From: Anthony F. Fiore (anthony.fiore@NYU.EDU)
Date: Wed May 28 2003 - 12:17:03 EDT
That's quite concerning. If they do the AIX license, I wonder what that
could mean to customers like us...
Thanks for the info, Bill.
-Anthony
Bill Verzal wrote:
>Taken from SCO's web site...
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> SCO is also demanding
> that IBM cease these
> anti-competitive
> practices based on
> specific requirements
> sent in a notification
> letter to IBM. If
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> not met, SCO will have
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> revoke IBM's AIX
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>Bill Verzal
>AIX Administrator, Komatsu America
>(847) 970-3726
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> | To: AIX-L, Chris Marler/HQ/KAIC, Len Jesse/HQ/KAIC, campm@bcbsil.com, greg_roesch@bcbsil.com |
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>Here is a snippet from Scott Bradner's column from the May 26 issue of
>Network World. I don't know his source, so take it at face value and do
>your own research - as I am...
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> SCO says that, while doing research to support the suit, it found a number of places where SCO
> secret software code was used in Linux. The company, at least in part, blames IBM for the code
> being there. SCO says it will cancel IBM's Unix license, which IBM needs in order to ship its
> version of Unix called AIX, in the middle of June because of the violations. Then, in spite of
> claiming that it is not out to destroy Linux, SCO sent mail to 1,500 corporate users of Linux
> strongly hinting that SCO might come after them next.
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>Bill Verzal
>AIX Administrator, Komatsu America
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-- Anthony Fiore System Administrator ITS Operations and Production Services New York University anthony.fiore@nyu.edu
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