Microsoft to license Unix code

macewan · 05-19-2003, 07:47 AM

http://news.com.com/2100-1016-1007528.html?tag=nl

hrm.

Brain Drop · 05-19-2003, 09:29 AM

so i guess if unix is microsoft then linux is going to be derived from a microsoft operating system. die microsoft die

trickykid · 05-19-2003, 10:00 AM

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Originally posted by Brain Drop
so i guess if unix is microsoft then linux is going to be derived from a microsoft operating system. die microsoft die

Well, Michael Jackson owns all the Beatles copyrights/music but that doesn't make him a Beatle though..

qanopus · 05-19-2003, 10:10 AM

He, this is interesting. What does this mean in the bigger picture?
So SCO say's using linux is illegal because it contains copyrighted unix code. At the same time it is licencing that same code to microsoft.
I think m$ and $CO ($CO seems more apropriate now then SCO) made some knid of a deal.

Brain Drop · 05-19-2003, 10:44 AM

i was reading elswhere and they say ms did this in case sco wins because there is some unix code in ms as well and they dont want to be sued next

Pcghost · 05-27-2003, 04:46 PM

That's entirely possible. I doubt our Justice Department will allow the purchase though.

Jist of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1887
"It is therefore illegal to use ones monopoly in one market to create or maintain a monopoly in a separate market." cough cough IE, MSN, OFFICE cough...

macewan · 05-27-2003, 05:05 PM

microsoft has bitch slap the department of justice twice now. they can pretty much do as they please. it's a matter of deciding whether they want to fork money for legal fees weighed against return of $ from the expense.