SCO's Real Motive... A Buyout?

psykocrime writes "Acccording to this article in ComputerWorld, CEO Darl McBride of SCO has finally discussed the possibility of a buyout by IBM in public. Among other things, McBride says: "I'm not trying to screw up the Linux business," he said. "I'm trying to take care of the shareholders, employees and people who have been having their rights trampled on." and "If there's a way of resolving this that is positive, then we can get back out to business and everybody is good to go, then I'm fine with that," McBride said today in an interview with Computerworld. "If that's one of the outcomes of this, then so be it." Also, yet another computerworld article indicates that most of the press and analysts who have been invited to take part in SCO's "public review of the infringing code" have declined... apparently due primarily to concerns over the terms of the non-disclosure agreement SCO is asking them to agree to. Linus in particular has said "no way" to signing their NDA to look at the code."

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scosucks.com

[Thelonious Monk]

booo scosucks.com is taken =(

You have a fantastic username.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re:teh ir0ny

[Badanov]

You know if any of the rest of us mortals used an equivelent disparaging term for blacks in a quote, we would be modded down to a negative number.

A true story

[Anonymous Coward]

Once upon a time whilst walking in a park I asked a geek "Do you have a girlfriend?". He responded with a very puzzled look. "A girlfriend?," he mused, "Who is the developer?". I chuckled and told him this was not an open source project. He then became slightly angry and inquired, "Are you trying to insult me? Only the best geeks use open source only! What planet are you living on?!". I reassured him I was well aware of his integrity as a geek (white skin, clumsy, pants that are too short, lack of daily shower, pocket protector etc), and explained, "A girlfriend is a female who to a male (most oftenly a male) has an intimate friendship." He gave me a very confused look. "I have never heard of such a thing.. this.. g-g-irlfriend?" He asked me, sounding very baffled. "I have heard of friends before, those pets other people have. But what is this thing you say.. Grill?". "Girl," I corrected. Then I asked him to sit down on a bench nearby so I could explain it too him, the poor, helpless thing. I told him that for human beings to reproduce, sexual intercourse must occur between a male and a female. "Perhaps you hear the trolls mention a thing called "pussy" on slashdot?". The geek burst into laughter, "Haha, you have been browsing at -1 lately, haven't you? You know that is just troll talk. Those silly trolls never have anything intelligent to say."

My face turned serious. "My dear geek, are you not aware of the female population amongst you? Do you not stare in the street and want to hump a post when you pass by a hot, slim, gorgeous looking chick with a firm bust and well sculpted ass?". The geek immediately began to appear as if he was having a nervous breakdown. His glasses began to fog up and he took them off to wipe them with this linux embroidered shirt, "I think I know what you are talking about. Those things are icky. They have cooties. Get away from me!" I felt offended. "Nonsense, I pleaded! Pussy is a beautiful thing. A sacred thing that you should strive to give pleasure to." The geek would not listen and he began to cry. "STOP IT!! You are EVIL!!" He then, quite geekishly, skipped off down the path.

I walked back to my house feeling rather disheartened. 'Why don't they listen to me' I asked myself? When I got home my girlfriend opened the door. She was wearing short-shorts and a sports bra. She had been doing the thigh master for the past 30 minutes and was sweating. I could see her dark nipples underneath her slightly damp bra. Oh god I could fuck her to the moon and back. I could smell her horniness the second I took my shoes off. I chased her, both of us laughing, to our bedroom [THE FOLLOWING has been censored for the well-being of geeks].... Six hours later, finally satisfied a little, I sat up and noticed that same geek hiding in the trees. He had been watching us the entire time. I swear his penis had to have been the size of a fucking horse cock (not bad for a geek, i might add), and he appeared as if he had gone into a state of shock. I could see cum stains forming near the bulge of his pant zipper. I thought to myself. There is one geek, finally brought into the real world.

Obligatory Simpsons Reference

[CastrTroy]

With changes to support current SCO news

Lisa: Hey, Slashdot! Are you suffering from the heartbreak of... SCO-itis? Then take a tip from Mr. Paul Anka!

[Paul waves, begins playing a small synthesizer and singing]

To stop SCO's Lawsuit, one-two-three, Here's a fresh new way that's trouble-free. It's got Paul Anka's guarantee...[winks]

Lisa: [singing] Guarantee void in Tennessee.

Together: [singing] Just don't look. Just don't look.

[people turn away; the monsters turn to look]

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ir0ny indeed

[The Tyro]

I have to echo the above poster's comment about the racially-tinged reference.

It's ironic indeed that the same comment could not be made about african americans or other racial groups without setting off the Al Sharptons of the world.

I'm not claiming some kind of conspiracy or anything of the sort, but it's interesting what we as americans find acceptable targets of our derision. Whether this is due to socialization, collective guilt, peer pressure... who knows. IANAS (I am not a sociologist).

Re:ir0ny indeed

[be-fan]

socialization, collective guilt, peer pressure...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>&g t;
Yeah, that about covers it. Be thankful that you're only having to deal with some jokes about white trash, rather than still dealing with the after-effects of hundreds of years of social injustice. Same thing goes for those "women have it easy, those poor men!" morons as well.

Re:ir0ny indeed

[JayateMo]

To be honest, I dont get it! I am not living in US, so the whole biz with the racism thing is strange to me. What I do know is that the "white" is generally not seen as something negative, "white" in this context is describing people who has been seen (by them self) to be superior. Yeah take that! Flame away, "white" people has not been the victim of a racist society (in general..), so saying "white"[negative noun] is basically {equalling}(my invention...) the scores. So here I go: "WHITE SCUM"!! He, this is as far as I can go in trashing my karma, nevermind, I'll quit posting here anyway..Gods be.

Re:ir0ny indeed

[NewbieProgrammerMan]

Be thankful that you're only having to deal with some jokes about white trash, rather than still dealing with the after-effects of hundreds of years of social injustice.

At the peril of being flagged as "Offtopic," "Troll -INF," or "Flamebait," I must say that most of the 'white trash' jokes/comments I hear are nowhere near as hurtful and hate-filled as when I hear people use the word 'nigger' or some other similar expression. Most often I hear "white trash" comments made by white folk - as in this case.

I can understand some people being bent out of shape over what they perceive to be a double standard (i.e., anyone can make fun of whites and it's ok), because (usually) they only know their side of the story. As someone else has said, it's to be expected that the members of the least oppressed group - that has done the most oppressing in the last few centuries, btw - are going to get treated this way by those groups that were (or perceive themselves to have been) oppressed by them. That's just human nature, I think.

I do find it interesting that someone on slashdot was able to read an article about someone trying to crush Linux, that said article contained a quote by Linus, and the thing they choose to comment on is his use of the phrase "white trash." :)

Re:ir0ny indeed

[rot26]

To be honest, I dont get it!

Most percieved "racism" isn't about race, it's about culture, and discrimination against other cultures is universal on this planet. Look at the Serbs and Croats. Look at the Kurds. Look at the Jews. (Judaism is a religion and a culture, NOT a race, although a lot of people seem to miss that fact.) When no obvious differences exist between two cultures, this just causes more and more subtle differences to be seized on by one side or the other to "prove" superiority.

You didn't say where you live, but I can state with certainty that there is behavior among your peers, neighbors, and relatives against "competing" cultures that would be called racism but for the mere fact that no differences in skin tone exist.

Re:ir0ny indeed

[triptolemeus]

Judaism is a religion and a culture, NOT a race

Just for the record: biological speaking there is only one human race. We can all produce kids that can produce kids, so we're all in the same boat.

This means there can be no racism. Stupidty is another story, there is a lot of stupidity in this world.

Re:ir0ny indeed

[treat]

Just for the record: biological speaking there is only one human race. We can all produce kids that can produce kids, so we're all in the same boat.

I guess that depends on whether you use the dictionary definition of race, or redefine it to suit your own agenda.

OT, but a bit irritating

[sphealey]

...royalties to Novel, and SCO wins...

Novell has been in the networking business under the same name since 1975. Why do so many people in the computer industry have trouble spelling that name correctly? I see this in at least 1/3 of postings that mention Novell.

sPh

Re:teh ir0ny

[the uNF cola]

Because, in truth, name any group that has not been racially opressed in America. Latino's? Jewish? Various asian cultures? Indian?

I'm not defending what has been said, but presenting facts.

The only thing white, as a race has suffered, is reverse discrimination. "Other" being favoured simply because "other" has been pushed down.

Nothing justifies anything in discrimination, reverse discrimination, racial remarks, "hate crimes" etc.. But now you have the reason why a white-discrimnitory remark is less frowned upon.. simply because there is less white oppression in the world.

Re:Hang one a second... while i tell you a story

[Anonymous Coward]

LOL! Good one there, had me in splits for a while :-)

~m

Re:teh ir0ny

[shaitand]

ok there are more whites than any of those minorities (in the US at least), but there aren't more whites than there are of all those minorities put together. Reverse discrimination is nothing to be scoffed at, it's a real issue, and we are definately outnumbered in the discrimination department.

Do you realize that anyone but a white male can get money for college simply because of race/color/gender? Anyone non-white has a higher liklihood of being employed because of affirmative action. And of course, whites are hated and discriminated against by every race on earth because a long time ago they figured out we are suckers for the race card whether true or not.

Another way of looking at this is... males and whites are discriminated against when seeking funds for admissions to college. Males and whites are discriminated against when being considered for acceptance into a college. Employers are actually discouraged by our government from giving jobs to males and whites, and also discouraged from promoting males or giving them raises.

You think this is right? I don't want a special edge because of my race or gender, but I don't want a disadvantage either. I want to be able to hand in a resume knowing that if I don't get the job it was because there was someone the employer believed could do it better. If I don't get into college I want it to be because someone who has a better potential of utilizing the education took my place.

Re:teh ir0ny

[the uNF cola]

Heh, I don't think any of it is right. And I'm certainly not scoffing at it. As I stated before, I was stating facts, same as you have ('cept for your last paragraph).

But let it be known, whites are neither evil nor good just like blacks, indian (west, east or "native"), etc.. There's just been a long power thing between whites and others which have wound up with whites repressing/opressing others. Why? And I dont' mean the economical 'why'.. but 'why' as in, "we are all in this together" 'why'.

If I had my way about things, admission papers wouldn't use names or genders or interviews etc.. do everything via special ID #'s for college applications. No communicaton of anything ethnic. If you are part of a "poor group" you get put into that, and if you need to be chosen statistically for it, well.. you have competition regardless of race, creed, etc...

One word:

[Anonymous Coward]

Duh.