From: di...@sco.com (Dion)
Subject: SCO apologizes for that stupid marketing hit-piece
Date: 1997/12/05
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Shamim Formoso has asked me to post this letter to appropriate
newsgroups. Please feel free to propogate it as you see fit. I
wish to add my personal apology, on behalf of SCO, to you
Linux enthusiasts.
-Dion
Dion L. Johnson II - The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. - di...@sco.com
Czar of Free Stuff and Technical customers' advocate.
400 Encinal St. Santa Cruz, CA 95061
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Dear Linux Users,
Recently some of you have received a letter sent by SCO Services Sales,
promoting the features and benefits of SCO Unixware technology in comparison
with Linux and presenting a competitive trade-in offer to switch from Linux
to SCO Unixware products.
Regrettably, that letter was created and mailed out without adequate
reviews. SCO wishes to apologize to you as the content and the tone of the
letter was offensive. We assure you that measures have been taken to ensure
that such an occurrence does not happen again.
For almost 20 years of UNIX system leadership we have taken pride in
treating competitive products--and more importantly, their users--with
respect and dignity. These days, it is more important than ever for both
users and vendors of UNIX products, including Linux, to recognize the
essential goals and some of the challenges we have in common, and to work
towards developing innovative solutions using the appropriate tools as each
of us sees fit.
While SCO is committed to offering the best and most innovative solutions
for its customers, we respect and value the creativity of other vendors from
which mutually beneficial innovations are born. In this spirit, I request
your acceptance of our sentiments and that the good folks at Red Hat post this
memo along side the original letter on their web site.
Sincerely,
Shamim Formoso,
Vice President, Partner Programs, SCO
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From: rich...@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
Subject: Re: SCO apologizes for that stupid marketing hit-piece
Date: 1997/12/08
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>These days, it is more important than ever for both
>users and vendors of UNIX products, including Linux,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This appears to be an admission from the owners of the alleged UNIX
trademark that Linux is Unix.
-- Richard
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From: Bela Lubkin <be...@sco.com>
Subject: Re: SCO apologizes for that stupid marketing hit-piece
Date: 1997/12/10
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Richard Tobin wrote:
> >These days, it is more important than ever for both
> >users and vendors of UNIX products, including Linux,
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> This appears to be an admission from the owners of the alleged UNIX
> trademark that Linux is Unix.
SCO does not own the Unix trademark. SCO has never owned the Unix
trademark. Novell bought it from AT&T, then gave it to X/Open. X/Open
became The Open Group, the current owners of the Unix trademark.
This is all a matter of public record.
What SCO bought was the source code and distribution rights for System V
Unix, which is just one family of Unix versions.
>Bela<
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