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SCO vs. IBM

While a little over the top at times, this dissection of SCO's complaint against IBM is a great document. Or at least entertaining, from a Geek's Seat.

It's over the top because they (the authors, including ESR) don't seem to fully acknowledge the damage that SCO could have suffered if (big if) IBM has ripped them off. While the code is old, outdated etc....you still can't steal it if (another big if) SCO does have clear rights blah blah. That would be wrong.

However, I really don't believe there was any theft (use of BSD code? Yes! And that's legal); and outside of making perfect asses of themselves, I have no clue as to what SCO is up to except to 1) Pump and dump stock; 2) Get bought out.

But SCO is really - consistently - shooting itself in the foot.

Weird stuff; there are going to be books about this.

But read the doc; it's a goodie.