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DATE | 2003-06-24 |
FROM | Ron Guerin
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] I sense a theme here...
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From owner-hangout-desteny-at-mrbrklyn.com Tue Jun 24 17:59:33 2003 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id h5OLxXgd021373 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:59:33 -0400 Received: (from mdom-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id h5OLxXri021372 for hangout-desteny; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:59:33 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: mdom set sender to owner-hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com using -f Received: from vnetworx.net (www.vnetworx.net [64.39.31.89]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with SMTP id h5OLxWgd021367 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:59:32 -0400 Received: (qmail 13699 invoked by uid 513); 24 Jun 2003 22:02:46 -0000 Received: from dsl081-215-128.nyc2.dsl.speakeasy.net (64.81.215.128) by www.vnetworx.net with SMTP; 24 Jun 2003 22:02:46 -0000 Subject: Re: [hangout] I sense a theme here... From: Ron Guerin To: NYLXS In-Reply-To: <200306241746.14761.dyfet-at-ostel.com> References: <069D219A1FFED611983300A0C9A02A5612AB14-at-NYCSV1> <200306241746.14761.dyfet-at-ostel.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: VNetworx Internet Services Message-Id: <1056491869.12437.82797.camel-at-dante> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 24 Jun 2003 17:57:49 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Ron Guerin List: New Yorker GNU Linux Scene Admin: To unsubscribe send unsubscribe name-at-domian.com in the body to hangout-request-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Evolution: 00000870-0000 X-Keywords: X-UID: 13126 Status: RO Content-Length: 848 Lines: 22
On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 17:46, David Sugar wrote: > ..., I am not sure SCO really has clear copyright to Unix System V, > nor do I see immediately how they have the right or legal standing to > enforce past contracts that, in theory, remain principally between > Novell and others, even before discussing their claims.
Well, everyone's original favorite theory looks more likely all the time. Darl McBride and co. took over at Caldera, looked around, saw the utter hopelessness of it all and decided they had nothing to lose by coming up with an extortion scheme and never taking their eyes off the prize unless/until the Lindon Sheriff shows up to padlock SCO headquarters.
- Ron
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