About time. Read all about it.
In the Netherlands there is a saying about the summer being cucumbertime time, because there’s no news to report, and all the tv stations are rerunning old programs. Well, this summer, there’s no cucumbertime in IT, that’s for sure.
It’s like a soap or a movie, with big name actors (linux, the handsome young hero, IBM, the old and wise know it all, and SCO, the bad guy, speaking with a german accent, coming from russia), and revolving around big issues as open source and patents.
Most people see three reasons for SCO’s claims: 1) they want to profit from the booming linux market, 2) they are actually working for Microsoft trying to scare people away from linux, or 3) it’s all about their stock price.
I think it’s number four. SCO CEO McBride knows SCO’s going to loose, and he has already written a screenplay and a book about it, and is going to sell it for a lot of money. It’s going to be a sure blockbuster. More info on IMDB (Not yet.)