[TUHS] Novell, not SCO, found to own "Unix"

Nemo cym224 at gmail.com
Sat Mar 31 09:22:57 AEST 2018


On 29/03/2018, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:
> Time for another hand-grenade in the duck pond :-)  Or as we call it
> down-under, "stirring the possum".
>
> On this day in 2010, it was found unanimously that Novell, not SCO, owned
> "Unix".  SCO appealed later, and it was dismissed "with prejudice"; SCO
> shares plummeted as a result.
>
> As an aside, this was the first and only time that I was on IBM's side,
> and I still wonder whether M$ was bankrolling SCO in an effort to wipe
> Linux off the map; what sort of an idiot would take on IBM?

Methinks a mention of the wonderful record at Groklaw
(http://www.groklaw.net) is in order.

N.

>
> --
> Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will
> suffer."
>



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