ComputerWorld: SCO’s CEO Says Buyout Could End Linux Fight
“If IBM wants to buy The SCO Group Inc. and end SCO’s ongoing
Unix licensing assault on Linux, CEO Darl McBride is apparently all
ears.“‘If there’s a way of resolving this that is positive, then we
can get back out to business and everybody is good to go, then I’m
fine with that,’ McBride said today in an interview with
Computerworld. ‘If that’s one of the outcomes of this,
then so be it…'”
ComputerWeekly: Analysts Balk at SCO Offer to Review Disputed
Unix/Linux Code
“Analysts are balking at The SCO Group’s offer to view its proof
that there is illegal Unix code in Linux, with one calling the move
a publicity stunt.“Meanwhile, Linux creator Linus Torvalds today said that he has
no plans to look at the code and that the battle between SCO, IBM
and Novell is on par with a rancorous episode of the Jerry Springer
Show…”
Infomatics: SCO Casts Shadow on UnitedLinux’s Birthday
“The consortium’s general manager, Paula Hunter, was upbeat
about UnitedLinux’s achievements in its first year, saying the
group had achieved all its major milestones.“But she remained tight-lipped over SCO’s $1bn lawsuit with IBM,
which now threatens the very existence of the consortium…”