Re: [LUG] Just what are SCO doing?

["Paul Sutton" <zen14920@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well i hope its IBM

Microsoft is far too powerful as it is



----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McRitchie" <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [LUG] Just what are SCO doing?


>
>
> On Mon, 19 May 2003, Paul Sutton wrote:
>
> > To me there are now two main players out there
> >
> > Windows and Unix based systems (including apple osx),  If SCO want the
> > better of the two to survive they are playing into the hands of a Rival
> > (MS).  They can still have their Unix for high end use, Linux was
written
> > from scratch and Linus was very careful about how to go about doing
things
> > and still is.
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030519/nym059_1.html
>
>
> > I think we could be seeing the beginning of the end of SCO and they are
just
> > desparate to hold on,  people are fed up with paying 1000's for software
and
> > are starting to look elseware.
>
> The theory has been bandied about the office that either Microsoft or IBM
> will end up buying SCO. Anyone else think that?
>
> Mark.
>
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