[H-GEN] Sad day for Linux

[Trent WADDINGTON]

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On Mon, 26 May 2003, Robert Brockway wrote:

> Their statement means nothing unless they can back it up in the courts.

Or if someone else challenges it in kind.

> I will continue to use Linux and will not pay SCO a cent.  If they think
> they can win, I'll see them in court.
>
> Since the involvement of Microsoft came out I think it is clear what the
> motives are.  They can deny this of course, but that doesn't stop it being
> true.

No, but it does mean they can sue those who are making claims about their
motives.

> The mis-quotatations of Richard Stallman and Bruce Perens featured on the
> SCO web site are below contempt.  They are so clearly mis-quotes that at
> first I honestly thought SCO was making a late April fool's day joke.
> Mis-quoting indiviuals is a pathetic attempt by SCO to lend credence to
> their untenable position.

They should be on the phone to their lawyers.  Even though they did say
that, they have a still been slandered by SCO's use of the quote.  For
anyone who hasn't seen the page:

   http://www.sco.com/scosource/quotes_from_leaders.html

Trent


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