Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule sabelane lapha kubhulogi ukulandelela odabeni lwengxabano phakathi kwe-SCO ne-IBM osekuthathe iminyaka engaba ngu-20 ngenxa yochungechunge lwamacala enziwe mayelana ne-copyright ye-Unix.
Konke kwaqala ngo-1995 ngokudayiswa nguNovell wekhodi ye-Unix ku inkampani I-SCO (umthengisi we-UNIX wamaphrosesa we-x86). Inani lokuthengiselana lalilinganiselwa ku-$150 million. Lokhu kuthengisa kukhiqize izincazelo ezimbili phakathi kwababambe iqhaza. I-Novell ikholelwa ukuthi idlulisele ikhodi kuphela, hhayi amalungelo empahla yobuhlakani, kuyilapho i-SCO ithi ithenge kokubili.
Ngo-1998, i-IBM, i-Santa Cruz Operation, nabanye bahlangana ukuze bakhe i-Project Monterey, ngenhloso yokuthuthukisa inguqulo ye-UNIX esebenza kuzingxenyekazi zehadiwe eziningi. Lokho umphakathi we-Linux owawuqale ukukwenza nakho.
Ngo-2001, i-IBM yanquma ukuthi i-Linux yayiyikusasa futhi yayishiya I-Project Monterey, yaze yadonsa abanye babahlanganyeli beProjekthi Monterey ngemva kwayo. Ngaleso sikhathi, iBig Blue yayisidale inguqulo yokuhlola yesistimu yayo. I-AIX isebenza efana ne-UNIX esebenzisa ikhodi ye-SCO. I-AIX iyisistimu yokusebenza efana ne-Unix ekhishwe yi-IBM kusukela ngo-1986. I-AIX imele i-Advanced Interactive executive, nokho isifinyezo kuphela esisetshenziswa.
Kodwa lapho eshiya iphrojekthi yaseMonterey, I-IBM idlulisele enye impahla yayo yobuhlakani ku-Linux. I-SCO iphikile kule minikelo ngoba ikholelwa ukuthi i-IBM inikeze izimpahla zayo ku-Linux open source codebase.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngo-March 6, 2003, I-Caldera Systems, eqanjwe kabusha ngokuthi I-SCO, ilethe isenzo ngokumelene ne-IBM ngokwephula inkontileka yephrojekthi yabo ehlanganyelwe yaseMonterey ebhekisele ekuthuthukisweni okuhlanganyelwe kwesistimu yokusebenza ye-Unix. Ummangali usole u-Big Blue ikakhulukazi ngokudalula ingxenye yekhodi yomthombo we-Unix nezindlela zokunikela ku-Linux nokuthuthukisa i-AIX.
Ekuqaleni efuna ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1 ngomonakalo, isimangalo sakhe sakhula ngokushesha ngezinyanga ezintathu ukufinyelela ku-$3 billion. Qaphela ukuthi ngawo lowo nyaka i-SCO iphinde yahlasela i-Novell ngokubona okuphuma ngokungekho emthethweni kwekhodi yomthombo ye-Unix ku-Linux, ifuna u-$XNUMX bhiliyoni ngokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi.
Wabuyiselwa emuva yi-IBM ngo-Agasti 2003 enkantolo yenhlangano yase-Utah kanye nokususa isililo esingakaze sibonwe emhlabeni we-IT (kusuka ku-Free Software Foundation kuya ku-Novell, okuhlanganisa nabasebenzi bayo), Ngokushesha i-SCO yazithola isisesimweni esibi kakhulu.
Manje ifuna u-$5 billion kwa-IBM, inkampani yenza okukhulu ngo-July 2004 ukuze ichaze izikhalo zayo zokuthi enye yekhodi yayo yafakwa ku-UNIX esebenzisekayo kanye nefomethi yokubophezela yesistimu yefayela le-JFS. Noma i-init, iqukethwe ngokungemthetho ku-Linux kernel.
Eqinisweni, nakuba i-SCO yaqothuka, impahla yayo yobuhlakani yaqhubeka iphila ngaphansi kwabanikazi abasha. I-IBM iqhubekile nokulwa, futhi izinhlangano ezazuza njengefa lempahla yengqondo ye-SCO zilokhu zizama amakhona amasha, zithola imithombo emisha yoxhaso, noma kokubili. I-Xinuos, eyathatha impahla ye-SCO eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule, isiphendukele i-IBM. UBig Blue uphinde asolwe, kulokhu nguXinuos, ngokukopisha ngokungemthetho ikhodi yesofthiwe eyathengwa yi-SCO ukuze iyisebenzise ohlelweni lwayo lokusebenza.
I-Xinuos, edayisa i-UnixWare ne-OpenServer, yafaka icala ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka isola ukwebiwa kwempahla eqanjiwe kanye nokusebenzisana kwemakethe ye-monopoly ngokumelene nabamangalelwa abahlangene i-IBM ne-Red Hat. I-Xinuos yasungulwa eduze kwezimpahla ze-SCO Group cishe eminyakeni eyishumi edlule ngaphansi kwegama elithi UnXis, futhi ngaleso sikhathi, owalandela i-SCO wayengenaso isithakazelo sokuqhubeka nengxabano eyathatha isikhathi eside nge-Linux.
Icala lisola ukuthi i-IBM ifake ikhodi engashiwongo evela kukhodi yenkampani ye-UnixWare kanye ne-OpenServer kusistimu yokusebenza ye-IBM ye-AIX. Iphinde isole ukuthi i-IBM neRed Hat bakha itulo ngokuqondile lokuhlukanisa yonke imakethe yesistimu yokusebenza efana ne-Unix ibe ngamathuba abalulekile ebhizinisi e-IBM, okushiya i-Xinuos ebumnyameni.
Okumangalisa nakakhulu ukuthi, inkampani ithi i-IBM ifuna ukubhubhisa iFreeBSD ngokuphelele: "Isu lika-IBM ngeRed Hat bekucaciswe ngokusobala ngokubhidliza iFreeBSD, obekusekelwa kuyo izinto ezintsha zakamuva ezivela kwaXinuos."
Futhi uyaqhubeka nokufuna amademeshe kuphela, kodwa ukuchithwa ngokuphelele kokutholwa kwe-IBM kwe-Red Hat: “Ukuhlanganiswa kumele kuthiwe akukho emthethweni ngokwephula okungenani Isigaba sesi-7 soMthetho we-Clayton, futhi i-IBM ne-Red Hat kumele iyalwe ukuthi ihlukanise futhi khansela zonke izivumelwano ezihlobene phakathi kwabo ”.
INkantolo Yesifunda sase-Utah yagcina iliqedile icala ye-SCO ngokumelene ne-IBM.
Ngokusho kweNkantolo, njengoba:
“Zonke izimangalo nezimangalo kuleli cala, okusolwayo noma cha, okusolwayo noma cha, sekuxazululiwe, kuphazanyiswa futhi kuxazululwa ngazo zonke, futhi kuvumelana nesizathu esifanele. NGALOKHU KUYALEZWA ukuthi isicelo sezinhlangothi SINIKEZELWE ... Abathintekayo bazobhekana nezindleko zabo kanye nezindleko, kuhlanganisa nezindleko zomthetho. Unobhala nguyena obhekele ukuvala isenzo ”.
Ngomhla zingama-26 ku-Agasti, 2021, isicelo sokukhokha esivela eNkantolo Yokuqothuka Yase-United States Yesifunda SaseDelaware sibonisa ukuthi abathintekayo "bavumelene ukuxazulula zonke izingxabano phakathi kwabo ngenkokhelo eya kumlawuli (...) engu-$ 14,250,000" phakathi kwemihlanu. izinsuku zebhizinisi kusukela osukwini lokuqala lwesivumelwano sokukhokha. Ngokusobala, uma isiphakamiso samukelwe yizo zombili izinhlangothi, lesi sivumelwano sizoqeda icala langaphambili le-SCO ne-IBM. Ezinsukwini ezi-5, i-IBM kuzodingeka ikhokhele amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-14,25 ngokudlulisela kumphathi ophethe ukuqothuka kwe-SCO, eyaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-TSG Group. Okokugcina, lesi siphakamiso senziwa ngendlela enengqondo, kucatshangelwa izithakazelo ezingcono kakhulu zababolekisi futhi kufanele kuvunywe.
Ngokubuyisela, I-TLD iyeka wonke amalungelo nezithakazelo kuwo wonke amacala aqhubekayo noma azayo ngokumelene ne-IBM ne-Red Hat, kanye nanoma yiziphi izinsolo zokuthi i-Linux yephula ubunikazi bempahla ye-SCO's Unix.
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