Re: Filesystems (was My First Computer)

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

In article <k2gwuj91w2p.fsf@legolas.mdh.se>, Anders Carlsson
<anders.carlsson@mds.mdh.se> writes:

>If I read the articles correctly, Sun had some other type of contract
>with AT&T than IBM once wrote, so SCO/Caldera would not be able to touch
>them for "misusing" the UNIX source by leaking it to Linux developers
>and themselves promoting Linux besides their own UNIX. But I might've 
>misread the article and Sun will be SCO's next target once IBM has been 
>brought down.

Ah, the thought of puny, fumbling SCO "bringing down" IBM--it is
to laugh!  ;-)

I remember when the Unix community "rescued" the AT&T ownership
and practically gave it to supposedly neutral (and impotent) parties,
precisely to defuse the licensing minefield.  (Remember how no one
could say "unix" without getting sued?  ;-)

As will eventually come out, this entire affair is without merit.  But it is
worth a lot of publicity in geekdom--and maybe some $ to someone.  ;-(

-michael

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