From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: wes.parish@paradise.net.nz (Wesley Parish) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 23:52:18 +1200 Subject: [TUHS] This is too weird In-Reply-To: <20030611030205.67622.qmail@web10010.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030611030205.67622.qmail@web10010.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <200306112352.18254.wes.parish@paradise.net.nz> And Coherent! No, SCO has lost it, and lost all chance of ever regaining the trust of anyone with the barest skerrick of knowledge of Unix history. I checked out an interesting web site: http://www.robotwisdom.com/linux/nonnix.html I had no idea that cloning Unix had gotten off to such an early start - Idris from Plauger et al., Cromix from Cromemco, Yourdon's Omnix, Oasis, etc. SCO hasn't got a leg to stand on - on the other hand, are those toenails I see stuck in its teeth? Wesley Parish On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:02, Kenneth Stailey wrote: > --- Warren Toomey wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 11:49:05AM -0700, Kenneth Stailey wrote: > > > It just keeps getting weirder: > > > http://www.sco.com/scosource/unixtree/unixhistory01.html > > > > Well, if SCO is claiming intellecutal property rights to Linux, why > > are they intimating that they will sue Linus? > > > > This is becoming an alternate reality. > > > > Warren > > When we find out that there's SCO code in Cygwin call me. ;) > > The chart is a good way to confuse things. The poor guy that made the > original must be crying that he let SCO use it years ago. > > The part that confuses me is that I remember there were dotted lines one on > the original UNIX history chart that showed non-source-code-copying > influences and now even the real UNIX history chart is using only solid > lines. It makes MINIX look like it has 7th Ed code in it instead of just > being a 7th Ed API implementation from scratch like it is. > > That's the part that's really on drugs by the time SCO is using it as > evidence that there is a Linux pedigree or whatever that connects 7th Ed to > Linux. > > I think the real story is that they want to make as much press as they can > since it boosts their stock. > > Meanwhile every time they say they own UNIX they are complete liars because: > > http://www.sco.com/scosource/linuxqanda.html > > > > As the owners of the UNIX operating system, it is incumbent upon SCO to > > To what? Violate their agreements with The Open Group? > > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/23/1053585678840.html > > "Reference to the SCO web site shows that they own certain intellectual > property and that they correctly attribute the trademark to The Open Group. > SCO has never owned "UNIX". SCO is licensed to use the registered > trademark UNIX "on and in connection" with their products that have been > certified by The Open Group, as are all other licensees," the statement > said. > > "These are the only circumstances in which a licensee may use the trademark > UNIX on and in connection with its products. Statements that SCO 'owns the > UNIX operating system', has 'licensed UNIX to XYZ' are clearly inaccurate > and misleading." > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > TUHS mailing list > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs -- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."