[Luni]-understanding the Linux/SCO court case

[Martin Maney]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 07:56:21PM -0500, Larry Garfield wrote:
> Martin Maney wrote:
> > Dvorak is good as long as you remember that he's in the entertainment
> > business, and always has been.
> 
> Back when I still read PC Mag, I considered him one of the most 
> intelligent columnists/commentators in the industry.
> 
> That is, of course, damning with faint praise, but still. :-)

Like I said.  :-)

The real version: those who can't, comment.  Incessantly.  Come to
think of it, this may be the first cause of usenet, too...

> I'm not that concerned about the courts going ape and shutting Linux 
> down.  That's highly unlikely.  What I AM worried about is PHBs seeing 
> this and turning right back around to Microsoft, because "at least that 
> rug won't be sued out from under us."

Larry, anyone stupid enough to think they're safer with MS isn't going
to be influenced by this one bit.  They may get a lot of hot-air milage
out of it, but that's just the noise of their open-mouthed breathing,
as thoughtful as the exhalation of a geyser.

So I don't think it will have any effect on anyone with the wit to be
getting any benefit from Linux prior to the day that MS's desktop share
dips below 50% anyway - and I really don't care about them.

-- 
The vulnerabilities will come, a couple of them a week, for years and
years...until people stop looking for them.  Waiting six months isn't
going to make this OS [Windows XP] safer.  -- Bruce Schneier