[TUHS] Re: RIP Darl McBride former CEO of SCO

["Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@lemis.com>]

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On Sunday,  3 November 2024 at 19:17:03 -0600, Will Senn wrote:
> It happened in September, apparently, but is only now making the rounds.
> Darl McBride, known for taking everybody and his brother to court over
> stolen code, has passed away.
>
> https://fossforce.com/2024/11/once-linuxs-biggest-enemy-darl-mcbride-dies-and-nobody-notices/

Oh.  As you say, RIP.

> I actually remember liking SCO back in the day, before the company
> leadership went dark-side. These days, we get to play with ancient unix cuz
> of their license.

Yes.  SCO really changed between 2002 and 2003.

> Is there a concise summary of the SCO suits and fallout out there? I've seen
> a lot on the AT&T side of things, but other than having lived through it,
> I've not seen much on what eventually happened and why it all sort of just
> dissappeared.

Not quite what you're looking for, but at the time I kept quite a bit
of information at http://www.lemis.com/grog/SCO/

It's a bit of a mess, and a lot of the links have atrophied, but some
of it could be interesting.  Potentially the reference to BSD code in
the fossforce article could be related to
http://www.lemis.com/grog/SCO/code-comparison.php

Greg
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