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02-15-2008, 04:05 PM
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 Re: The Scotts Valley Operation? Jeff Liebermann wrote: > On 5 Sep 2004 11:43:22 -0700, "Tony Lawrence" <pcunix@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >Well, if they do die, I think you'd have to classify it as suicidal - > >perhaps not on purpose, but definitely Darwin Award worthy. > > Maybe. I would not consider it suicidal but rather an act of > desperation. Eventually commentators and pundits will be scribbling > eulogies on how SCO offended the Linux horde and how Slashdot and > Groklaw were responsible for final collapse. History is written by > the victors and the survivors. I might as well get a head start. (btw - great post, Jeff - as usual) Well, desperate is one thing, and dumb is another. The picture you paint here is that of a series of dumb moves that brought them to where they saw no other choice. Perhaps that is how they saw it, but there WERE other choices. As I've said before, they might not survive no matter what, but this lawsuit , win or lose, just about guarantees death. Other choices gave them at least a chance. ... > The effect goes far beyond Linux. Were it not for the Linux IP issues > brought up by the suit, the push by Microsoft to enforce its software > patents would never have happened. While it may have come in a > different form at a different time, the damage done by the enforcement > of largely ridiculous software patents will probably dominate software > development and the computah industry for some time to come. Understatement :-) -- Tony Lawrence http://aplawrence.com      |
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