[HN Gopher] SCO Linux FUD returns from the dead ___________________________________________________________________ SCO Linux FUD returns from the dead Author : marcodiego Score : 59 points Date : 2021-04-04 20:27 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.zdnet.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.zdnet.com) | fartcannon wrote: | Microsofts underhanded behavior with the SCO Linux case is one of | the primary reasons to distrust them. | marcodiego wrote: | We should not forgive the 'new' microsoft because their recent | stance regarding floss. Their bad behavior in that era has | echoes to this day: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%80%93Linux_disputes#Mic... | marcodiego wrote: | Wikipedia page is informative: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%80%93Linux_disputes it | specifically mentions the two related suicides. It very sad that | the article will need new updates. | hn_throwaway_99 wrote: | I don't see there that the suicides have anything to do with | the SCO Linux case in particular. | marcodiego wrote: | Maybe depression brought by the case. | McGlockenshire wrote: | Does this mean we get Groklaw back? | nix23 wrote: | If it goes really well a forced Open-sourced Openserver5/6 and | Unixware 7.... :) | arbitrage wrote: | Groklaw wasn't the same after PJ left. She moved on to bigger | and better projects, I believe. | throwaway2048 wrote: | She disappeared off the internet after the NSA revelations | came out. | Ygg2 wrote: | What revelations? | edoceo wrote: | Here is a start | | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6243081 | [deleted] | tyingq wrote: | I'm not sure how long the sad shell that is now Xinuos can last. | I poked around their website, and it's like a ghost town with | empty employment pages, partner list pages that require a login, | and the last news item prior to this lawsuit is "Xinuos Releases | 2019 Year in Review". | marcodiego wrote: | Some companies have the possibility to survive because of | clients which are dependent on their solutions. The OpenServer | case includes big names like fujitsu, mcdonalds and kwait | petroleum: | https://web.archive.org/web/20040207073246/http://www.sco.co... | tyingq wrote: | I'm sure it's possible they are still using it, but that's | just saying McDonald's used it in 2004. | | For example, even this current page | http://www.sco.com/5reasons/ has a claim that McDonald's is | using it. But the quote is from John Doty, who last worked at | McDonalds in 2001. | | Edit: Googling around a bit, it seems like they switched to | something called "New-POS", which runs on Windows. It was | originally from a company called Savista, later re-named | Torex. The software was purchased outright with source code | and is now maintained in-house, and called "NP6". So it seems | unlikely McDonald's has any real amount of SCO left. | Apparently McDonald's was their largest client, so that's | notable. | axiolite wrote: | The original SCO case dragged on because the law firm screwed-up | and foolishly offered their services for free, indefinitely. This | time around, I can't imagine Xinuos will stumble upon such an | amazing deal and instead will have to bleed money to fund an | obviously hopeless lawsuit. | benjamir wrote: | Really, I thought the original source's posting on April 1st + | "Xinuos" (Unix backwards + OS) is an obvious joke!? | bonzini wrote: | The fact that it's almost everyone's reaction says a lot about | the substance behind the lawsuit. | alfiedotwtf wrote: | Xinu is actually an old Unix clone from the 80s... there's also | an OS book detailing it too (it's a good read) | marcodiego wrote: | Unfortunately not a joke. | marcodiego wrote: | I think the best way out for SCO was if IBM bought them. But, if | IBM did so, other companies could try the same attack in other | opportunities. So, IBM took a route that could crush it to death, | but we are almost two decades after it all began and the zombie | has not been shot in the head. Hope the case effectively finishes | this time. | | It is really a shame. Caldera looked like a good distro: | | https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=sco | | https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/2013/03/27/caldera-open-l... | zeruch wrote: | Caldera was a decent distro in its day. It had some potential | (it was funded initially by Ray Noorda's Canopy VC which gave | it a little leg up), but its fall off/acquisition by SCO was | fast, hard and ugly. | gerikson wrote: | This version of Easter kinda sucks. | cutler wrote: | The SCO case is a bit like Internet Explorer 6. Just when you | thought it was dead .... | ai_ja_nai wrote: | Isn't this an April's Fool? | marcodiego wrote: | No: https://www.xinuos.com/xinuos-sues-ibm-and-red-hat/ ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-04-04 23:00 UTC)