Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 11:09:25 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Larry Sica <lomion@mac.com> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FYI: SCO Group Slaps IBM with $1B Suit Message-ID: <3E68EE65.56BF740D@mindspring.com> References: <4790E71A-50B8-11D7-82DA-000393A335A2@mac.com>
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Larry Sica wrote: > It won't reach there. IBM is very good at delaying things. Also They > have to go through the normal legal process which I don't think SCO has > the money to do. They are trying to bully ibm for a payoff. IBM does > not get bullied either heh. They also have the patent portfolio from hell. IBM files more patents each year than all other US filers combined. The can always just say "We're so sorry; we're quite willing to pay; there's just this small matter of these 11,731 patents of ours that UNIX infringes". IBM has 5 patents they belive SQUID infringes; that why we were not allowed to ship SQUID on the InterJet II, due to the GPL giving away licensing for that patent. It's also why there is no "IBM Linux", and they always partner with a Linux company to provide Linux for their machines, when they sell a Linux-based solution. If SQUID or Linux ever became a threat in the hands of a commercial competitor, they could crush them like a bug. I have a real love/hate relationship with IBM over tactics like this: they are incredibly smart about some things, but incredibly dumb about others. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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