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Do You Know UNIX Secrets?

Posted by timothy on from the tell-esr-the-truth dept.

ESR writes "You can help stop the SCO attack on IBM and the Linux community. I'm looking for ways to prove that Unix trade secrets have been legally nullified. I want to know if you have ever had read access to proprietary Unix source code (not just binaries and documentation) under circumstances where either no non-disclosure agreement was required or whatever non-disclosure agreement you had was not enforced. To help out, see my No Secrets page."

18 of 392 comments (clear)

  1. I'd tell you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But then I'd have to kill -9 you.

    1. Re:I'd tell you by Evil-G · · Score: 5, Funny

      You could always trap me inside user mode linux, then i wouldnt be able to tell anyone anyway...

    2. Re:I'd tell you by zakezuke · · Score: 5, Funny

      My pid is Inigo Montoya. You "kill -9" my parent process. Prepare to vi!

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    3. Re:I'd tell you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      SCO invented user-mode nested operating systems. Pay up fools.

  2. Klink? by shibbydude · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I know nothing... nothing!"

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  3. I know a few by Hayzeus · · Score: 4, Funny

    In 1973, UNIX had a secret affair with MULTIX. The resulting child was put up for adoption, and the whole thing was hushed up.

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    1. Re:I know a few by powerlinekid · · Score: 4, Funny

      Was in Xenix? I always knew that it had to be the bastard child of someone ;).

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    2. Re:I know a few by thinkliberty · · Score: 2, Funny

      In the 60's the US government experimented with UNIX and LSD. The end result was MKULTRIX

  4. Re:This is kind of silly by Fefe · · Score: 4, Funny

    HE WROTE the OSI position paper, you dimwit!

  5. "Do You Know UNIX Secrets?" by Loki_1929 · · Score: 2, Funny

    <insert Matrix "I know Kung Foo" joke here>

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    1. Re:"Do You Know UNIX Secrets?" by BetterThanCaesar · · Score: 3, Funny

      "This is Unix. I know this."

      Sorry, wrong movie.

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  6. Nice try SCO! by Flat5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Posing as ESR to try to get people to incriminate themselves is a pretty nice trick. But we're not falling for it!

    Flat5

    1. Re:Nice try SCO! by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 2, Funny

      Putting it on Slashdot is damn near the same thing...

  7. Once by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    when I was in band camp...........

    20 secs

  8. Re:This is kind of silly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    1) Claim that UNIX is an "open secret"
    2) Surprised by cock
    3) Beg for evidence to back up your claims
    4) ????
    5) Profit

    (FYI The ??? is getting hired by IBM as a trial consultant.)

  9. Will this help ESR ? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 2, Funny

    The official history of Unix.

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  10. heh... by j0nkatz · · Score: 0, Funny

    I bet he wishes he had never wore THIS shirt.

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  11. Re:Not even a half-baked idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I may not be a lawyer

    Could be worth your time to find out whether you are or not for sure.