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CD Duplicator Refuses Linux Job, Citing MS Contract
Jonathon writes "Seems a Microsoft imposed restraint of trade agreement and concerns about the SCO suit have prevented a New Zealand company duplicating 500 CDs for our upcoming installfest. The installfest was mentioned on /. just days ago."
Later, he said Microsoft's lawyers' advice was: "It's conjecture. It depends on who, what, when, the technology, and a whole bunch of things and the Herald is not a good place to get into a legal discussion." He went on to explain: Have you ever been pussy whipped by your girfriend? Well, if you have, you would understand our relationship with microsoft.
leaving the world without a reliable and secure OS
;)
Uh. It's not as if *BSD is dying or something.
No empire lasts forever, are the masses at the gates of the castle yet?
No, but the masses have surrounded the castle of Gates!
Forget thrust, drag, lift and weight. Airplanes fly because of money.
and not tell my electricity supply company that I use Linux at home, just in case they decide that because some of my neighbours run M$ boxes, that they can't supply me with power any more.
Well, if they won't let people copy Linux CDs because of MS, send an XP cd and ask for 500 copies...
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STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
My Dear Friend IBM,
I am highly compelled upon strict recommendation, to write you this very
urgent and confidential letter.I do hope my letter will not embarrass you
since I had no previous correspondence with you.I hope this mail will not
come to you as a surprise.I am sending this proposal with due sense of
humanity, responsibility and with few awareness that you will give it a
sympathetic attention. I regret to the inconvenience it may cause you base on
the condition that we have not met before.
I wish to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you, I am Mr. Darl
McBride,the CEO of the former proprietor of Unixware in my home city of
Lindon, Utah, My Vice President Christopher Sontag had a synflood shot by the
GNU rebels on his way travelling to White Plains, a city after New York, your
headquarters along with my daughter, My daughter died on the spot while the
HP-UX team rescued my Vice President, he was taken to hospital for medical
treatment which he later died about three months now.
Fortunately, My Company has Ten million and Five hundred thousand United
States Dollars(US$10.5 million) cash, which he intended to use for investment
purposes overseas. This money is kept with private security company in Europe
since two years ago. It is only my son and myself that know where the money
is kept and has the documents for it.
Due to the current situation in the market concerning GNU's vendettas towards
my family, we seek your assistance to transfer the ownership of this fund to
you so that you can asisst us to claim it and used for the purpose of
investment as intended by my Vice President.
My family is currently being probed by this present GNU for alleged
involvement in misappropriation of GPL code during his regime.
Towards this effect, an embargo restricting my family members from traveling
or carrying out financial transactions without their express permission is in
force. Right now, my son and myself have concluded plans and decided to take
immediate claim of this fund so that we can use it to better our lives and
alliviate our present suffering hence this contact.
However, I have an arrangement on how you can help us to recieve this money
after receiving some assurances from you. The money personally belongs to my
Vice President and he intended that it still be used for investment. No
record ever existed concerning this money, neither is the money traceable by
the GNU rebels because there is no documentation concerning the funds in the
SEC reports. Bearing in mind that your assistance is needed to transfer this
fund, we propose a commission of 20% (Twenty Percent) of the total sum to you
for the expected services and assistance. While 5% is mapped out for
miscellaneous expenses.
On your positive consent, I shall expect you to contact me urgently to enable
us discuss about this.Your urgent response is highly needed. I must use this
opportunity to implore you to exercise utmost indulgence to keep this matter
extraordinarily confidential, while I await your prompt response.
Best regards,
MR. DARL MCBRIDE, SCO LINDON UTAH
1. Offer the binaries without a corresponding offer for the source code.
2. Hijack the ship coming from Malaysia with all the linux cd's. Equipment you'll need: eyepatch, parrot, pegleg, makeshift plank for the crew to walk, silly accent. Say "Yarrrrrr!" a lot and complain about scurvy.
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