Why SCO sucks ass

[Eglin]

I don't know how many of you have been following the press about this, but SCO (longtime UNIX players) have recently been suing everyone they can get into court in an attempt to raise funds. The claim is that Linux uses proprietary technologies, primarily leaked via IBM. They sent letters to each of about 1500 companies (including _every_ fortune 500 entity), essentially stating that using Linux makes them party to theft and subject to legal action. What a bunch of crap! Anyone who works in a corporate IT shop knows how hard it is to get a few Linux boxes just for internal utility, let alone any major rollout. Well, I promise that convincing executive management will not be any easier after they've gotten a letter like this (or even worse, "heard" about other people getting them). As someone who has invested a lot of time and effort into producing open-source software, this kind of crap just makes me sick! I respect a developer