Since when did SCO start OWNing UNIX?

Message ID: 390237

Posted By: deepdistrust

Subject: Since when did SCO start OWNing UNIX?

Any of the Loons have any information on when the newSCO first started calling itself the owner of Unix operating system?

http://ir.sco.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=42307

>>> "The goal of Caldera International is to make Linux on industry standard

hardware the alternative business platform," said Ransom Love, CEO of

Caldera International. "With the completion of this acquisition, Caldera

will be the only company to offer a standard unified platform that allows

Linux applications to scale to the enterprise utilizing the power, maturity

and stability of UNIX. It's a first..." <<<

How can "Linux applications scale to the enterprise utilizing the power, maturity and stability of UNIX" ? Is Ransom Love talking about putting Unix code into Linux? Can Caldera do that, if it didn't "own" the Unix code?

Note: any information provided by the Loons may be used against them. I'm hoping atleast some of the Loons are good sports.

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