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Not not doing evil

3 comments on Not not doing evil

Not not doing evil

: Brad Feld has a good suggestion for Google that goes beyond just not doing evil: How about doing some good? How about buying Linux bete noir SCO and shutting them down?

3 responses to “Not not doing evil”

  1. anne.elk Avatar
    anne.elk

    Uh, Darl has been hoping (mentioned this in public) to be bought by IBM for years now.
    This would be like removing troops from Saudi Arabia to please Osama, or falling back from Najaf to please Al Sadr. We would never do that, as it would just encourage terrorism, and buying out Darl would just encourage him and his supporters and other leaches to look for more silly blackmail in lawsuits.

  2. David Avatar
    David

    I think SCO is a bad actor too but shutting them down would seriously hurt the thousands of small and large businesses with legacy SCO systems. To migrate or upgrade to another OS could cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars.
    Better to let nature take its course.

  3. Sterling Avatar
    Sterling

    Anne.Elk is right, Jeff. A buyout is just what these guys want. It would set a bad precedent.