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> The complicated question of Unix ownership started the famous SCO-Linux litigation. This isn't anything new. Just a bit correction there. SCO-Linux litigatio
by xtracto 7y ago
> The complicated question of Unix ownership started the famous SCO-Linux litigation. This isn't anything new.
Just a bit correction there. SCO-Linux litigation is pretty contemporary. Way back before then, there was the System-V vs BSD "Unix wars" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_wars )
SCO-Linux litigation was just the SCO assholes wanting to get a piece of the pie when they were dying out.
- redshirtrob 7y agoThere was also a fair bit of speculation that it was some folks in Redmond using SCO as a tool to spread FUD [0]. [0] https://www.cnet.com/news/sco-leaked-e-mail-a-misunderstanding/ https://www.cnet.com/news/sco-leaked-e-mail-a-misunderstandi...
- DonHopkins 7y agoUnfortunately Sun won the System-V vs BSD "Unix wars", and then uni(x)laterally capitulated to AT&T. The Day SunOS Died "Bye, bye, SunOS 4.1.3! ATT System V has replaced BSD. You can cling to the standards of the industry But only if you pay the right fee -- Only if you pay the right fee . . ." http://www.poppyfields.net/filks/00070.html http://www.poppyfields.net/filks/00070.html For context, the guy who wrote "The Worst Job in the World" email was Michael Tiemann, one of "open source's great explainers." ;) Now he's pranking IBM executives by installing RedHat Enterprise Linux on their mainframes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Tiemann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Tiemann