Quick SCO notes [LWN.net]

Quick SCO notes

Posted May 13, 2004 12:39 UTC (Thu) by danw6144 (guest, #14336)
Parent article: Quick SCO notes

I suspect Baystar is attempting to become SCO's largest creditor
in an SCO bankruptcy filing. Getting some or most of your money
back is better than losing it all.

I also suspect that Novell (with IBM's blessing) would love to buy SCO's
bankrupt carcass and slowly migrate all those System V enterprise licensees
to a linux compatible or AIX operating system with all the associated services that would attend such a transition.

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SCO's Corpse

Posted May 13, 2004 15:42 UTC (Thu) by The_Flatlander (guest, #19245) [Link]

You make a good point about IBM and Novell seeking to convert SysV licensees to Linux or AIX. Consider, too, that IBM's counter suit has poisoned the well, as it were, for SCO's OpenServer and Unixware products, with patent infringement claims. All the SCOundrel's customers are going to need to switch to Linux/AIX/something, since all those products are about to be, (ironicly enough), too heavily encumbered with IP issues to remain usable.

The Flatlander

Really, I still wonder what drug/greed induced dream convinced *anyone* that getting into a legal battle with IBM was a *good* idea...

SCO's Corpse

Posted May 14, 2004 6:22 UTC (Fri) by Mithrandir (subscriber, #3031) [Link]

"Really, I still wonder what drug/greed induced dream convinced *anyone* that getting into a legal battle with IBM was a *good* idea..."

Perhaps the clandestine dealings with MS? I'm sure that the smell of MS' money would be enough of a drug for these guys to do just about anything.