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LinuxWorld Australia: SCO Director Defends Fight-Back Stance

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 26, 2004

“Tired of being portrayed as the bad guys of IT, Kieran
O’Shaughnessy, director of SCO Australia and NZ, last week declared
‘we are not the anti-Christ of cyberspace’ but a defender of Unix
fighting the monolithic power of IBM.

“Claiming SCO’s business was stolen by ‘foul means,’
O’Shaughnessy said the company didn’t just go out and pick a fight
with IBM, but was backed against a wall and had to fight
back…”

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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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