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SCO vs Linux.. Continued
An anonymous reader writes "ComputerWorld has an interview with Chris Sontag, from SCO.
Now the story has a pretty face." The interview has a variety of comments worth noting like how much source code SCO thinks has slipped from unix to linux. This story continues to amaze me.
But then the price will start going UP again. And besides, I already have an ample supply of toilet paper...
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
and look! if you rearrange microsoft a bit you can get sco rimoft
Interesting, and to take it a step further, you rearrange "microsoft" and you get "sco from it"
#!/
Installation Complete! To activate you Linux system, call the SCO Licensing clearinghouse at 888-WEG-OTCHA to obtain an activation key. Remember, if you change more than 3 system components, you will have to obtain a new activation key. Have a Nice Day!
try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
No it would not be appropriate to call them "$CO" since they will be bankrupt very soon.
This page offers the absolute best explanation about what is going on in the SCO vs. Linux issue. A definate must read!
Zoid.com
dollars, cents, nothing
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sources at SCO have revealed some of the offending 10 or 15 lines of code, in no particular order:
main( int argc, char **argv)
return;
int i;
{
}
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
char buffer[MAXBUF];
#define true 1
#define false 0
- For the complete works of Shakespeare: cat
here are the lines from linux:
}
}
}
and Unix System V:
}
}
}
Yeah, let's /. SCO's stock! ;)
My journal has hot
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Hmpff, what did you write? It's code copied from SCO to Linux, not the other way round? Well, who knows... :-) :-)
Joachim
People don't write Manifestos any more -- what's going on in this world? [Frank Zappa]
Let me see, they're suing IBM for 1 billion $.
That comes out to 60-100 million dollars per line of code.
I think we've just found the most expensive ASCII text in the world.
SCO's own phone number is 1-888-GO-LINUX
It still works, they've just changed their minds about where they want linux to go.
I stole this Sig
Just what is SCO alleging anyways?
Is it patent, copyright, or trade secret infringement?
That depends; what day is it?