[KLUG Advocacy] A [little] more on the SCO suit
John Bridleman
advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
Sat, 8 Mar 2003 14:00:32 -0500
* Adam Williams (awilliam@whitemice.org) wrote:
> I look for IBM to either buy UNIX or dump AIX.
>
> IBM is about at likely to dump AIX in the near-term as Bill is to dump
> Windows. They have WAY to many HUGE customers depending on it.
I agree they won't be dumping it near-term, but I thought I remember reading something about IBM moving away from AIX over the next decade or so.
> SCO is a corporate wraith, a long dead entity that just won't stop
> harassing people. It and Caldera make a really good couple. Maybe IBM
> will just assimilate these annoying creatures, solving the problem by
> brute force. Hey, anyone still using the "Looking Glass" window
> manager that Caldera hyped so much? Or bumped into SCO's Tarantula
> lately? Nah, didn't think so.
No, but I'm still forced to run openserver 5. It truly is the Windows of the
Unix world.
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