IBM Doesn't Comply With SCO's Deadline

prostoalex writes "IBM refused to settle with SCO and comply with their deadline, expiring Friday the 13th. "We've got a strong defense case, and we're going to fight it", IBM representative is quoted."

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It's any wonder

[Bruha]

Microsoft, pays SCO, Microsoft buys the leading AV solution Rav antivirus and announces they will discontinue the Linux product line. What's next they buy Netscape from AOL and say they're discontinueing the linux version and all the code that netscape put in now is not licensed to mozilla and the list can go on.

Obviously the monopoly lawsuit has done nothing but bolster Microsoft into doing more drastic measures to ensure they're the only choice when it comes to running a computer.

Are you keeping an eye on me from now on too?

[Eric Ass Raymond]

I'm working on a research project to uncover Microsoft's professional forum poster program, and

Ah. A research project. A great euphemism for collecting a black list of people who have opinions you don't like.

What do you care if Microsoft hires people to advocate their products or philosophy in public forums?

I was once infatuated with the "free software" and GPL, but the more time I spent with that crowd, the more I became to realize that their underlying philosophy was fundamentally anti-corporate, socialist and had typical characteristics of a cult. The last point was also the last straw for me.

It's either their way, all the way, or the high way. Rational discussion is impossible due to hysterical groupthink resembling that of a communist totalitarian or a theocratic state, egocentric reasoning ("closed software is eeevil because it doesn't let us steal the code!"), fondness to the Appeal to Authority logic ("closed software is eeevil because RMS said so!") and cults of personality of RMS in particular.

Fundamentally this attitude stems from nothing else than your run-of-the-mill blue-collar envy of those who are financially successful and who have actually had the courage to risk their reputation and fortune in business.

In summary, people like you have way too much free time in your hands if you obsess on people who may or may not be astroturfing for Microsoft.

Get a real job - just like Linus did.

Re:I hate to say...

[mewsenews]

There's a book by Edwin Black named "IBM and the Holocaust" which details the many instances of IBM's involvement with the Nazi party.

I'm not smart enough to remember all of the key points, but the facts definitely add up that IBM knew what was happening in Germany at the time, and ironically, Nazi law should have prohibited IBM's level of involvement because IBM was not a German company.