Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:33:55 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alex Buell <> | Subject | Re: Linux, UDI and SCO. |
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On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Terry L Ridder wrote:
> 1. Give, with no strings attached, the UNIX source code to FSF aka RMS. > 2. Give, with no strings attached, the UNIX source code to Linux > International. > > Any of the above scenarios would surely have major impacts on Microsoft, > and Bill Gates.
You've forgotten that Micro$haft owns SCO. I believe this is what Bill Gates is really up to; trying to tie us up with useless UDI junk and and benefit from it at our expense.
So, personally, it's thumbs down on this one. Why don't *we* counter with our own GPL'd unified driver interface? That will put the kibosh on them; especially if we can persuade some smaller commerical players to participate, and ignore the SCO/UDI initiative. They will have no choice but to follow us - we can use the same tactics Microsoft used with DR-DOS. That is, force an Oops if faced with a UDI/SCO aka MS driver. That'll teach the bastards to screw with us like what they did to DR-DOS with MSDOS/Windows 3.1. Ain't nothing like a taste of cold nasty medicine..
Sheesh, I'd better put on the flame proof trousers (I know there's someone from SCO in here)
Cheers, Alex.
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