Jynnan Tonnyx

Trying to make sense of the SCO vs. the World battle currently raging is complicated for many reasons. First of all, the company now known as SCO is the amalgamation of two companies, Caldera and SCO. The code they own comes from AT&T Bell Labs by way of both SCO and Novell. GNU/Linux is made up of software from two projects as well - the GNU Project of the Free Software Foundation and the Linux kernel created by Linus Torvalds. Now throw in the fact that UNIX is a trademark owned by the Open Group, and the whole BSD saga, and things are really messed up.

Here’s my attempt to simplify things by changing the names to protect the innocent.
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I think it is absolutely hilarious that Texas House Democrats have fled the state to break quorum and stonewall a Republican majority that has prioritized a re-districting bill to put more Republicans in the U.S. House ahead of the state budget. What really makes me laugh is the way Republicans (especially ultra-conservative ones) are getting all hot and bothered by it. From an Associated Press article:

“What these members have done represents politics at its worst,” said David Rushing, state chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas. “This walkout is an absolutely shameful display of partisanship that ought not be tolerated by the public.”

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The SCO Group, formerly Caldera Linux Systems International, has upped its strident tones as it marches headlong into oblivion. It would be funny if they weren’t trying to take GNU/Linux with them. This time, they are stopping all sales of SCO Linux and Caldera OpenLinux products (the products that gave them the money to buy SCO Group to begin with), and they’ve even taken the unusual step of threatening their own customers, who bought the software in good faith from them. Read more…

The house hunt has been a little slower than expected. Jennie and I got shut out of two different deals in the first two weeks of looking, and it’s been tough finding a place to meet our standards since then. I’m happy to say that we’ve finally chosen something, though - we’ll be signing the contract on Tuesday. Read more…