SCO vs Linux (via IBM)

[markw at mohawksoft.com (markw at mohawksoft.com)]

It is obvious that this is a scam by SCO.
This is what AT&T tried to do to BSDI. There are factions from the
old-school UNIX camps that seek to limit non-UNIX heritage "posix" solutions.

SCO claims there is code in Linux which is in SCO UNIX. 
Assuming that is true, there could be reasonable explanations for this:

SCO copied the code from Linux.
The code in SCO and Linux came from BSD. Can someone say TCP/IP stack?
A few lines of code in SCO resemble that which is in Linux.

It is VERY unlikely the SCO code is in Linux. Similar tasks may make similar
code, but unless specific algorthms are patented (software patents are bogus
and should be struck down as math.) similarity is not theft.

SCO wants money. If IBM can stall them long enough, they will go out of
business, then (cross fingers and have faith in IBM eek!) IBM will buy them
and free UNIX once and for all.