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SCO SCO SCO!

Posted by michael on from the make-it-stop dept.

Still more links on SCO's assorted allegations of copyright infringement. They say they're going to sue Novell. Software analysts refuse to be part of the hoax - also some good quotes from Linus here. SCO and UNIX: a Comedy of Errors. Salon has a story on SCO too, but sadly it's not available to read freely. And Wired has an old story which I think sums up the SCO claims pretty well.

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  1. You can read it for "free" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All you have to do is watch a 15-second Microsoft commercial to get a day pass to Salon Premium. That won't hurt a bit, I promise.

    It can't possibly be any worse than finding that your spiffy brand new computer came preloaded with a Microsoft virus.

  2. Re:SCO still packs a punch? by great+throwdini · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    ... appearently ...

    Confucius: Man who italicizes word its spelling should respect lest moderators invite all to see folly.

  3. Re:shareholders.. by rakeswell · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I tend to agree and actually suspect that stock price is a huge motivator in this saga, rather than an attempt to get bought out. If you look at the actions that SCO has undertaken, it seems that this lawsuit is an attempt to inflate their stock price int he near term on speculation:

    1. Announce you're launching a lawsuit for a staggering amount of money on an IP/Contract claim against IBM.
    2. Announce revenues are up as the result of threatening letters to companies who use Linux.
    3. Publicly announce that MSFT bought a licence (I think MS is involved in this somehow, BWT).
    4. McBride fodders the market with rumors that they are looking to be bought by IBM. Nothing makes a stock price jump like rumors that small company X may be bought out by huge company Y.
    I'd to know how much of McBride's compensation (and other senior officer's) is in the form of SCOX stock options. It is much more common than you think, that a CEO gets an ungodly number of options as compensation and does whatever he can to inflate the stock price in the near term in order to cash in. Al Dunlop and the Sunbeam corporation is a classic example of running a company into the dirt to line the CEO's pockets.
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  4. Hey Michael! by swordgeek · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Software analysts refuse to be part of the hoax"

    Thanks for ruling on the case for us. Now they don't have to go to court, since we clearly know it's a hoax.

    For FUCK sake Michael and all you other crucifiers--SCO has made a claim, SCO has said they'll back it up this month by revealing code to those who sign an NDA (which is a LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO PROTECT AND CLAIMED TRADE SECRETS), and SCO will live or die based on the findings of a court. Remember the legal system? Right to a fair trial before being stoned to death? Impartial rulings based on fact?

    No, of course not. Something threatened your precious open-source "revolution," and they must be killed at ALL costs! Demonize, slander, and boycott, that's how the revolution will be won, eh?

    I don't believe SCO any more than most, but they are LEGALLY REQUIRED to aggressively protect their (claimed) trade secrets in order to keep them, and they are LEGALLY REQUIRED to keep them secret (i.e. NDAs) while pursuing protection for them (the case with IBM).

    Michael, you're an immature asshole. Grow up and see how the worlds of business and law work before spouting off.

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