Linux extremist vow revenge against SCO
CRN.com | at | by Mike
Increasingly, they say, the passion behind the operating system appeals to the disenfranchised, who see Linux in quasi-political "even quasi-religious" terms, but fail to comprehend the business and technical ideals behind it. As a result, they say, good technology is getting a bad rap.
Attacks on SCO Group have at times gone beyond the bounds of the computer world. The company spokesman said that SCO executives' lives have been threatened. When SCO Group chief executive officer Darl McBride appeared at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas in November to deliver a keynote speech at CD Expo, the company brought a sharpshooter along for protection.
"We were aware of specific threats from someone who had already served time behind bars," the spokesman said. "If they've been there [in prison] before and evidently aren't afraid to go back, we have to take them seriously."