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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."
Who's Linus again.... oh wait isn't he that linux guy??
& he dooes it for monIE. it wasN'T always diss way, was it robbIE? lookout bullow.
...punishmeNT..."
moron casing the georgewellian corepirate nazi.. (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 01, @08:46AM (#6089360)
hate/death machine.
just fauxking insane, if it wereN'T so dangerous for most of US. consult with yOUR creator. lookout bullow.
sure enough, build a boat, that can float on any substance, but never stock it with murder machines, made in the usa, or anywhere else.
how in the fud can you tail sumwons whois sum greed/fear based stock markup fraud corepirate nazi, megalomaniacal tyraNT, to do anything differeNTly?
vote with yOUR wallet. we don't need any more dead babies on our consciense, thanks.
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it's a weigh of LIEf (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 01, @08:52AM (#6089374)
you babbling ediot. don't you watch tv? we MUST maintain our 'right' to murder anybody whois not in agreemeNT with US, or else sum of our saycrud billyonerrors might have to go to prison, which would be duhbull dipping on the punishmeNT, 'cause they already have reservations for hot accommodations in the near future/afterlife.
our only request, is that they cease & desist from the murdering babies/innocents thing, before the rest of US overheats.
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Windows NT (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 01, @09:03AM (#6089411)
"...in agreemeNT
Does this flamebait really contain a hidden message about Windows NT?
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we have no secrets (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 01, @09:12AM (#6089429)
we tell each other everything.
as for the Godless corepirate nazi georgewellian SpyWare(tm) payper liesense hostage ransom stock markup fraud billyboxes, yikes, i mean yuk.
there's no 'hiding' this type of evile execrable, it MUST be eXPosed. for further details/messages (& there are LOTs of them) ask yOUR creator, &/or visit trustworthycomputing.com(missarIE).
phlame on. complain to va lairIE/robbIE et ALe, if you're NoT satisfIEd with you search/results.
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Tell me no secrets (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 01, @09:21AM (#6089445)
from the corporate OFFICEs we eXPect georwellian communiazi HAILSTORM of lies.NETher utterances from the evil yuk, a FRAMEWORK of bad billy.
it is a like a vietnaM SNowstorm of lies and FUD.
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now you get IT, for 'free' (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 01, @09:29AM (#6089465)
there are rumours that you will have to buy into the hole Godless stinking payper liesense hostage ransom stock markup fraud BugWear(tm) cesspool, if you waNT to have a babIE/browser.
that MUST be what we want, as we are the 'customers' of the frauduleNT kingdumb of debt?
LIEk a kernel of corn passes through a byrd's butt.
An unbiased medical study was recently completed which included blood tests, double-blind placebo-controlled user tests, heart monitors and urine samples, among other techniques. The study was led by Dr. Robert Wilkes and his assistant Dr. Li Huang, both of whom have a strong background in computer software. The details have not yet been made available to the public, however Drs. Wilkes and Huang have asked that the public be provided with a summary of their findings as soon as possible.
This study was conducted over a period of two years, and the results will be published shortly in a major medical journal. The subjects for the study were 235 computer users and programmers, of varying skill levels, selected at random from major cities in the U.S., and carefully monitored on a periodic basis for software-related stress, illness, injury and other ailments. They also performed psychological evaluations to determine the effect of various software brands on the users' mental health.
Below is a brief summary of the results of their findings.
Users of Microsoft Windows, Office and Internet Explorer have a significantly lower incidence of stomach ulcers, colonic gas, redness of the eyes, and stress-related high blood pressure than their Unix & Linux counterparts -- particularly the users of Solarus, Red Hat, NOME, KDE and Netscape, among others. It was believed that the ocular redness was related to the high percentage of marijuana abusers in the Linux community, and urinalysis confirmed this to be the case. Further study and psychoanalysis showed that the stress and ulceration (found in the Unix & Linux users) were primarily caused by the following factors:
The Unix & Linux users also had a greater incidence of carpal-tunnel syndrome, due to the greater necessity of typing at the command line. Examination of the wrist muscles in this group of users found numerous cases of inflammation and irreparable injury caused by their incessant command-line usage, whereas the majority of Microsoft users, who primarily use the mouse and seldom type, had healthy wrist muscles.
The Microsoft users exhibited tranquility, good mental and physical health, and balanced emotional well-being. They tend to spend more time at the gym, visit family and friends more often, and are more outgoing and social. Dr. Huang found that this is due to the fact that their operating system doesn't require them to spend long hours studying Mann pages in order to perform simple maintenance tasks. Their primary reasons for feeling secure were as follows:
He just started it, and let anybody's code in without checking its origin. That's what Linux is, and that's where Linus is standing.
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.
so that the Godless greed/fear/death based payper liesense softwar gangsters & their murderoUS countyourparts upon the capitollist hill annex of wall street of deceit, may become wwworld readabull.
.consumption. that's the spirit.
consult with yOUR creator. avoid premature debt/death buy
get off it robbIE, you fauxking phonIE. mynuts won to you too.