InfoWorld: SCO's Version of History | Linux Today

InfoWorld: SCO’s Version of History

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 25, 2003

“The SCO Group’s complaint makes for interesting reading. It
includes sweeping statements such as, ‘It is not possible for Linux
to rapidly reach Unix performance standards for complete enterprise
functionality without the misappropriation of Unix code, methods,
or concepts to achieve such performance, and coordination by a
larger developer, such as IBM.’

“Gee, if I were SGI with its massive Linux-based Altrix 3000
machine, I’d be concerned about this statement, because the
machine’s extreme performance apparently can only be explained by
‘misappropriation’ of Unix technology…”

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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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