Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 15th Sep 2009 16:28 UTC, submitted by Robert Escue
Apart from Linux and the various BSD operating systems, there's another open source UNIX-like operating system 
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Sorry, but this is completely untrue. At the time, SCO was shaking their legal fist at everyone involved with UNIX or GNU/Linux. Sun was *legally required* to license certain rights from SCO.
Actually, nobody was legally required to give SCO anything. They got all their money from Microsoft and Sun. Coincidence, no? Why not SGI, HP...?
They did not "fund SCO" anymore than customers of SCO that licensed copies of SCO Unix did.
Yeah, if some company suddenly found need for 50000 SCO licenses right when the scam started, it would have raised some eyebrows as well.
RE[4]: So defensive!
by binarycrusader on Sun 20th Sep 2009 04:53
in reply to "RE[3]: So defensive!"
Member since:2005-07-06
Actually, nobody was legally required to give SCO anything. They got all their money from Microsoft and Sun. Coincidence, no? Why not SGI, HP...?
SGI and HP weren't launching a new operating system based on UNIX in 2005 either were they?
Think about it. Then think about all of the items Sun has open sourced since then. Then make the connection between licensing and software.
"They did not "fund SCO" anymore than customers of SCO that licensed copies of SCO Unix did.
Yeah, if some company suddenly found need for 50000 SCO licenses right when the scam started, it would have raised some eyebrows as well. "
Your speculation is nothing more than that; speculation.
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2005-07-06
Sorry, but this is completely untrue. At the time, SCO was shaking their legal fist at everyone involved with UNIX or GNU/Linux. Sun was *legally required* to license certain rights from SCO. Remember that Sun is a publicly traded company, so unlike most GNU/Linux distributions has a lot more legal requirements to worry about.
They did not "fund SCO" anymore than customers of SCO that licensed copies of SCO Unix did.
Edited 2009-09-15 20:51 UTC