SCO CEO: "Linux is a copy of Unix. No Difference"

primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
edited May 2008 in Science & Tech
ArsTechnica's Wayne Richardson was in the courtroom yesterday to witness SCO's CEO Darl McBride spouting off sheer technical brilliance: When questioned about the assertion that SCO UNIX code was in Linux, Ars' Richardson was stupefied at the responses.

[blockquote]McBride attempted to reinforce his argument with analogy. "When you go to the bookstore and look in the UNIX section, there's books on 'How to Program UNIX' but when you go to the Linux section and look for 'How to Program Linux' you're not gonna find it, because it doesn't exist." Then came the real humdinger, and my jaw dropped when I heard the following come out of his mouth: "Linux is a copy of UNIX, there is no difference [between them]."[/blockquote]

Icrontic's official stance on the preceding information is as follows:

{facepalm}

Comments

  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited May 2008
    Actually it you spell it with capital LI it almost looks like a U. Therefore LInix = Unix! :bigggrin:
    Oh wait ...it's LInux. Well there you go!
  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited May 2008
    As a Windows Admin that requires a GUI and see all command prompts as the same... UNIX and LINUX are NOT the same... dork.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited May 2008
    Ah, the slime covered lawsuit factory refuses to admit defeat. They just won't give up. Useless, court clogging megalomaniacs.

    It's just a flesh wound!
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