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• Caldera in Erlangen runs openlinux.org site from 1998 or so.
• Caldera shuts down operation in Erlangen but leaves DNS entry intact.
• IP address is reallocated to Fachschaftsinitiative Informatik.
• Someone at FSI decides to play a little prank on SCO.
• openlinux.org entry is removed by SCO.

Just try any one of these out:

http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=
http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=5435 63463
http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2352 561

You can put in whatever value you want for the releasedetail.cfm id field, but either way it shows the same thing. I don't think any real company would have a Web site which worked like that – if it were real there would be some sort of error message or another press release.

And as I said earlier, I don't think it's that hard to set up an Apache virtual server and provide false information when registering a domain... depending on the registrar it may be quite a while before they realize that the domain doesn't belong to who it says it belongs to.

Besides, notice that there are (1) a lot of typos, and (2) no references on the main SCO site...

Just try any one of these out:

http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=
http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=5435 63463
http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2352 561

You can put in whatever value you want for the releasedetail.cfm id field, but either way it shows the same thing. I don't think any real company would have a Web site which worked like that – if it were real there would be some sort of error message or another press release.

And as I said earlier, I don't think it's that hard to set up an Apache virtual server and provide false information when registering a domain... depending on the registrar it may be quite a while before they realize that the domain doesn't belong to who it says it belongs to.

Besides, notice that there are (1) a lot of typos, and (2) no references on the main SCO site...

Just try any one of these out:

http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=
http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=5435 63463
http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2352 561

You can put in whatever value you want for the releasedetail.cfm id field, but either way it shows the same thing. I don't think any real company would have a Web site which worked like that – if it were real there would be some sort of error message or another press release.

And as I said earlier, I don't think it's that hard to set up an Apache virtual server and provide false information when registering a domain... depending on the registrar it may be quite a while before they realize that the domain doesn't belong to who it says it belongs to.

Besides, notice that there are (1) a lot of typos, and (2) no references on the main SCO site...

More evidence it could be fake. Notice the press release url is http://openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=21370 . Try changing that id to something else like http://openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=69 . It still goes to the same press release. Also, wouldn't they announce that on the real openlinux website? Also, 2.5? Its gotta be some kind of joke. Err 404 is diferent as mentioned before also. It *is* a hoax, so nothing to see, move on to the next sorry.

More evidence it could be fake. Notice the press release url is http://openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=21370 . Try changing that id to something else like http://openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=69 . It still goes to the same press release. Also, wouldn't they announce that on the real openlinux website? Also, 2.5? Its gotta be some kind of joke. Err 404 is diferent as mentioned before also. It *is* a hoax, so nothing to see, move on to the next sorry.

Not only that, but take a look at the URL for the new supposed press release. Change the number after it, they all refer to the same press release

http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2137 0 is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2137 1 is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=21 is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=5000 0

Not only that, but take a look at the URL for the new supposed press release. Change the number after it, they all refer to the same press release

http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2137 0 is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2137 1 is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=21 is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=5000 0

Not only that, but take a look at the URL for the new supposed press release. Change the number after it, they all refer to the same press release

http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2137 0 is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2137 1 is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=21 is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=5000 0

Not only that, but take a look at the URL for the new supposed press release. Change the number after it, they all refer to the same press release

http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2137 0 is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2137 1 is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=21 is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=5000 0

Seems to me.. that when you change the GET string to any number, or completely delete the string at all you get the same relese, it has to be fake.
http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2137 0 which is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=foob ar

Seems to me.. that when you change the GET string to any number, or completely delete the string at all you get the same relese, it has to be fake.
http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2137 0 which is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=foob ar

Seems to me.. that when you change the GET string to any number, or completely delete the string at all you get the same relese, it has to be fake.
http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=2137 0 which is the same as http://www.openlinux.org/releasedetail.cfm?id=foob ar

I am not sure, but the wording make it sound like a joke, for something interesting, type the following in your browser and read:

http://www.openlinux.org/r

Try entering an invalid page for openlinux.org (e.g. this) Note that repeated requests result in different responses.

There is a Sparc and UltraSparc port of OpenLinux 2.2. It isn't officially supported afaik, but you can download it from http://www.openlinux.org/sparc/.

Anyway, I will get a copy of that OL 2.3. Too bad it'll cost me more than 50 bucks here in Finland :o(

Anyway, I will get a copy of that OL 2.3. Too bad it'll cost me more than 50 bucks here in Finland :o(

But you can go to http://www.openlinux.org and click on the "Lizard" link from there.


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