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IBM Responds To SCO: Business As Usual

Posted by timothy on from the long-walk-short-plank dept.

Newsforge is running a statement from IBM on its decision not to bow to SCO's demand that they stop shipping AIX. In a statement this short, there's not much room for weaselly language, but the even-shorter version is this: "IBM's Unix license is irrevocable, perpetual and fully paid up. It cannot be terminated."

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  1. Re:I'm not sure you are right by zin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    your an arse for pissing all over his comment. If you can't enjoy his comment for what it is don't bash it like I am bashing your comment. hmm strike that from the record.

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  2. Re:SCO says IBM helping terrorists by dubStylee · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    DO THEY HAVE ANY PROOF THAT TERRORISTS USE LINUX?

    Yes, here's proof that terrorists use linux:
    Defense Department OK's open-source software.

    War *is* terrorism.

  3. Re:Sorry were those YOUR cornflakes I was pissing by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Sorry, chum, but your moderation was fair. "

    I see what you're saying, but I disagree. The article doesn't call it 'FUD'. The poster I was replying to called it FUD, which is a term used quite frequently here on Slasdot. I didn't connect the dots. I admit that. Just figured he read something I didn't.

    Oh well. Too bad modding me down is more important than answering my question. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question, though.

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  4. Re:SCO says IBM helping terrorists by dubStylee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just because you can say War==bad and Terrorism==bad, this does not mean that War==Terrorism

    That isn't the equation I am using. The equation I am using is: Terrorism = killing innocent civilians, War = killing innocent civilians, ergo War = Terrorism. See Iraq Body Count for details.

    English is a wonderfully decriptive language Yes it is, and using a term like terrorism as an excuse to commit terror is the worst kind of abuse of the language.

    If what you're telling me is "We're right and they're wrong so they're terrorists and we're heroes", that is the same argument Osama Bin Laden makes and I don't believe him either.

  5. Re:Sorry were those YOUR cornflakes I was pissing by Read+Icculus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I never said he couldn't ask the question. However I did say that it should be modded down because it is a waste of space/time to the vast majority of /. readers. You could have googled for "FUD" as well, and you would have found out what it meant. I thought that was what geeks did when they wanted to find out the definition of a word like FUD, or to figure out who RMS is. And as for this "nonsence" discussion, I said in my post pretty much the exact same thing, (it's a waste of space/time), so thanks for chiming in to agree with me, and adding some more nonsense, (proper spelling), to this thread.

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  6. it's ok, Sontag is just a typical american. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I got the impression that SCO's management was thinking entirely in terms of U.S. law, and have not thought through the international implications of their actions.

    Isn't it an example if typical behavior of a typical american?