[BiO BB] Re: SCO Lawsuit

[Hugh DeLatham]

Anybody who believes they should be concerned about this lawsuit while IBM
itself apparently  is not may, among other things, consider FreeBSD, which
is another UNIX-type open source OS capable of doing anything Linux can do.

http://www.freebsd.org/

Duncan C. Kinder
duncan at neoclassicists.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Bader" <gary.bader at utoronto.ca>
To: <bio_bulletin_board at bioinformatics.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:25 AM
Subject: RE: [BiO BB] Re: SCO Lawsuit


Here's a summary: (linked to from Slashdot this morning)
http://www.forbes.com/2003/06/18/cz_dl_0618linux.html

Cheers,
Gary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bio_bulletin_board-admin at bioinformatics.org
> [mailto:bio_bulletin_board-admin at bioinformatics.org] On Behalf Of amaldep
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 10:08 AM
> To: bio_bulletin_board at bioinformatics.org
> Subject: Re: [BiO BB] Re: SCO Lawsuit
>
> what is the SCO/IBM Lawsuit ?
>
> regards
>
> amaldeep
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J.W. Bizzaro" <jeff at bioinformatics.org>
> To: <bio_bulletin_board at bioinformatics.org>;
> <biodevelopers at bioinformatics.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 8:36 AM
> Subject: [BiO BB] Re: SCO Lawsuit
>
>
> > There is now a poll on our main page (http://bioinformatics.org) about
> this.
> >
> > Cheers.
> > Jeff
> >
> > Sam Jaffe wrote:
> > > The SCO lawsuit has sent a chill through the corporate enterprise
> > > computing world, especially for anyone working with Linux or AIX. What
> > > about the  bioinformatics community? Are you following the lawsuit
> with
> > > interest, or have you already dismissed it? Has your project formed a
> > > committee to deal with the potential implications? Have you started
> > > formulating plans for what to do if a judge issues an order to stop
> > > using Linux or AIX? I know that such a possibility is remote, but one
> > > never knows how the legal system will react to such lawsuits. Any
> > > replies would be appreciated. By the way, this is for a story I'm
> > > working on dealing with the subject. Thanks.
> > >
> > > Sam Jaffe
> > > Associate Editor
> > > The Scientist Magazine (www.the-scientist.com)
> > > 215 386 9601 x.3015
> > > sjaffe at the-scientist.com
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
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