Re: Any experience with "The Last One"?

jmfbahciv_at_aol.com
Date: 11/30/03


Date: Sun, 30 Nov 03 10:19:35 GMT

In article <308jsvgo4v59v28k72ibc5cfdnb9fjp76j@4ax.com>,
   Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca> wrote:
>On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 22:33:55 GMT in alt.folklore.computers,
>gerryq@indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn) wrote:
>
>>In article <1070112041.379766@saucer.planet.gong>, "Rupert Pigott"
<roo@dark-try-removing-this-boong.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>"Gerry Quinn" <gerryq@indigo.ie> wrote in message
>>>news:2_Yxb.2611$nm6.17042@news.indigo.ie...

<snip>

>>Presumably he would approve if Linux did indeed rip off source from all
>>and sundry. But it wouldn't do serious users much good if that turned
>>out to be the case...
>
>SGI for one has scanned its Linux code base and found four
>questionable lines of code, which *may* have been taken from or based
>on code acquired by SCO, and which has been replaced.

Wait a minute. Time out. _Four_ lines of code? Are you serious?

/BAH

<snip>

/BAH

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