arthur Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 A few months ago I was surfing some news sites, using the only operating system I've ever known...When I came across the curious article about the SCO lawsuit. I thought, hm, I'll check out this Linux thing, and started clicking on the links - "Timeline of the SCO Lawsuit" Click. "What is Linux?" Click. "Download Linux" Click. I got convinced that the SCO lawsuit was baseless, and I never looked back since. Now I have two Linux boxes running Mandrake 9.2 in school, and once I get all hardware support, I'm installing it on my laptop and be free of Windows forever!!! :D I'm also going to install it on my siblings' computer and hopefully many more. I'm reading up a lot to get past the newbie level (ashamed to admit I was a windows "resident geek") and this forum has helped me enormously. Even my school project is now about Linux. I'm obsessed. So there you have it, a successful "conversion" thanks ironically to SCO. So thanks again to mandrakeusers.org! And thanks, SCO! ------------------------------ disclaimer: this does NOT mean that I don't care about the ongoing lawsuit, I'm on the Linux side now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 Hey, I knew this SCO thing couldn't be ALL BAD... :P Keep 'm switching! And enjoy Linux! Wonder how many more people actually got curious, either through this SCO thing or through MS actions against Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 The other day I was talking to someone at my company about viruses, e.g. MyDoom, spam etc. and the chap mentioned Linux. I said "Linux? I'm a bit surprised you know of it." His anwser: "Well yes, that is what is the new hype nowadays, isn't it?". Judging from this, more people *know* about Linux than I suspected, but most still seem to think of it as 'too technical/difficult/...". It all comes down to the fact that, with so many other things too do, they want to use their computer as a tool. But installtion&configuration seems to be a big problem. So it seems the next landmark Linux has to take is coming on preinstalled&preconfigured systems. Anyway, glad to have you here! Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kde-head Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 (edited) speaking of SCO Linux Stole SCO Code!!! Scratch that - maybe we should start a Google bomb instead Parasitic Leeches :D :D :D Edited February 1, 2004 by kde-head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 I hope that's a joke, 'cause the best thing would be to not make vandals out of ourselves and let the 'big guys' handle it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kde-head Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 google bombs aren't vandalism - they can be used to score a valid political point against an opposition. "parasitic leeches" might be libellious though - "sco is lying" might be a better, more polite phrase to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fissy Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 nah that is libellous, however SCO have admitted to being leeches: Our goal is not to blow up Linux. People ask why we don't go after the distributors...'If you have such a strong case, why not shut down Red Hat?' Our belief is that SCO has great opportunity in the future to let Linux keep going, not to put it on its back but for us to get a transaction fee every time it's sold. That's really our goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kde-head Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 off topic: noticed the sig - how do you find the 2.6 kernel in comparison to the 2.4? I read a lot about performance boosts. i'm on 2.4 still ,but in the midst of finding out how to upgrade my mdk 9.2 box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza9814 Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 I don't really know anything about this SCO thing...at all...I suppose I should go search google news...if someone has a good source, and it's not too much trouble, please PM it to me or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 I don't really know anything about this SCO thing...at all...I suppose I should go search google news...if someone has a good source, and it's not too much trouble, please PM it to me or something... There's a good summary here. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 I don't really know anything about this SCO thing...at all...I suppose I should go search google news...if someone has a good source, and it's not too much trouble, please PM it to me or something... There's excellent coverage on http://www.groklaw.net I always knew that lawyers were rabid.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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