AIX blows its foot off

[JD Runyan]

I'm pretty sure with the way IBM is going, SCO would be the casuallity there.  
IBM doesn't usaually give in to blackmail.  IBM has enough banking on Linux 
that the loss of SCO licensing would only speed that up.

On Sunday 09 March 2003 23:38, david nicol wrote:
> Tech on trial
>
> SCO Group, inheritor of the intellectual property for the Unix
> operating system, sued IBM for more than $1 billion, alleging
> that Big Blue misappropriated SCO's Unix technology and built
> it into Linux. The suit alleges misappropriation of trade
> secrets, unfair competition, breach of contract and tortious
> interference with SCO's business.
> http://cl.com.com/Click?q=29-SgwrIjMlxEmIf5yRDboK9etIQgtA
>
>
> SCO also sent a letter warning IBM that if it doesn't meet
> various demands, SCO will revoke its license to ship its
> version of Unix, called AIX, in 100 days. Analysts saw the move
> as a desperate one for SCO, a company that hasn't been
> profitable in its current incarnation.

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