I never considered that angle, but (again) it fits. ...It would certainly go some ways toward explaining why SCO's lawyers haven't jumped ship yet, as they get the biggest payoff _if_ SCO gets bought out (i.e. knowing that there _will_ be a buyer would certainly put them at ease while they keep flogging this dead horse).
Marcel On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 17:09, Jason Louie wrote: > Very interesting... This can also put Sun in a better spot by coming > in when SCO fails and buying SCO. Buy buying SCO and pushing Open > Source this would totally make them the hero. Definitely very > interesting. > > Marcel Lecker wrote: > > > I detect a strong sense of "someone" whispering in SCO's ear. > > > (that someone probably being Microsoft). > > > > > I like to speculate every now and then and here's what I've come up with. > > > > Think about for Sun for a minute. Personally I think they're playing both > > sides off against the middle. > > > > Remember, they've always tried to sell Slowlaris (for Intel and SPARC) as > > the more stable, reliable, and mature enterprise solution. Sun also has a > > sizable financial stake in SCO (i.e. major shareholder). Looking back, SCO > > indicated Sun was paid-up and in the clear right from the start of this > > debacle. This latest bit fits into that scenario quite neatly. Even though > > it's a different tack, Sun again has little or no obstacles. > > > > I think Sun's recent "embracing" of Linux is a result of Sun trying to > > desperately hang on to its dwindling market, in short because it has to. It > > needs a Linux position in case SCO fails (which it likely will). > > > > But wait, it gets better. SUSE is what Sun's Linux Distro is based on. Sun > > didn't show up on SCO's anti-Linux Radar because SUSE is a member of United > > Linux, as is Caldera (aka SCO). SUSE has basically been in the clear for > > some time now as a result of this relationship. Good tactical choice, but a > > little _too_ convenient for my liking. > > > > If this were indeed the scenario, Novell's SUSE acquisition could be seen an > > beautiful strategic move. I wouldn't be surprised if Sun had hoping to do > > the same, and Novell may have just beat them to the punch (with IBM's > > help...). In the end IBM indirectly supported Novell's SUSE Purchase, so I > > wouldn't be surprised if IBM was behind them doing so. Nice move at any > > rate. > > > > In the end, the part I see most telling is that no matter what happens here, > > Sun is in a position to benefit. SCO also first went after IBM, a big > > hardware vendor...just like Sun. If SCO looses, they keep pushing Linux, if > > SCO wins (I can't imagine how) they'll be better positioned to play in the > > Linux market or keep pushing Solaris. It could also slow IBM down enough for > > Sun to catch up in the Linux race (which might help make up for them > > dropping the ball when they did). > > > > Instead of looking at SCO as solely a stock scam (which it may be in the > > end), I'm starting to see it playing a big role in clearing the road for Sun > > while at the same time acting to slow down IBM and prevent any other big > > players from emerging. As long as SCO exists, it allows Sun to build > > strength at everyone else's expense (or at least that would appear to be the > > plan). > > > > This latest step with Homeland security smacks of desperation. It is a > > rationale based on fear, nothing logic of coherent anymore. Americans are in > > physical and financial danger because of open source software? Please, I > > hope they don't declare a national emergency. > > > > Marcel > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > > -- > > Jason Louie BSc. CPSC > Web Applications Developer > Sorex Software Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca -- Marcel Lecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
