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LinuxWorld Australia: Mailbag: Challenging SCO

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 28, 2004

“Reader Leon Brooks, also vice president of the Perth Linux User
Group, has allowed us to publish his letter.

“The director of SCO Australia and NZ Kieran O’Shaughnessy said:
‘It took us 25 years to build our business and it took [IBM] four
years simply by stealing code and then giving it away free.’

“I’m pretty sure Kieran only does this for the sensation value,
but this particular piece of hyper-chutzpah needs to be
answered…”

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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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