From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 6 15:28:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 087E716A4CE for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 15:28:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from parts-unknown.org (unknown [209.172.107.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E94543D2F for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 15:28:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from benfell@parts-unknown.org) Received: (qmail 14475 invoked by alias); 6 Mar 2004 23:28:28 -0000 Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 15:28:28 -0800 From: David Benfell To: Raymond Wiegand Message-ID: <20040306152828.A11589@parts-unknown.org> Mail-Followup-To: Raymond Wiegand , FreeBSD-Questions@Freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from rgmcsierra2000@msn.com on Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 11:06:32PM +0000 X-stardate: [-29]1769.85 cc: FreeBSD-Questions@Freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBsd and SCO X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 23:28:36 -0000 On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 23:06:32 +0000, Raymond Wiegand wrote: > I have a question for you ? I purchased FreeBSD from COMP USA and was > wondering that seeing that SCO is going after Linux Users will they be going > after BSD user next or is BSD not at all based on their kernal or what every > they claim is theirs property. > > I would like to know before i switch all my system over (2) to Unix Who knows? SCO's claims against Linux have no merit, so lack of merit won't stop them. But a couple of other things more likely will: First, the BSD community is much smaller potatoes. Much less appealing. Second, SCO is unlikely to survive its attack on Linux. The legal bills alone are ruinous. And when somebody successfully countersues them or some regulatory agency nails them for fraud -- both quite likely scenarios -- the end will come that much sooner. -- David Benfell, LCP benfell@parts-unknown.org --- Resume available at http://www.parts-unknown.org/resume.html