24, 2004 12:31 UTC (Sat) by ordonnateur (guest, #6652) [Link] Yes, it like the child with no friends who throws away a toy that that's no fun, only todemand it back when some other children start playing with it.
Open-source shifts spell an end for UnitedLinux (ZDNet) Posted Jan 24, 2004 23:47 UTC (Sat) by Ujay (guest, #18945) [Link] I would have liked to read the article, but the ZDnet site crashes the browser (galeon). I did a wget on the site, passed the content through an html validator, and it was so full of errors it was hard to believe. I cannot even log on to zdnet to tell them about their abominable implementation.I always thought that Ziff Davis was a collection of simple minded windows cheerleaders, but this is beyond the pale - talk about hiring professionals.
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