Buying SCO [LWN.net]

Buying SCO

Posted Jun 13, 2003 18:31 UTC (Fri) by ccchips (subscriber, #3222)
In reply to: Buying SCO by allesfresser
Parent article: Did SCO open Unix source code? (ZDNet)

Yes: Like Novell.

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Buying SCO

Posted Jun 13, 2003 21:24 UTC (Fri) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216) [Link] (1 responses)

Well yes, them too. :-) I suppose the NSA could snap it up as well, and really screw things up...

Buying SCO

Posted Jun 13, 2003 22:39 UTC (Fri) by vksgeneric (guest, #11932) [Link]

NSA? Not possible, but it would have been the best outcome possible. If they want to outlaw anything, they can do it already. But if they own the IP and don't outlaw the stuff, it effectively means it becomes public domain.

If you meet a monster that is about to bite your head off, would you rather meet one that hates you (competes with you, that is), or one that doesn't really care whether you exist?