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SCO Claim Against IBM's AIX (#1252)
Posted: 6/17/2003; 9:12 AM by Terry Frazier
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The latest skirmish between SCO and IBM, reported via c/net News, is a real doozy. The SCO representative, Chris Sontag, is looking more and more like the Iraqi Minister of Public Information every day:

"We have terminated IBM's right to use AIX in their business, development, distribution and sales," said Chris Sontag, head of the SCOsource effort to derive more revenue from the company's Unix intellectual property. And in an amendment to the company's March complaint against IBM, SCO is "seeking a permanent injunction from IBM's continued use of our software in their business."

This sounds like something from the RIAA, or the WW<strike>F</strike>E. No sane person is going to open a can of whoopass on a 2,000 lb gorilla's favorite possession.

Tora! Tora! Tora! Die with honor!

This is a company begging for death; taunting its executioner; longing to become part of some attorney's retirement fund. This is almost as entertaining as watching Al Sharpton run for Congress.

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