Re:The SCO lawsuit, 20 years later
by wsc981 on Saturday March 04, 2023 @06:35AM
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Let's not forget the following [0]:
> SCO's Linux lawsuit made no sense and no one at the time gave it much of a chance of succeeding. Over time it was revealed that Microsoft had been using SCO as a sock puppet against Linux. Unfortunately for Microsoft and SCO, it soon became abundantly clear that SCO didn't have a real case against Linux and its allies.
In a way this was a proxy war of Microsoft vs Linux.
> SCO's Linux lawsuit made no sense and no one at the time gave it much of a chance of succeeding. Over time it was revealed that Microsoft had been using SCO as a sock puppet against Linux. Unfortunately for Microsoft and SCO, it soon became abundantly clear that SCO didn't have a real case against Linux and its allies.
In a way this was a proxy war of Microsoft vs Linux.
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[0]: https://www.zdnet.com/article/sco-linux-fud-returns-from-the...