On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 14:13:24 -0500, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 14:09, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > ..IMHO, we should instead buy IBM irons and boycott HP, > > HP is sponsoring SCO; http://groklaw.net/ > > > No HP is not "supporting SCO" on this matter. Neither is SUN (as they > are doing the same) > > The reasoning they are using, is that *IF* customers are willing to > pay for indemnification then who are they not to have them part with > the money. > > For you see, the only reason IBM and SGI haven't done the same is > mainly due to the fact that they have lawsuits pending against them > from SCO. But HP is doing because they CAN. They ALSO have the FULL > UNIX source... They also have LINUX SOURCE... you can only come to one > conclusion: > > SCO's claims are bogus and HP is willing to stick its neck out for > nearly ZERO risk of indemnification lawsuits. But it can get free > money by offering it. Best part is, as soon as they put Oracle or > Sybase or some such... the certification is lost anyway. Only on > certain configurations of certain machines with certain setups. > > So I would get to up in arms about it. ..HP is sponsoring SCO "City to City Tour". I say boycott HP until they join us against SCO et al. Same for Sun etc. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
