Comments on: SCO lost: What does that mean? http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2007/08/sco-lost-what-does-that-mean/ Open Source Governance, Scanning, Support, and Cloud Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SCO = Losers, as if Anyone Doubted it « Le Blog de Maurice http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2007/08/sco-lost-what-does-that-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-74565 SCO = Losers, as if Anyone Doubted it « Le Blog de Maurice Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:57:58 +0000 http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2007/08/sco-lost-what-does-that-mean/#comment-74565 [...] For those that don’t know, SCO –can be described nothing short of a “stupid ogre” of a company that– claimed it’s code had been robbed but (afaik) never came up with this code to prove the point. They intimidated other companies into forking over millions of dollars to avoid being sued for (re)distributing GNU-Linux, despite that they themselves made their GNU-Linux based distro publicly available. This is the sort of logic — or lack thereof– for which SCO is known. This threat of litigation was not limited to companies but also consumers, as this is what caused Sun to contribute 10 million dollars into SCO. I can sum them up in one word, “idiots!”. [...] [...] For those that don’t know, SCO –can be described nothing short of a “stupid ogre” of a company that– claimed it’s code had been robbed but (afaik) never came up with this code to prove the point. They intimidated other companies into forking over millions of dollars to avoid being sued for (re)distributing GNU-Linux, despite that they themselves made their GNU-Linux based distro publicly available. This is the sort of logic — or lack thereof– for which SCO is known. This threat of litigation was not limited to companies but also consumers, as this is what caused Sun to contribute 10 million dollars into SCO. I can sum them up in one word, “idiots!”. [...]

]]> By: Stormy http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2007/08/sco-lost-what-does-that-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-73888 Stormy Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:23:12 +0000 http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2007/08/sco-lost-what-does-that-mean/#comment-73888 I like how <a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/12/making-money-consciously/" rel="nofollow">Steve Pavlina</a> put it. There are two ways to make money: 1. Contribute. 2. Mooch. You are either making something of value or you are mooching off of those that do. People whose business plan is to make money by suing others are mooching. I like how Steve Pavlina put it. There are two ways to make money:

1. Contribute.
2. Mooch.

You are either making something of value or you are mooching off of those that do. People whose business plan is to make money by suing others are mooching.

]]> By: Jay Dwivedi http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2007/08/sco-lost-what-does-that-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-73886 Jay Dwivedi Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:14:18 +0000 http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2007/08/sco-lost-what-does-that-mean/#comment-73886 I have been following this story for an entirely different reason -- how some companies (and business executives) wrongly believe that litigation-based business model is viable. I fully support IP rights but to build a business on litigation alone is not a viable strategy. The SCO saga should send a strong message to the entrepreneurs and business leaders that real value is created through selling great products to customers so that they are delighted. I have been following this story for an entirely different reason — how some companies (and business executives) wrongly believe that litigation-based business model is viable. I fully support IP rights but to build a business on litigation alone is not a viable strategy. The SCO saga should send a strong message to the entrepreneurs and business leaders that real value is created through selling great products to customers so that they are delighted.

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