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'Now tell me - where has anyone claimed that the author of TFA was a shill?'

'...most likely an expendable pawn'

This is what's called a 'metaphor', and is meant to suggest one under the control of another, more powerful entity. You may be confusing 'pawn' with 'porn', a common mistake often thought to be responsible for the (frequently observed) sharp decline in chess club attendance after the first week, when the terminology is explained. To illustrate:

Expendable pawn:

http://www.darlmcbride.com/

Expendable porn:

http://membres.lycos.fr/fredrichung/forum/nerd%20porn.jpg

This is from McBride's own website (ego much?)

From 2005: "But since SCO owns the UNIX operating system and it made up 95 percent of our company's revenue, and we were getting strong demand from customers for a next generation version of UNIX, that's where we concentrated our efforts."

Well the courts will decide that. "'Isn't SCO just all about defeating Linux?' Of course we are innovating and we absolutely want to defeat Linux, just as we want to defeat any other competitor."

Following is usual FUD about how Linux costs more in the long run because of (reaches back to pull numbers out of ass) subscription fees. And of course Microsoft has been a great contributor to SCO's fight against Linux.

But here's the kicker:

"SCO Has a Superior Kernel - SCO OpenServer 6 includes the UNIX System V Release 5 (SVR5) kernel, the result of more than 25 years of high-end development work that has created a proven track record of stability and reliability. With our latest release, OpenServer provides support for up to 32 processors, 64 GB of memory, terabyte file sizes, and full support for multi-threaded applications. Linux is still young from an operating system perspective. I would challenge any kernel out there to match us head-to-head. While Linux may appeal to some as the sleek, new "racer" on the track, the experienced IT professional will truly see the real power under the hood when they test the UNIX kernel and the tried and true power of UNIX combined with the new capabilities of SCO OpenServer 6."

Now the obvious: If Linux = UNIX, then how can their kernel be superior? There's NOTHING on this page saying Linux copied UNIX in whole or part.

Then some more FUD--I actually laughed at this figure:

"Unfortunately for Linux, mi2g also confirmed that the Linux operating system has become somewhat of a hacker's paradise. In a study conducted only seven months ago they found that overall, the most vulnerable operating system for manual hacker attacks was Linux, accounting for 65.64% of all hacker breaches reported.

Again, how can you be oh-so superior in security if your product is identical to Linux? You can't have it both ways. BTW, I tried to find this figure in context on mi2g site, but got this error from the search box:

ht://Dig error htsearch detected an error. Please report this to the webmaster of this site. The error message is:

Unable to read word database file
Did you run htmerge?

Hmmm. Maybe they got hacked....

A website just FULL of images ...

http://www.darlmcbride.com/ ... ready for photoshopping.

regardless of SCOX' claim that they ceased distributing Linux(OK, that was proven bogus. Still ....)

No products? Who are you trying to kid? Linux isn't free and SCO owns it! Darl McBride says so, and he's God (in his own mind).

No products? Who are you trying to kid? Linux isn't free and SCO owns it! Darl McBride says so, and he's God (in his own mind).

1. OpenServer 6 Costs Less
2. SCO Has a Superior Kernel
3. OpenServer Has Better Security
4. SCO Has a Customer-Driven Roadmap
5. OpenServer 6 is Backward Compatible
6. SCO Allows You to Focus on Your Core Competency
7. SCO Owns and Warrantees its Products
8. SCO is Unifying its Code Base
9. SCO UNIX: Legendary Reliability
10. SCO Has an Award-Winning Support Team

Read TFL for buzzwordy drivel and meaningless tripe from Darryl himself. Didn't know he'd registered a website in his name to spout his n0nsense.

Stop by and take a look....unfortunately I couldn't locate a place to leave "Comments" and "Feedback" to their FUD.

Intellectual Property Rights Explained

If [SCO] wants to develop products for enterprise corporations, it must respect and follow the rule of law. These rules include contracts, copyrights and other intellectual property laws. For several months SCO has been involved in a contentious legal case that we filed against IBM. What are the underlying intellectual property principles that have put SCO in a strong position in this hotly debated legal case? I'd summarize them in this way:

1. "Fair use" applies to educational, public service and related applications and does not justify commercial misappropriation. Books and Internet sites intended and authorized for the purpose of teaching and other non-commercial use cannot be copied for commercial use. ...

2. Copyright attributions protect ownership and attribution rights--they cannot simply be changed or stripped away. This is how copyright owners maintain control of their legal rights and prevent unauthorized transfer of ownership. ...

3. In copyright law, ownership cannot be transferred without express, written authority of a copyright holder....

4. Transfer of copyright ownership without express written authority of all proper parties is null and void.

5. Use of derivative rights in copyrighted material is defined by the scope of a license grant. An authorized derivative work may not be used beyond the scope of a license grant. License grants regarding derivative works vary from license to license--some are broad and some are narrow. In other words, the license itself defines the scope of permissive use, and licensees agree to be bound by that definition. ...

Darl McBride, CEO, The SCO Group, http://darlmcbride.com

This site seems to be working fine as well.

Just go to www.darlmcbride.com

seems his vanity-domain has an interesting take on the whole story.

Darl seems to have come to sences, see here

Thats not what Darl Mcbride is saying....