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Posted by michael on Friday May 30, 2003 @04:30AM from the put-up-or-shut-up dept.

landoltjp writes "SCO (Nasdaq: SCOX) are hosting a teleconference today in order to clear the air (*snort*) regarding "Novell's baseless UNIX ownership assertions" and other bits of hubbub and nonesense that's in the news today. Should be fun." And SCO has apparently been enjoined from making some of its claims by a German court (also here.) Cringely has an editorial on the whole mess.

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Enough already.. by thrillbert · 2003-05-30 04:31 · Score: 5, Funny

I've had it.. Okay, I just checked my wallet, and I'm ready to offer $43.00 cash for The SCO Group. I know I'm overpaying, but I just want to stop hearing about them!

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1. Re:Enough already.. by russwyte · 2003-05-30 04:33 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I have a "You won a free Coke" bottle top to throw in.
2. Re:Enough already.. by Surak · 2003-05-30 04:43 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  And I'll add in my belly button lint collection!
  
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3. Re:Enough already.. by Lord_Slepnir · 2003-05-30 04:49 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  In other news, an ellusive Slashdot user named thrillbert inadventently bought up all SCO stock in a hostile take-over
  "While we were hoping to sue IBM for millions, we multiplied our chances of winning with the amount we were sueing for, and realized that $43.00 cash was a better offer" Said the chairman of the board at SCO "We hope that with this money, We can give our board of directors a severance package of a pack of Oreo Cookies and enough money to hopefully call a cab before the Better Bussiness Beauru shows up".
4. Re:Enough already.. by thegameiam · 2003-05-30 05:18 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I've got a whole bunch of WorldCom stock to add to the pot, if we're talking about bankrupt ideas and ethics...
  
  -David Barak
  
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5. Re:Enough already.. by rowanxmas · 2003-05-30 05:54 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  And I'll throw in my IBM Deathstar
  
  At IBM this is actually called the "WebSphere".
  
  And yes, it is a FULLY FUNCTIONAL WEB SPHERE!
6. Re:Enough already.. by krumms · 2003-05-30 06:41 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Surak,
  
  You can't offer your Lint: it's not yours to offer. That is, it's us - not you, not Novell - who are currently in posession of the OpenLintSource98(tm) IP.
  
  Fuck with us and we'll take your Lint away. That goes anyone else we find using your particular version of Lint for that matter.
  
  Kindest regards,
  Lynn T. Collecta
  SCO, OpenLintSource98(tm) department
7. Re:Enough already.. by Mad+Bad+Rabbit · 2003-05-30 07:12 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  And yes, it is a FULLY FUNCTIONAL WEB SPHERE!
  
  "Don't be too proud of this technological middleware you have created.
  The power to deploy a servlet is insignificant, compared to the power
  of the Open Source!"
  
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8. Re:Enough already.. by Craig+Maloney · 2003-05-30 08:52 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I thought the Lint was owned by Navell? :)
If this doesn't end soon by kmilani2134 · 2003-05-30 04:33 · Score: 5, Funny

$0 is going to have their own section in Slashdot.

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Very informative article, glad to have read it by Anonymous Coward · 2003-05-30 04:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Der Bremer Linux-Spezialist univention_ hat vor dem Bremer Landgericht gegen die SCO Group GmbH eine einstweilige Verfügung erwirkt.

Well! I'm certainly glad to have that cleared up.
1. Re:Very informative article, glad to have read it by Anonymous Coward · 2003-05-30 05:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Sie dumme Amerikaner können nicht nichts lesen, ausgenommen Ihre Selbst Version von Englisch bastardisiert, das in, das sich ist, a Version von Anglo-Saxon bastardisiert. Wir lesen andererseits einige Sprachen und haben Frauen besser schauen aufzuladen.
2. Re:Very informative article, glad to have read it by nhavar · 2003-05-30 05:36 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  all I saw was 'die SCO' and it made me smile.
  
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teleconference /. redux... by pb · 2003-05-30 04:35 · Score: 4, Funny

...I'm sure they're using SCO UnixWare wherever possible, so dive right in, boys, I'm sure you won't /. them! After all, it's *much* more reliable than Linux, right??

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Hot air... by VCAGuy · 2003-05-30 04:35 · Score: 4, Funny

Don't these people realize that they're wasting a renewable resource: hot air! We could probably produce megawatts from all of this ill wind...

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SCO is out of control. by Lemmy+Caution · 2003-05-30 04:35 · Score: 5, Funny

Just when did SCO become the North Korea of IT?
Wish I could TiVo it! by SYFer · 2003-05-30 04:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Fantastic! Since HBO did not air the final episode of "Six Feet Under" last weekend, I have been feeling serial drama-deprived all week!

From this colorful agenda item from the press release, "Comments on Novell's baseless UNIX ownership assertions," it would appear that a fun and exciting installment is about to begin!

Will Novell save Linux? Will SCO go through with the suicide? Will IBM get drunk and break a lamp over SCO's head?

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Saddle up! by anagama · 2003-05-30 04:38 · Score: 4, Funny

I'm hoping for some good old west style vigilante justice!

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Re:Great... by mahdi13 · 2003-05-30 04:39 · Score: 5, Funny

Let's see, who's all involved again?

SCO sues IBM
SCO threatens 1500 Linux 'users'
Linus says SCO is full of it and wants proof
Novell knocks SCO on the head for being ID10T's
SCO threatens Linus if they don't receive the ransom^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H licenses
Microsoft funds SCO, but claims it was 'business as usual'

I think this might make things a little clearer...

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How the conference will go . . . by UnknowingFool · 2003-05-30 04:40 · Score: 4, Funny

$CO is wonderful.
All hail the great and powerful $CO.
Pay no attention to the code behind the curtain!
All hail the great and powerful $CO.

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Re:Great... by Rick.C · 2003-05-30 04:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Let's see how this turns out. All these claims from so many companies, I'd like to see what the final conclusion is.
The Sun will nova, engulfing the Earth and SCO in its massive death-blast. SCO's still-undisclosed trade secret IP will be vaporized and that will pretty much be that.

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From Yahoo!... by NetRanger · 2003-05-30 04:43 · Score: 5, Funny

SCO GROUP INC (Nasdaq:SCOX)
Last Trade
12:26pm $6.66
Hmmmm, 'nuff said.

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What do you say... by grub · 2003-05-30 04:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Q: What do you say to an SCO employee in 2005?

A: I'll have a Big Mac, large fries and a Coke.

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1. Re:What do you say... by kenthorvath · 2003-05-30 05:30 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Q: What do you say to an SCO employee in 2005?
  A: Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM...
Re:now that you mention it [netcraft] by TCaptain · 2003-05-30 04:56 · Score: 5, Funny

Quick somebody send them a copy of their threatening letter!

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/dev/null by youaredan · 2003-05-30 04:56 · Score: 5, Funny

I suggest we move them to /dev/null ... all in favor? :-)

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Re:The headline says it all... by TopShelf · 2003-05-30 04:57 · Score: 5, Funny

On the other hand, it's good to see that the former Iraqi Information Minister has found new employment...

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Re:bought and paid for by Bull999999 · 2003-05-30 05:00 · Score: 4, Funny

You forgot this...

4)M$ will release M$ UNIX

5)The next day, users of M$ UNIX (former users of SCO) reports the first BSOD for UNIX in the history of UNIX.

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News Release by grub · 2003-05-30 05:07 · Score: 4, Funny

For Immediate Release
May 30, 2003
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

The SCO Group is proud to announce the latest product in its family of software products. "LawsuitClusterFuck(tm)" uses advanced SCO technologies to send out threatening letters to random businesses harvested from the internet. "It's a great day for the internet, open source and business!" proclaimed SCO spokesperson Charles F. Uckwad, III. "If you wanted to send out menacing extortion letters before, one would have to look up the address of the recipient. Now, with "LawsuitClusterFuck(tm)" you just need to write up the threat as a standard form letter. Using standard variable names such as $COMPANY, $SHAKEDOWN_AMOUNT and $LIE_NUM the LawsuitClusterFuck software will use SCO's advanced hieristics to fill in the blanks. You'll need to hire an army of envelope stuffers!"
-- The SCO Group is based in Salt Lake City, Utah and has done nothing of interest in many years.

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Check out memepool by los+furtive · 2003-05-30 05:07 · Score: 4, Funny

Memepool has a link to a fantastic Dukes of Hazard interpretation of the whole SCO/Linux affair.

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Re:Babelfish to the rescue! by Jonathunder · 2003-05-30 05:09 · Score: 4, Funny

That of Bremen Linux specialist univention _ obtained regional court before that of Bremen against the SCO Group GmbH a provisional order

Yes, I'm certainly glad that's been cleared up.
Re:Great... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-05-30 05:10 · Score: 4, Funny

The Sun will nova, engulfing the Earth [...]

Listen, I know some of the old SparcStation 10s run hot, but if you ensure proper ventilation and kept to the recommended CPU combinations you'll have absolutely nothing to worry about.
Re:The headline says it all... by JaJ_D · 2003-05-30 05:31 · Score: 5, Funny

On the other hand, it's good to see that the former Iraqi Information Minister has found new employment...

Hey come on thats well out of order!

He may wish to work for a deranged power mad nutcase intent on world domination but even he has some morals.

Anyway Bill Gates offered him the a role at MS.

:-]

jaj
Re:The headline says it all... by opkool · 2003-05-30 05:34 · Score: 4, Funny

The interview to SCO Information Minister is here
SCO -vs- Linux explained by the_rev_matt · 2003-05-30 06:05 · Score: 4, Funny

Probably the best* explanation of the situation I've seen yet is this.

*best in the sense of being hilarious.

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caldera icon by stinky+wizzleteats · 2003-05-30 06:15 · Score: 5, Funny

Is there any way to change the caldera story icon to something like a zombie hand or rotten fish head or something? I don't think they deserve to be recognized by their official corporate symbol anymore. If Microsoft rates a borg photoshop, Caldera certainly should get something more exemplary of their character and bearing.

Like say, cat vomit.
It's not as Funny as You Might Think by llywrch · 2003-05-30 07:56 · Score: 4, Funny

I just had a look at SCOX's stock on Yahoo. They closed up about 12% from yesterday's close.

I can't help but suspect this increase in price was due to thrillbert's buyout offer.

Geoff

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