From: John Jolet (john.jolet@FXFN.COM)
Date: Fri Jun 20 2003 - 10:22:37 EDT
speaking of sun....has anyone heard the takover rumors? wouldn't it be ironic if microsoft bought sun?
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From: Green, Simon [mailto:Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM]
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 4:34 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: SCO/IBM
pSeries AIX Geek wrote:
>
> The only concern is the opportunity for Sun to steal
> back market share by winking that IBM and its
> customers might be in trouble. You don't think some
> clueless suit might shy away from IBM because of the
> "possibility" of an AIX licensing issue?
Never underestimate the stupidity of management. :-)
However, I'd be surprised if it made a significant
difference. The people with the purse strings care
about money. They'll see that IBM has loads and SCO
has none and trust that IBM will take care of things.
Folks such as ourselves will continue to make
decisions/recommendations based on technical matters,
so again: no difference.
Finally, are Sun safe? IBM claim there's no case to
answer; they've got an irrevocable licence which SCO
can't touch. The only difference between that and
Sun's position is that SCO haven't chosen to sue Sun.
If they beat IBM who's to say they won't?
Linux take-up may suffer in the short term, but it
could benefit eventually if the GPL gets tested in
court.
Simon Green
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