On Sat, 2010-04-03 at 17:20 -0600, Kevin Fries wrote: > SCO was a second class player in the UNIX world behind BSD and Sun. > Then they switched to Linux, and became a second class player behind > Debian and Red Hat. This is the sign of a poorly run business. > > Having failed twice, SCO then did the unthinkable, the took large > amounts of money from Microsoft. Next thing you know, they are right > in the middle of a FUD (Fear, Uncertainly, and Disinformation) > campaign. Coincidence? I for one don't think so. SCO was a pawn, > sent to their doom by a company who is trying desperately to hold onto > their illegal monopoly. > > The real loser in all of this was Microsoft. They pent allot of money > tking a two bit loser of a company and propped them up in an attempt > to cause the Linux community to self destruct. Not only has it not > worked, they have had to put more resources in than they wanted, and > have been completely sucker punched by Apple. ---- I don't recall how much money Microsoft gave to SCO but I don't recall it being much more than a few hundred million which in corporate world of today's finance is just chump change considering the intent to slow open source/free software adoption.
I don't get the sucker punched by Apple comment at all. In fact, I see Apple and Microsoft as very complicit players these days and the competition is more of an illusion than real. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss