Novell,MS and Xen

[Bill Sconce]

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:54:11 +0300
"Jeffry Smith" <jsmith at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> On 11/11/06, Bruce Dawson <jbd at codemeta.com> wrote:
> > Not to throw cold water on these well-fanned flames but...
> >
> > Prediction: Microsoft will buy Novell/SUSE or otherwise acquire all the
> > Unix IP and try to litigate Linux/Unix out of business. Then it will
> > turn its lawyer cannons on the GPL.
> >
> 
> Only one problem - I doubt Novell owns all the Unix copyrights. 


And SCO didn't own Unix copyrights either.

SCO's lawsuits are not, and were never, likely to prevail.  But lack
of basis didn't stop lawsuits from happening.  As long as money has
continued to be available there has been continuing court action,
and continuing FUD in the press which *ahem* somebody may have found
convenient.

(True, harassment/FUD lawsuits cost big money.  But that didn't stop
SCO.  They were even able to find investors to pitch in and help...)

-Bill