Re: [LUG] SCO Unix Linux Love Triangle

[Peter Butterfield <p.butterfield1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 21 May 2003 11:44 pm, Rick Timmis wrote:

> SCO has seen an ever decreasing revenue from its Unix Product in recent
> Years. This reduces the share value in the markets.
>
> Microsoft see's a excellent FUD (Fear uncertainty and Doubt) marketing
> opportunity here.
> So for a sum it buys into Unix licenses from SCO on some pretence of
> wanting to use them.
> The truth is this is a method to fund SCO's case against Linux. This
> promotes the FUD campaign for Microsoft which they can spin into Oooo
> you don't want to use Linux better buy MS Products.
>
> Where from here..
>
> Watch the press for the MS FUD campaign - This will come in the form of
> What it intends to do with its newly aquired licenses for Unix as this
> is enough to prompt the press to link each media article back to SCO IBM
> LINUX story.
>
Indeed, I've just read that MS has bought the SCO Unix licenses - 
www.pcpro.co.uk
and we all know that MS believes Linux is a parasite. However, are all 
parasites bad and isn't it more like a symbiosis?

Peter.

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