Subj : Linux, networking, etc.
To   : nelgin
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri Jul 25 2025 08:04 pm

 Re: Linux, networking, etc.
 By: nelgin to Dumas Walker on Mon Jul 21 2025 02:43 pm

>>> Interesting thing about Linux was that it had SCO Compatability. It would
>>> run MicroFocus Cobol and would run our product. I have no idea if it can
>>> still do that.

>> IIRC, wasn't that what caused SCO to eventually try to sue linux, possibly
>> in an effort to take it over?

SCO licensed UNIX (I think it was SYSV V4.3) from AT&T, and interpreted the license agreement as if it were a transfer of ownership. As SCO saw the their paid UNIX cash cow shrinking because of Linux, they looked to other ways to generate revenues.

SCO believed that IBM contributed UNIX source code to linux. SCO then started shaking down Linux customers for a license fee and suing IBM, a company renowned for the number of attorneys they have on staff. Bad idea.

Long after SCO shipped their last SCO UNIX package, they were tied up in court until the company no longer existed.

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