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Google's search statistics may be regarded as a similar but more accurate poll because of the much bigger sample space.

The problem is that their statistics are biased towards brands/corporations which have a bigger web presence (eg Amazon, etc) which occur in their "Top Consumer Brands" category. Hence companies like Cemex, Samsung etc do not figure in the Google Zeitgeist.

On a related note, SCO seems to be proud it figured in the Google Zeitgeist. The following quote from the "news" on their webpage (couldn't find permanent link):

SCO Ranked #1 Corporate Query Site by Google. Based on billions of searches conducted by Google users around the world, the 2004 Year-End Zeitgeist ranks SCO's corporate Website as the most searched site for the year. Find Out More Here >

I think it's time to add to litigious bastards with one for moronic judges.

C'mon, IBM already gave them nearly ONE BEEEELYON lines of code. How could you order more fishing for SCO?

Well, Microsoft is paying money to people who claim to be the owners of Unix/Linux... Does that count?

Perhaps if you're going to have such a personal definition of "*nixish" you should define it before you use it rather than after you get called on it.

What do you think "linux" is - it's not Unix, that's for sure. Do a google for "linux is not unix" (include the quotes). Easy enough to remember - linux - Linux Is Not UniX

And "GNU" - "Gnu's Not Unix"

It's people like the litigious bastards who would like to think that you can dump millions of lines of unix code into a *nixish system such as linux. But you can't. Linux is not Unix, even if they share some common functionality.

You can also google for the term "*nixish" and find over 1,500 references to it being used the way I use it - "unix-like" operating system, as opposed to "unix" itself.

Or you could see what the wiki has to say:

Unix-like
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to the UNIX system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.

...

Early Unix-like systems

The first "Unix-like" operating systems were developed because of AT&T's licensing of Unix, which prevented the sale of Unix to commercial organisations. The Unix-like operating systems that were available in the 1980s and early 1990s included Idris, Coherent, UniFlex and Minix (a computer science teaching system).

Oh, well, the woes of closed-source software - providing an incentive for people to pirate/resell, as opposed to open-source, which is so far pirate-=proof (just ask those litigious bastards how it went in SCO vs Daimler-Chrysler ... to teh moon indeed :-)

My guess is it's time for the author to find a way to convert his software to a service. After all, the fraudster is selling it for $2/copy.

Why not just contact these guys for legal counsel. Apparently they are a sucker for hopeless legal causes and will work for a sliding scale of percentages of any settlement when suing multi-billion dollar adversaries if your own funds don't quite cover the costs...

Well, it doesn't appear to be the same person. The Gupta who works for sco has been there since 1996, and spent a lot of his time over in the UK.

The Gupta who works for Microdisplay is probably located at their headquarters in San Pablo, CA.

There's always Salt Lake City

Hold your mouse over the main graphic SCO Partner Webinars and it says: "Click to learn more about the latest Weinars"

I suppose $31 million dollars just doesn't go as far as it used to ...

New management at Canopy . . . may push [SCO] to try and settle.

Or are they smoking crack, and dreaming that IBM will pay to settle?

I'm still planning a trip to Lindon when the lawsuits are over to see the patch of scorched earth that will be left where The SCO Group's headquarters once stood.

Those of you that haven't already read it may find The SCO Group's Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy to be good for a laugh. They should post a document describing their real code of conduct.

Ahh yes, because we all know that big companies only file valid lawsuits.

And the patch for Windows security is out too!

Lunix I mean Service pack 3... it will fill your security holes. In today's day and age, why are people still not switching from an inferior product to one that is clearly the wave of the future? Go Linux!

Try "liti"

litigious bastards

Actually, isn't this just a matter of Firefox trying to attach TLD endings to the url? So, it tries "quicktime.com" which simply redirects the user to the URL you mentioned. The same goes for http. Go to "http.com" and it will bring you to the site previously mentioned.
For instance, typing in litigious bastards as the URL will bring up an error message rather than forward you to sco.com.

I didn't know about the defacement described in the article until today. Last night, someone sent me a link to http://www.sco.com/redhat/ which had been defaced as shown here:

http://www.leonine.com/~dwoods/sco_vs_world_hack.j pg

The following text was placed there (as shown in the above screenshot)...

SCO vs World

Recently we found parts of our code in almost all Microsoft(R) software. We want to bring an action against Microsoft(R) and our legal department is working on that. Parts of code found in in all Microsoft(R) products from MS-DOS(TM) 2.1 to Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) Longhorn. Currently we are checking older MS-DOS sources. It's obvious, that all while (1){ do_something; } and for (i = 0; i 16; i++) loops came from our code.

Not everything is OK.

Trademark Information

Is it just a coincidence that this page mentions
"Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds."

What the hell are they doing in This picture?
http://www.sco.com/images/landing_pages/people.gif
I for one, am glad that they got h4x0r3d after publishing this smut.

Security is reason #4 to pick SCO UNIX over Linux.

Does that mean sco.com runs Linux? After all, their code would never get hacked.

Implying? Here's what they're currently saying - 13:45 GMT 29/Nov/2004:

We own all your code. Pay us all your money.

H4X0red or Darl's latest mission statement - you decide!

That will teach them litigious bastards.

In case SCO ever gets around to fixing their site, a screenshot I took of the affected site is available here.

Why arent we hearing about it?

they have a nice logo now saying:
"SCO: We own all your code, pay us all your money".

http://www.sco.com/

News article about it:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19947

SCO WEBSITE HACKED

Now any chance on taking on SCO?

For several months, any time I found an "unsubscribe" link in a spam that took you to a web page where you type in the address you want to "unsubscribe"... I would type in one or more of:

• scoiplicense@sco.com
• dmcbride@sco.com
• csontag@sco.com

I also imagine Darl (or his secretary, more likely) has been getting rather a lot of phone calls offering to refinance his mortgage. Does that help?

Now any chance on taking on SCO?

For several months, any time I found an "unsubscribe" link in a spam that took you to a web page where you type in the address you want to "unsubscribe"... I would type in one or more of:

• scoiplicense@sco.com
• dmcbride@sco.com
• csontag@sco.com

I also imagine Darl (or his secretary, more likely) has been getting rather a lot of phone calls offering to refinance his mortgage. Does that help?

Now any chance on taking on SCO?

For several months, any time I found an "unsubscribe" link in a spam that took you to a web page where you type in the address you want to "unsubscribe"... I would type in one or more of:

• scoiplicense@sco.com
• dmcbride@sco.com
• csontag@sco.com

I also imagine Darl (or his secretary, more likely) has been getting rather a lot of phone calls offering to refinance his mortgage. Does that help?

I believe what he means is that not enough people are /.ing Darl's inbox.

Q: How can you tell the Titanic is sinking?
A: They keep rearranging the deck chairs, and reassuring us that the ship is too big to sink.

Have you thought about the fact that these big companies are 'bankrolling' the new IP only company because they are just trying to protect themselves?

How very noble of them!

Of course, once they have the power, what is to stop them from using it? Oh, that's right! (litigous bastards) corporations don't sue other corporations over intellectual property.

Daryl McBride Assasinated!!!

It is a happy day for us all!

He's not the only one.

Interestingly, a search for Litigious bastards on Microsoft's search engine: Like this brings up our favorite scoundrels at #1! Spooky, huh? ;-)

Is Microsoft opening itself to defending thousands of lawsuits against their customers?"

I'd say it's more likely that by a remarkable coincidence, a rogue company, with no discernible ties to Microsoft, will begin suing Open Source end-users for IP infringement, effectively underscoring the significance of Microsoft's indemnification. Remind you of something?

--

I write stuff, but not that often and not that well...

You're a brave man. I personally wouldn't have the guts to risk being flamed by hordes of Slashdotters for linking to SCO without the anchor text litigious bastards.

Now who's Daryl McBride...?

An evil monkey puppet created by the tears of small children beaten to death by the satanic Teletubbie they don't show on TV

Dude, it's $699 for so-called "free" operating systems, not -100$. RTF(FUD).

I don't see how any company thinks it can win by trying to pull this kind of stunt. Well, other than by the fact that companies usually do win by pulling this kind of stunt, because nobody really pursues it, since they expect the company to lie through their teeth anyway.

Don't dilute the litigious bastards mark. I propose we consider ass-ramming uncle-fuckers as the appropriate label.

Nothing but a group of no-good,god-damned litigious bastards.
I'll say it again: litigious fuckin' bastards.

Nothing like a little karma-whorin' to make the time pass. ;)

And don't forget that they are litigious bastards as well. Actually, if you look up litigious bastards it brings up SCO, but an interesting side effect is that if you look up bastards, SCO also shows up. Can you believe that? Bastards? Who'd have though?

And don't forget that they are litigious bastards as well. Actually, if you look up litigious bastards it brings up SCO, but an interesting side effect is that if you look up bastards, SCO also shows up. Can you believe that? Bastards? Who'd have though?

And don't forget that they are litigious bastards as well. Actually, if you look up litigious bastards it brings up SCO, but an interesting side effect is that if you look up bastards, SCO also shows up. Can you believe that? Bastards? Who'd have though?

And don't forget that they are litigious bastards as well. Actually, if you look up litigious bastards it brings up SCO, but an interesting side effect is that if you look up bastards, SCO also shows up. Can you believe that? Bastards? Who'd have though?

...is why Bill doesn't go to the owners of Linux to collect his share?

Pierson is a great case. You have all the elements of a good Disney movie... You have a guy in New York, out hunting foxes with his hounds. As a fox is under chase, another guy shoots the fox and claims it as his own. And they take it to the highest court in New York State! And people think we're overly litigious now! ;)

Why not ask these guys: http://www.sco.com/

You can actually ping the turtle here. Go nuts.

If it is the bomb that Duke has found, the question now is what, if anything, should be done with it?

Utah would be a good spot.