Sontag in 2002 on Enterprise Features of SCO Linux 4.0
Groklaw Aug 01 2004

I found something. Something that I think is important.

It has to do with SCO claiming that while it's true they distributed
Linux under the GPL, they never realized that the high-end code they
now claim is infringing was in there ..

... Something Sontag himself said in 2002 that indicates to me that he
knew about the enterprise features in the kernel of their UnitedLinux
distro, SCO Linux 4.0, which was distributed under the GPL.

Of course, it's clear somebody knew, just by looking at the list of
components in SCO Linux 4.0, released in November of 2002, including
enterprise features they are now challenging. Here is the list in a
very thorough description of UnitedLinux in an article dated November
1, 2002 ..

* File systems: Ext2, Ext3, JFS, Reiserfs, Logical Volume Manager
(LVM); note that the kernel had support for POSIX ACLs as well as
Extended Attributes

* I/O: raw I/O and asynchronous I/O

* Execution: Next Generation POSIX Threading (NGPT is a derivative of
pThreads), HyperThreading

* Memory: NUMA, Memory Extension Technology (MXT), Large Memory
Support (64GB physical RAM)

* SAN support: iSCSI

* Modern hardware support: ACPI

* SNMP/CIM support

* Protocols: IPv6 

[...]

"SCO Linux 4.0 is a next-generation enterprise server class offering,
with automated installation, high-availability clustering technology,
large memory support and memory expansion technology.

While this release focuses on the 32-bit platform, we will deliver a
release for the Itanium II family of processors in the first quarter
of next year"

- Chris Sontag Nov 19 2002

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040731184239871

On 1 Aug 2004 11:23:32 -0700, Daeron wrote:

> Sontag in 2002 on Enterprise Features of SCO Linux 4.0
> Groklaw Aug 01 2004
> 
> I found something. Something that I think is important.
> 
> It has to do with SCO claiming that while it's true they distributed
> Linux under the GPL, they never realized that the high-end code they
> now claim is infringing was in there ..
> 
> .. Something Sontag himself said in 2002 that indicates to me that he
> knew about the enterprise features in the kernel of their UnitedLinux
> distro, SCO Linux 4.0, which was distributed under the GPL.
> 
> Of course, it's clear somebody knew, just by looking at the list of
> components in SCO Linux 4.0, released in November of 2002, including
> enterprise features they are now challenging. Here is the list in a
> very thorough description of UnitedLinux in an article dated November
> 1, 2002 ..
> 
> * File systems: Ext2, Ext3, JFS, Reiserfs, Logical Volume Manager
> (LVM); note that the kernel had support for POSIX ACLs as well as
> Extended Attributes
> 
> * I/O: raw I/O and asynchronous I/O
> 
> * Execution: Next Generation POSIX Threading (NGPT is a derivative of
> pThreads), HyperThreading
> 
> * Memory: NUMA, Memory Extension Technology (MXT), Large Memory
> Support (64GB physical RAM)
> 
> * SAN support: iSCSI
> 
> * Modern hardware support: ACPI
> 
> * SNMP/CIM support
> 
> * Protocols: IPv6 
> 
> [...]
> 
> "SCO Linux 4.0 is a next-generation enterprise server class offering,
> with automated installation, high-availability clustering technology,
> large memory support and memory expansion technology.
> 
> While this release focuses on the 32-bit platform, we will deliver a
> release for the Itanium II family of processors in the first quarter
> of next year"
> 
> - Chris Sontag Nov 19 2002
> 
> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040731184239871

Before reading one of his posts, consider this:

Daeron is a despicable liar of the highest order. He has attacked me
repeatedly in this newsgroup. In his latest attack posted to his blog, he
is claimikng that I posted requests for sexual acts on another newsgroup.

Those posts were forged by another lowlife Linux Advocate, but he's trying
to claim that this is my "hobby".

Doug Mitchell aka. Doug Mentohl aka. Daeron is a despicable lowlife piece
of scum who will stop at nothing to promote Linux - including attempting to
get people fired, and posting lies about them online.

Read his posts with care.

On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 15:55:40 -0700, Simon Cooke wrote:

> On 1 Aug 2004 11:23:32 -0700, Daeron wrote:
> 
>> Sontag in 2002 on Enterprise Features of SCO Linux 4.0
>> Groklaw Aug 01 2004
>> 
>> I found something. Something that I think is important.
>> 
>> It has to do with SCO claiming that while it's true they distributed
>> Linux under the GPL, they never realized that the high-end code they
>> now claim is infringing was in there ..
>> 
>> .. Something Sontag himself said in 2002 that indicates to me that he
>> knew about the enterprise features in the kernel of their UnitedLinux
>> distro, SCO Linux 4.0, which was distributed under the GPL.
>> 
>> Of course, it's clear somebody knew, just by looking at the list of
>> components in SCO Linux 4.0, released in November of 2002, including
>> enterprise features they are now challenging. Here is the list in a
>> very thorough description of UnitedLinux in an article dated November
>> 1, 2002 ..
>> 
>> * File systems: Ext2, Ext3, JFS, Reiserfs, Logical Volume Manager
>> (LVM); note that the kernel had support for POSIX ACLs as well as
>> Extended Attributes
>> 
>> * I/O: raw I/O and asynchronous I/O
>> 
>> * Execution: Next Generation POSIX Threading (NGPT is a derivative of
>> pThreads), HyperThreading
>> 
>> * Memory: NUMA, Memory Extension Technology (MXT), Large Memory
>> Support (64GB physical RAM)
>> 
>> * SAN support: iSCSI
>> 
>> * Modern hardware support: ACPI
>> 
>> * SNMP/CIM support
>> 
>> * Protocols: IPv6 
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> "SCO Linux 4.0 is a next-generation enterprise server class offering,
>> with automated installation, high-availability clustering technology,
>> large memory support and memory expansion technology.
>> 
>> While this release focuses on the 32-bit platform, we will deliver a
>> release for the Itanium II family of processors in the first quarter
>> of next year"
>> 
>> - Chris Sontag Nov 19 2002
>> 
>> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040731184239871
> 
> Before reading one of his posts, consider this:
> 
> Daeron is a despicable liar of the highest order. He has attacked me
> repeatedly in this newsgroup. In his latest attack posted to his blog, he
> is claimikng that I posted requests for sexual acts on another newsgroup.
> 
> Those posts were forged by another lowlife Linux Advocate, but he's trying
> to claim that this is my "hobby".
> 
> Doug Mitchell aka. Doug Mentohl aka. Daeron is a despicable lowlife piece
> of scum who will stop at nothing to promote Linux - including attempting to
> get people fired, and posting lies about them online.
> 
> Read his posts with care.

Please, knock it off.