Groklaw: More Evidence Project Monterey Partners Knew Linux Was the Future | Linux Today

Groklaw: More Evidence Project Monterey Partners Knew Linux Was the Future

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 26, 2005

“Here’s some interesting evidence from 1999 and 2000, and it
supports the evidence Groklaw has already found, namely that not
only did IBM know that Linux was the future, and that Project
Monterey was merely an upgrade path to Linux, so did everyone else,
including SCO. Which SCO? Both of them. Santa Cruz and Caldera.
They all knew.

“Also, someone who worked for Caldera back then, Kurt Wall, has
now stepped forward. He says he was at a Caldera company meeting
after Project Monterey was killed, and that at the meeting, Ransom
Love said it was a good thing that Project Monterey was no
more…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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