SCO Group: Die Hard 17

摘要

Almost two years ago I wrote in this column that the SCO Group's future was all used up. Sorry to say, just like a cliche movierncharacter, it has turned out that the SCO Group does not die easily. But the end may finally be getting closer with this week's jury ruling in favor of SCO Group adversary Novell.rnIt is now almost seven years since the SCO Group gave up on the idea of actually producing good products and hitched its future to suing others. In my first column on the topic I predicted that someone would pay off the SCO Group, but it turned out that no one was willing to hold his nose long enough to do so. Well, almost no one: it may be that Microsoft provided SCO with some funding. But maybe this was like two skunks mating -maybe Microsoft could not smell the stink since it has frequently threatened the same kind of attacks on Linux using secret information that the SCO Group was known for.