Re: [OT] SCO is going all out now
Rich Johnson <rjohnson@dogstar-interactive.com> writes:
> On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 12:32 AM, Brian McGroarty wrote:
>
> > SCO has made no claims against the 2.2 kernels.
> >
> > If worst comes to worst and SCO finally show some incriminating code
> > in 2.4, stepping back to 2.2 until the relevant bits are purged from
> > 2.4 is all anyone should need to do to cover their assets in countries
> > where this becomes an issue.
>
> InformationWeek ( in http://www.informationweek.com/story/
> showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12801004)
> reports:
> SCO Group claims that Unix has been used to accelerate the
> development of Linux
> in two key ways--line-by-line copying of Unix System V source
> code into the Linux
> kernel and copying derivative Unix code that enables
> multiprocessing capabilities.
2.0.0 had dual processor capability. when i found an overflow quad
box, i put 2.1.124 on it. later on, 2.0.X kernels would do 4-way as
well, but i never bothered going back. so if 2.2 kernels are clear
then SMP predates any SCO claim.
> I have no multiple processor machines. Why on earth would I be pay a
> penny to license multiprocessing capabilities which I can't use?
>
> I guess I'll be going back to 2.2 until this nonsense blows
> over....sigh.
and 2.2 works fine on multiprocessor machines.
--
Johan KULLSTAM
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