[PLUG] IW Article on UNIX's Fragmented history.

Ed Sawicki ed at alcpress.com
Sat Aug 9 15:41:02 UTC 2003


On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 10:50, Keith wrote:
> http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=13000404
> 
> |>SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- The SCO Group's attempts to squeeze a
> |>revenue stream out of Linux is rooted in the long and tangled
> |> history of computer operating systems.

Why not simply take the code that was developed by the
Linux community, strip away any pieces that were either
contributed by IBM or have questionable origins, and
rename it Torvix?

Wouldn't this go a long way to putting an end to the
SCO (and indirectly, IBM) treat?

Ed





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