[HN Gopher] SCO Linux FUD returns from the dead
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SCO Linux FUD returns from the dead
Author : marcodiego
Score : 59 points
Date : 2021-04-04 20:27 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| fartcannon wrote:
| Microsofts underhanded behavior with the SCO Linux case is one of
| the primary reasons to distrust them.
| marcodiego wrote:
| We should not forgive the 'new' microsoft because their recent
| stance regarding floss. Their bad behavior in that era has
| echoes to this day:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%80%93Linux_disputes#Mic...
| marcodiego wrote:
| Wikipedia page is informative:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%80%93Linux_disputes it
| specifically mentions the two related suicides. It very sad that
| the article will need new updates.
| hn_throwaway_99 wrote:
| I don't see there that the suicides have anything to do with
| the SCO Linux case in particular.
| marcodiego wrote:
| Maybe depression brought by the case.
| McGlockenshire wrote:
| Does this mean we get Groklaw back?
| nix23 wrote:
| If it goes really well a forced Open-sourced Openserver5/6 and
| Unixware 7.... :)
| arbitrage wrote:
| Groklaw wasn't the same after PJ left. She moved on to bigger
| and better projects, I believe.
| throwaway2048 wrote:
| She disappeared off the internet after the NSA revelations
| came out.
| Ygg2 wrote:
| What revelations?
| edoceo wrote:
| Here is a start
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6243081
| [deleted]
| tyingq wrote:
| I'm not sure how long the sad shell that is now Xinuos can last.
| I poked around their website, and it's like a ghost town with
| empty employment pages, partner list pages that require a login,
| and the last news item prior to this lawsuit is "Xinuos Releases
| 2019 Year in Review".
| marcodiego wrote:
| Some companies have the possibility to survive because of
| clients which are dependent on their solutions. The OpenServer
| case includes big names like fujitsu, mcdonalds and kwait
| petroleum:
| https://web.archive.org/web/20040207073246/http://www.sco.co...
| tyingq wrote:
| I'm sure it's possible they are still using it, but that's
| just saying McDonald's used it in 2004.
|
| For example, even this current page
| http://www.sco.com/5reasons/ has a claim that McDonald's is
| using it. But the quote is from John Doty, who last worked at
| McDonalds in 2001.
|
| Edit: Googling around a bit, it seems like they switched to
| something called "New-POS", which runs on Windows. It was
| originally from a company called Savista, later re-named
| Torex. The software was purchased outright with source code
| and is now maintained in-house, and called "NP6". So it seems
| unlikely McDonald's has any real amount of SCO left.
| Apparently McDonald's was their largest client, so that's
| notable.
| axiolite wrote:
| The original SCO case dragged on because the law firm screwed-up
| and foolishly offered their services for free, indefinitely. This
| time around, I can't imagine Xinuos will stumble upon such an
| amazing deal and instead will have to bleed money to fund an
| obviously hopeless lawsuit.
| benjamir wrote:
| Really, I thought the original source's posting on April 1st +
| "Xinuos" (Unix backwards + OS) is an obvious joke!?
| bonzini wrote:
| The fact that it's almost everyone's reaction says a lot about
| the substance behind the lawsuit.
| alfiedotwtf wrote:
| Xinu is actually an old Unix clone from the 80s... there's also
| an OS book detailing it too (it's a good read)
| marcodiego wrote:
| Unfortunately not a joke.
| marcodiego wrote:
| I think the best way out for SCO was if IBM bought them. But, if
| IBM did so, other companies could try the same attack in other
| opportunities. So, IBM took a route that could crush it to death,
| but we are almost two decades after it all began and the zombie
| has not been shot in the head. Hope the case effectively finishes
| this time.
|
| It is really a shame. Caldera looked like a good distro:
|
| https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=sco
|
| https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/2013/03/27/caldera-open-l...
| zeruch wrote:
| Caldera was a decent distro in its day. It had some potential
| (it was funded initially by Ray Noorda's Canopy VC which gave
| it a little leg up), but its fall off/acquisition by SCO was
| fast, hard and ugly.
| gerikson wrote:
| This version of Easter kinda sucks.
| cutler wrote:
| The SCO case is a bit like Internet Explorer 6. Just when you
| thought it was dead ....
| ai_ja_nai wrote:
| Isn't this an April's Fool?
| marcodiego wrote:
| No: https://www.xinuos.com/xinuos-sues-ibm-and-red-hat/
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