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Groklaw: Reaction to SCO’s Open Letter, “Long Live Unix”

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 16, 2005

“A couple of journalists noticed the timing of SCO’s Open
Letter, that it was released at the same time as LinuxWorld. IT
Jungle’s Timothy Prickett Morgan wasn’t sure what to make of
it:

“It takes a certain amount of chutzpah and planning (or a lack
thereof) for the SCO Group to have scheduled the SCO Forum event
for users of its OpenServer and UnixWare Unixes during the same
week that the LinuxWorld trade show was garnering most of the
headlines in the IT industry…”

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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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