Not surprised

From The Register:

http://www.theregister.com/2005/07/15/sco_knew/

"SCO's CEO Darl McBride was told that the Linux kernel contained no SCO copyright code six months before the company issued its first lawsuit, a memo reveals.


An outside consultant Bob Swartz conducted the audit, and on August 13 2002 Caldera's Michael Davidson reported the results.

"At the end we found absolutely nothing. Ie no evidence of copyright infringement whatsoever," wrote Davidson."

So the management of SCO knew that their lawsuit against Linux was made of fairy dust. I guess they were hoping to scare some people away from the bright shiny penguin and come running back into the arms of wonderful, wonderful UNIX.

Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt and Deception. Where have I seen this tactic before?

WMDs anyone?

-m