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More on SCO vs. IBM Lawsuit
Colin Stanners writes "SCO has held a TeleConference and put up a page with information on their lawsuit against IBM. The key phrase (from their complaint) is: 'It is not possible for Linux to rapidly reach UNIX performance standards for complete enterprise functionality without the misappropriation of UNIX code, methods or concepts to achieve such performance, and coordination by a larger developer, such as IBM.' Their page also includes a Q&A, presentation, and exhibits, although these are mostly licensing agreements and not code." Bruce Perens had an interesting comment on the situation, more than one group is trying to organize a boycott, and Newsforge has a story based on SCO's press conference this morning. Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.
more than one group is trying to organize a boycott
The market has been "boycotting" SCO and it's crap for years, not like there needs to be a special effort.
The lawsuit information found from the SCOSource link is an audio recording - it'll take about 1/10th of a normal /. effect to bring that to its knees!
Stop by my site where I write about ERP systems & more
you have to admit that SCO is the better platform for rapping, because SCO rhymes with "fro", "dough", and "blow".
Does SCO even care that they:
I hope IBM bitchslaps them. Litigiously speaking, of course.
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Okay, I got Linux installed. So where's the free beer everyone keeps talking about??
But I already don't use SCO! Nonetheless I'll use them even less!
sulli
RTFJ.
Maybe SCO should subpoena IBM for the Linux source and find the offending code themselves ;)
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
"We know your develoers and they are not competant enough to do that. So obviously you ripped it off of us."
And yet, SCO still offers products named OpenLinux. Is that going to change to ClosedUNIX or OpenLinuxfor$100.
Great idea! And cheap, too! Should only take 4 or 5 guys a couple of weeks.
I just LOVE listening to the audio broadcast of this on SCO's site. I think I'll listen to it again, and again, and again. Maybe I could listen to it on every computer in my house...
"He who would learn astronomy, and other recondite arts, let him go elsewhere. " -- John Calvin, commenting on Genesis 1
Their sales line is 1-888-GO-LINUX.
;)
Please MR Linus--
Please make them license the trademark from you!
LedgerSMB: Open source Accounting/ERP
The most well known of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." But only slightly less well known is "Never go up against IBM, when Intellectual Property is on the line!" A ha ha ha! A ha ha ha! A ha ha...
(thud)
My amazing wife - Artist, Author, Philosopher - Laurie M
Yao. Can I write a check?
This is horse shit. I picked up some nice long sleeved shirts at SCO's booth @ LinuxWorld in January. They're great looking, comfortable shirts, and now I can't wear them...
SCO, you bastards.
-Ryan, with the unoriginal sig
They already have difficulty identifying their real would-be customers (there aren't any left).
OK I'll hide my head in shame. Oce printing uses a SCO solution for their postscript control center:
(individual systems -> SCO master -> ?SCO slave? -> Postscript rip -> SCO slave/master -> ?IOCA RIP? -> Printer. Its switching to Linux but it isn't converted yet (since it works and scales big enough).
[Screams of "but its not my fault" in the background]
Just a few off-the-cuff observations.
- You don't launch a land war in Asia.
- You don't launch a billion-dollar patent battle with IBM, if your
strategy is in fact to win that battle.
- NEVER go against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line!
What part of "shall not be infringed" is so hard to understand?
Let's see. Somebody replying to the other article said they're worth 16 million bucks.
They probably pay a nickel per minute for their 888 number.
That means that we can bankrupt them by making 320 million minutes worth of useless calls, navigating their stupid voice menus! If we can each make 100 minutes worth of calls, we only need 3.2 million slashdotters to participate!
Looks like it's time for an offensive slashdotting, old school!
Do daemons dream of electric sleep()?
You just need a big, fat, red magic marker. Make a circle-with-slash (e.g. No SCO!) logo out of it.
Then it will be truly 1337.
Do daemons dream of electric sleep()?