Comments on: Torvalds, Linux users unfazed by SCO suits

The SCO Group's lawsuits against two Linux users this week sends ripples through the Linux universe, but not much in the way of fear.

[kennyjboyd]

SCO law suits

Will SCO become the next Aureal-- a company that won the legal process, but dumped so much money into lawyer fees that it was forced to close it's doors ?

SCO to its doom..

SCO right now, is acting like a big damn fool. Any other company which SCO knows of, is being sued by it. What SCO wants out of this is totally unknown. As such, SCO has no chances of winning the whole case. Even, if it wins the case, then, there are so many companies, which have also submitted cases against SCO [http://like Red Hat, Novell, IBM etc.|http://like Red Hat, Novell, IBM etc.]; that, they will take enough time to actually, allow it to go for the licence it is talking about . And, in no probability, will ppl ever be for SCO; with its actions, SCO has proved the whole of Open source World, that it is against them, and is out to destroy it. Also, as such SCO has already lost its case in Germany...
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9842
The same is goin to happen to SCO in other countries also.
My sympathies to SCO
lynz_addict

[Johni Depp]

Novell, IBM etc

As such, SCO has no chances of winning the whole case. Even, if it wins the case, then, there are so many companies, which have also submitted cases against SCO [http://like Red Hat, Novell, IBM etc.|http://like Red Hat, Novell, IBM etc.]; that, they will take enough time to actually, allow it to go for the licence it is talking about . And, in no probability, will ppl ever be for SCO; with its actions, SCO has proved the whole of Open source World, that it is against them, and is out to destroy it.
http://myweb.yahoo.com/myweb?ei=UTF-8&friendid=z1HluB4R8Zd7TqmQd99StA--&dg=0&b=461

"Dig deeper"

Yes, indeed, do please "dig deeper"...

"SCO accuses AutoZone of infringing SCO's Unix copyrights by using Linux,"

Er, no... SCO is accusing AutoZone of continuing to use "SCO's IP", in the form SCO OpenServer shared libraries, in [Red Hat] Linux, the distribution, without a license. This has nothing to do with SCO's "all but abandoned" claim of SCO IP being in the Linux kernel, and SCO is most certainly not suing AutoZone over "the use of Linux", anymore than they are suing DaimlerChrysler for the same thing.

However, the fact that you seem to have fallen victim to SCO's FUD on the matter and are confusing the issues shows that, if nothing else, SCO is at least succeeding in pulling the wool over the media's eyes... so, please, un-fog your glasses and do... "dig deeper".

[tbbrickzd]

So Long SCO, it was Real

Like anyone with SCO Unix sw and/or stock will want to keep either after this debacle. Rather than invest their hard-earned $$$ in making the OS competitive with Linux, the lord high mucky-mucks at SCO would rather invest in lawyers.

Now that's a really sound business plan, NOT. Ok, so Bill "son of the Antichrist" Gates uses it. But SCO doesn't nearly have the $$$ to p*** away like M$ux does.

[ajm149]

Open Source

Open source isn't about profit, it's about ideas and innovation. It's about open source and sharing your idea with others who improve upon them and share them with others.

As long as I am in computers, I will always hold Linux highly and will always embrace it's price for it represents the true nature of the Internet. Open Communication...