Xref: utzoo gnu.misc.discuss:3441 comp.unix.sysv386:9244 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!weyrich!orville From: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Santa Cruz Operation settles Lotus lawsuit Message-ID: <1991Jun22.223038.4257@weyrich.UUCP> Date: 22 Jun 91 22:30:38 GMT References: <1991Jun19.041754.6367@kithrup.COM> <1991Jun21.143836.16559@ukpoit.co.uk> Reply-To: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich) Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting Lines: 26 In article <1991Jun21.143836.16559@ukpoit.co.uk> alan@ukpoit.co.uk (Alan Barclay) writes: >In article fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) writes: >> >[ON SCO dropping their spreadsheet] >> >>It is also very unfortunate. Given that SCO is (partly) owned by >>MicroSoft, they would potentially have some real muscle behind them if >>they choose to counter the claim. >> > >But it's in Microsoft's intrest for the claim to succeed. These look and >feel cases are good for the big boys and bad for the little guy. >Microsoft aren't going to set a precedent which is going to be bad for >when they decide to sue DR for DR-DOS, or whoever they want to go for. I would love to see MS try that -- MS-DOS itself started out as a clone of DR's popular [at the time] CP/M operating system. But of course, DR can't complain too loudly itself, as CP/M is very reminiscent of DEC's RSX (and perhaps other earlier DEC operating systems). -------------------------------------- ****************************** Orville R. Weyrich, Jr., Ph.D. Certified Systems Professional Internet: orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net Weyrich Computer Consulting Voice: (602) 391-0821 POB 5782, Scottsdale, AZ 85261 Fax: (602) 391-0023 (Yes! I'm available) -------------------------------------- ******************************