Ransom Love, Caldera Co-Founder Interviewed

rootmon writes "The interview focuses mostly on Ransom Love's views of SCO Group's current dispute with IBM and the Free/Open Source Software Community. It also provides some insights on why Caldera purchased the UNIX business of SCO and their joint Monterey project with IBM. In summary, Love's view is 'My belief is that Unix and Linux should co-exist and should look and feel the same to application developers. Fundamentally, I would not have pursued SCO's path. You see, the challenge is building business. Litigation, no matter what side you're on, tears down businesses. Only the attorneys win. Companies should focus their energies on building their businesses, not on lawsuits. I don't see any positive outcomes.'"

Ransom Love?

[CausticWindow]

That must be one of the most bizarre names I've ever heard.

He sold his stock!

[floppy ears]

When news of the IBM lawsuit broke, I sold the last of my stock.

Sounds like the same game plan as Darl and the other SCO insiders!

Love the name

[henriksh]

His parents must really have hated him.

Ransom Love?!

The name's so funny, I can't even think of how to make a joke out of it.

Re:Ransom Love?

[Tranzor Z]

... Ransom Love ... reminds me of my last date.

Re:SCO Day?

[gothicpoet]

You forgot to mention the Microsoft days and the Verisign days. =)

ASDF!

[Anonymous Coward]

Okay.. we've finally done it.. that's a first.

Two SCO stories SIDE BY SIDE on the FRONT PAGE. With no buffer.

And to top it off, they're *both relevant*, and neither are reposts, and as far as i can tell weren't even rehashes of links posted in previous articles' comments.

I am amazed. This is some kind of cosmic convergance. I await the falling of the stars into the sea.

The joke

[Anonymous Coward]

When it comes to IBM and SCO, there's no love lost. Just ask Ransom Love

Maybe I'm just cynical,

[idontgno]

but it sounds a little to disingenuous to me.

"...it's not the path I, or our group, would have gone down."

"Not my idea, I told them it was a bad idea, I warned them, I had nothing to do with it, I wanted no part in this abortion of a business plan, please don't shoot me, I'm just the piano player." That scrambling sound you hear is everyone fleeing the foxhole as the grenade lands at their feet.

Yeah, never mind, I'm just cynical.

Re:Ransom Love?

[OzPhIsH]

But when does he turn into Dr. Strange?

Re:Ransom Love?

[twoslice]

Sorry dude, hate to break it to ya but... We all knew Tru love...

Re:Ransom Love?

[los furtive]

Whatever. A woman at my work was named Sonia Butt. She got married to some guy and took his last name, and became Sonia Luck. They recently divorced. Just to spite him she changed her name to Sonia Butt Luck. True story. No really.

Re:Ransom Love?

[njchick]

Maybe she was Tru64 Love?

Yeah well

[Anonymous Coward]

But that's actually the same thing. Now look at SCO. Get a life, asshole. Shooting babies is funny. Why wouldn't they use Linux? They own it, don't they?

This Comment was generated with the Comment-O-Matic for SCO Stories. [rageagainst.net]

Why do you think he left?

[k98sven]

Those comments seem pretty consistant with what Mr. Love has said in the past.

Which is the obvious reason he isn't with the company anymore.
People who make self-consistent remarks have no place in SCO management.

Re:Ransom Love?

[pyrrhonist]

That must be one of the most bizarre names I've ever heard.

Yeah, tell me about it.

--
Dick Hertz
Holden, MA

Coolest name ever

[Laconian]

"Ransom Love" sounds like the pseudonym for the frontman of a heavy metal band. Surely it can't be his birth name; it's too cool for that!

Cooler than "Vin Diesel"? You bet your ass.