The Most Hated Company In Tech (Business Week)

The Most Hated Company In Tech (Business Week)

Part of what people hate about SCO of course is that they
have launched a deliberate and successful campaign to deceive
the press and the investing public. The linked article is
a great example of this. I am sure the reporter thought he
did a reasonable job investigating the story, but he still
wound up being completely confused about the fact that
the *only* legal maneuver launched by SCO to date, it's
lawsuit against IBM, does not rest on copyright claims.
So he perpetuates the nonsense by telling his readers that
SCO is suing IBM for umpteen billion because they put
copyrighted SCO code in Linux and that if SCO wins, every
Linux user will be liable for a $699 license. The fact
that he researched the story and got it completely wrong
is good evidence about the magnitude and quality of SCO's
deception.