__/ [ JEDIDIAH ] on Wednesday 11 October 2006 14:35 \__
> On 2006-10-11, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:54:03 -0500, Robt. Miller wrote:
>>
>>> On 2006-10-10, John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061009/obit_noorda.html?.v=2
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> Noorda, whom Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates once called the "grumpy
>>>> grandfather" of technology, was bitter over Novell's failure to check
>>>> Microsoft's power. He tried branching out in the early 1990s by
>>>> investing in the Unix operating system, the WordPerfect word processor
>>>> and other products to compete with dominant Microsoft products.
>>>
>>> Saw that last night, always liked him.
>>
>> You do realize that he founded the current SCO, right?
>
> ...better known as Caldera.
>
> It's not his fault that others ran amok with it.
Exactly. It had been 'zombied' by the Dark Forces and used as a sock puppet.
Best wishes,
Roy
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