IBM Comment on SCO Press Release [LWN.net]

IBM responds to SCO in a short press release. "Since filing a lawsuit against IBM, The SCO Group has made public statements and accusations about IBM's Unix license and about Linux in an apparent attempt to create fear, uncertainty, and doubt among IBM's customers and the open source community."

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IBM Comment on SCO Press Release

Posted Jun 17, 2003 0:23 UTC (Tue) by dkite (guest, #4577) [Link] (1 responses)

bzzz bzzz bzzz

SWAT!

IBM Comment on SCO Press Release

Posted Jun 17, 2003 1:19 UTC (Tue) by ccchips (subscriber, #3222) [Link]

What happened to all that "David vs. Goliath" stuff about the Linux OS vs. Microsoft?

Not that I believe SCO has much of a chance of succeeding at whatever they're trhing to do (except for possibly Golden Parachutes for all the dorks that are running it now....)

Still, let's see how easy (or hard) this is going to be.

Personally, I think it's about time all the people who worked on Linux for free (instead of for hundreds of millions of dollars) start putting their (figurative) hosters on. These SCO people are scamming us.

IBM Comment on SCO Press Release

Posted Jun 17, 2003 4:01 UTC (Tue) by mattdm (subscriber, #18) [Link] (2 responses)

What I like best about this story is to see IBM using the term FUD, which was in fact coined to describe their behavior.

IBM Comment on SCO Press Release

Posted Jun 17, 2003 9:11 UTC (Tue) by the_JinX (guest, #3953) [Link]

lol.. yeah..

But at the moment the forces of profit have turned another way..

Well, I'd like to see some real news for a chance..

I think I'll change the filtering of my mail and stop letting the words SCO and IBM come thrue..

IBM Comment on SCO Press Release

Posted Jun 17, 2003 20:43 UTC (Tue) by s_cargo (guest, #10473) [Link]

What I like best about this story is to see IBM using the term FUD, which was in fact coined to describe their behavior.

Amusing, and true of that particular term, but certainly that sales practice is as old as mankind.

"Gruggg. You no want be Grok's woman. His cave leak and will let rock fall on head."

IBM Comment on SCO Press Release

Posted Jun 17, 2003 15:02 UTC (Tue) by virtex (subscriber, #3019) [Link]

IANAL, but I don't see how SCO can revoke their contract with IBM when their claims are largely disputed and have not been proven in a court of law. SCO must prove their accusations to prove the contract has been invalidated. Or am I missing something?