» SCO Assigns Bodyguards to Top Execs
Apparently the SCO dispute has gone from flames and accusations to personal threats, resulting in none other than body guards being assigned to Darl McBride, SCO’s president and chief executive; senior vice president Chris Sontag, and others. Evidentally DoS attacks are the least of their worries.
"With the personal threats to our lives we have had to rachet up security both for our company and for certain individuals," McBride said.
Some argue that SCO is just seeking to bolster their position in court, and many open source advocates say it’s a downright lie.
"I just don’t buy it," said Bruce Perens, a Berkeley, CA-based Linux developer. "This is just an effort to discredit the open-source community.
"If there were real threats, the police would be there instead of husky fellows with radio tubes in their heads," he said.
Meanwhile SCO continues their effort to force licensing on corporate Linux users for code that they claim is their property. They are now seeking expansion of a contract with the law firm of Bois, Schiller & Flexner, the same firm that aided them in the IBM suits.
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Apparently the SCO dispute has gone from flames and accusations to personal threats, resulting in none other than body guards being assigned to Darl McBride, SCO’s president and chief executive; senior vice president Chris Sontag, and others. Evidentally DoS attacks are the least of their worries.
"With the personal threats to our lives we have had to rachet up security both for our company and for certain individuals," McBride said.
Some argue that SCO is just seeking to bolster their position in court, and many open source advocates say it’s a downright lie.
"I just don’t buy it," said Bruce Perens, a Berkeley, CA-based Linux developer. "This is just an effort to discredit the open-source community.
"If there were real threats, the police would be there instead of husky fellows with radio tubes in their heads," he said.
Meanwhile SCO continues their effort to force licensing on corporate Linux users for code that they claim is their property. They are now seeking expansion of a contract with the law firm of Bois, Schiller & Flexner, the same firm that aided them in the IBM suits.
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