Unfairly Indicting Sun for Its SCO Testimony? | Linux Today

Unfairly Indicting Sun for Its SCO Testimony?

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Matt Asay
Jun 26, 2008

“Pamela Jones rightly takes umbrage that Sun apparently stood by
while SCO attempted to foul the pedigree of Linux, but how much
righteous indignation is warranted is debatable. PJ writes:

“And what an icky role Sun played, to judge from [Novell’s Greg]
Jones’ description of the agreement. Look at all the damage that
resulted from Sun’s silence, the litigation that never had to
happen….And as far as Linux is concerned, why didn’t Sun speak
out to help? It had in the power of its hand the ability to protect
Linux users. Silence. For years and years and years. While folks
got sued, and the FUD campaign raged on…”

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