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LinuxWorld: Linus’s Top Ten SCO Barbs

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 9, 2003

“Kevin Mack’s Top 10 Linus SCO quotes (in reverse order)…

10. Not About IP
‘None of the SCO accusations have anything to do with IP rights;
they’re all about contracts between IBM and SCO. All the IP rights
blathering by SCO was just that — blathering’

9. Custody Battle
‘SCO is claiming parenthood of that child and now wants to make
money off the earnings of that child. Even though SCO has refused
to undergo the technical equivalent of DNA testing, and even though
my (and other people’s) DNA is probably all over Linux…'”

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Web Webster

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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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