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SCO Taking Linux Discussion To Japan

Posted by simoniker on from the son-of-godzilla dept.

levin writes "EETimes is carrying a new story about our good friend Darl McBride, CEO of SCO. His latest escapades include a trip to Japan in response to the CE Linux Forum initiative undertaken by several big-name Japanese tech firms such as Sony and Toshiba. He's putting his famous tainted code dog-and-pony show on parade, trying to influence some of the major CELF founders."

13 of 463 comments (clear)

  1. Too Bad... by JoeLinux · · Score: 4, Funny

    ....I guess that means he'll have to accept his AssHat Award by proxy.

    1. Re:Too Bad... by rworne · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ano gaijin wa aho desu ka?
      Iie, oshiri boushi to iimasu ne.


      I commend your use of keigo but it isn't totally warranted in this case.

      Ano yatsu aho ka?       (Said to friend)

      Chigau, ketsu-boushi da.       (oshiri is polite form like "bottom" or "butt". Ketsu is more vulgar, closer to the meaning "ass". I've never heard Japanese refer to the sphincter as ohshiri-no-ana, only as ketsu-no-ana, anaru, or komon)

      If you are wondering where I picked most of this up, you get to learn a lot in Akihabara watching some kids teach Sega's Seaman to talk in Japanese.
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  2. Re:Does anyone out there still use SCO Unix? by carpe_noctem · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, I use SCO as my server platform, and WinXP for my desktop. I'm a /. rebel, baby!

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  3. We are done with SCO. by bazik · · Score: 5, Funny

    We had two Compaq Proliant servers at work, running SCO Unix. We reinstalled them with Linux three weeks ago and sent back all SCO CD's, handbooks etc. to SCO with a little note that we dont want to use Software from a Company which can't write good code and sues those who can.

    Curious why we didn't receive a response yet ;)

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  4. In a related story by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny

    (AP) In a related story, SCO took its fight against Linux to Antarctica. Little is known of the results, except that there are rumors of significant reductions in the penguin population."

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    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
  5. Re:Does anyone out there still use SCO Unix? by Jeremy+Erwin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just finished converting my home's systems from Debian to OpenServer. Cost me a bundle, but I figure it's important to support organizations that defend IP rights.

  6. Divinyls... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I think about SCO I touch my CELF

  7. Darl must be suicidal by Andy+Dodd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't it enough to piss off one 800 pound gorilla?

    Now he goes poking another eight of them with a stick.

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  8. Re:Does anyone out there still use SCO Unix? by sheddd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Our point of sale system is running on SCO. Replacing it this winter woohoo :)

    With a M$ system :(

    I do like to bash Microsoft but sometimes their products make sense.

  9. f@!k the NDA I signed: many lines of code are same by binaryfeed · · Score: 4, Funny
    I signed the NDA and looked at the code in question with a SCO representative.

    Every few lines there was a line that was exactly the same as code in the Linux kernel source tree.

    These lines contained one and only one character: '\n'

  10. Re:What is a "Central Module"? by Fly · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think he meant "typos" like src, dest, byte, sprinf, and char. I mean, some of those aren't even words, dude.

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  11. Re:What is a "Central Module"? by Fly · · Score: 4, Funny

    sprintf even, sorry for the typo

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  12. Re:They Own C++ Too!!! by the-build-chicken · · Score: 4, Funny

    wow, there must just be some insane hash being passed round at SCO headquaters. I wanna get me a half a bag of SCO special, sounds like it kicks ass.