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OSCON Panel: SCO Lawsuit About the Money
viewstyle writes "Just when you had heard enough, the ongoing controversy about SCO vs. Linux has popped up over at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON). According to Eweek's story, the panelists agreed that SCO is targeting companies like IBM in an attempt to raise cash. Most importantly: "if a company is not after money, suing is not the way to go.""
It's all about money? I thought it was about the cool evening wear of the mascot.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
If I were a CIO or CTO debating the TCO of *nix vs. Win2K3 to a CEO, would IBM vs. SCO be the TKO that stops the CEO from approving A/P to pay my PO for RH's LGX?
FWIW, even if OSS is FAIB, if the DOJ considers *nix IP with a TM, then it basically become's SCO's LIC, meaning our OSS becomes a CSS OS, which would RSTBO.
AIBO going w/ an ASP that manages our OS? BTA, we might end up w/ a BOFH giving us ZA, which WWAD PMS.
AFAIK, INMP if SCO wants to be ITM by enforcing its supposed IPR - *nix IP should be PD or GNU, like BSD just on GP, IYKWIM. I keep asking myself in this situation - WWLD?
Oh, BTW - IITYWIMWYBMAD?
In other news, it was discovered that the Earth is round and fire is hot. Film at 11.
You mean Chris Sontag isn't serious about wanting Linux to grow and prosper? That greedy son of a bitch!
Trolling is a art,
When an animal dies its sphincter loosens up and a smelly mess is created. Ditto SCO.
*News Anchor* ....
In todays news, a Law Suit was actually about money. Tune in at 11 for more info on the controvesy. But first, for a word from our sponsors.
*TV Personality Voice*
the news is brought to you today by the words "No Shit"
or how bout, "Thank you Captain Obvious!"
YOU SUCK BALLS!
NOCSO?
Oh dear! I just thought it was righteous outrage at teft of SCO's GPL'ed IP.
if a company is not after money, suing is not the way to go
/or illegal drugs? It would clear out the courts of senceless lawsuits like this one. Who the heck is going to sue for crack? Yep, let em fight it out on the streets I say. Or maybe their street girls could fight it out for them. Hey, it worked in dope wars.
Why exactly would a company want money anyways? Couldn't they pursue a few less evil goods, such as prostitues and
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
And there is one reason for profit corporations exist-- to make money. This is a surprise why?
The real quote would be: And there is one reason for Courts to exist-- to help corporations make money. This is a surprise why?
That just sounds vaguely nasty.
Remember kids, don't share unprotected source with Microsoft, or you risk litigiously tramsmitted diseases.
And all along I had thought it was more complicated than that.
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
I got a diagonal Buzzword-Bingo on CTO, TCO, BSD and ASP. What did I win?
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Are you an SF Fan? Are you a Tru-Fan?
Gee, a bunch of people get together at a "conference", talk to each other, and come up with an earth-shattering observation that...
Wait....
Get ready for it...
People sue other people in order to get some money!!!!!
Wow!!!! I would never be able to figure that one out myself!! Who said that Slashdot isn't an education web site? Thank gawd for all those smart'em folks, who go to 'em fancy conferences!
And I always thought that folks just liked pissing away money at lawyers, for some reason, or they liked seeing their names on thick bundles of double-spaced paper, in a butt-ugly fixed-width font. Or, I guessed that they get a hard-on climbing the concrete steps to the courthouse.
Well, I think I'll run this by my drinking buddies, over at the pub tonight. They sure to be impressed...
... who read the first sentence of the post and thought SCO was suing OSCON because they were using 'SCO' in the name of their conference?
The bad thing is, I believed SCO was actually capable of stooping that low! (For a few seconds, at least. LOL.)
"Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion." - Democritus
Darn! The replies to this article burned out my Sarcasm Meter.
You should warn a fella before posting something like this...
Step 1. Run company into ground ...
Step 2. File frivolous lawsuits that enrage the entire computing community (even mac users).
Step 3.
Step 4. Profit!
I read slashdot all the time, and I have no idea what this is about. I wish they could provide some context with these articles.
if a company is not after money, suing is not the way to go.
I'm not sure how many people out there are versed in logic but essentially:
IF HYPOTHESIS THEN CONCLUSION is logically equivalent to IF NOT CONCLUSION THEN NOT HYPOTHESIS. (you're examining the contrapostive of the original statement)
Anyways, if you apply this transformation to the original statement (if a company is not after money then suing is not the way to go) you get:
Suing is the way to go if a company is after money
Food for thought ;)
ID-10-T is a way of life
"panelists agreed that SCO is targeting companies like IBM in an attempt to raise cash." ... in stark contrast to every other corporation in the world that is in existence to better humanity.
"Derp de derp."
To think that they're just in it for the money leaves me feeling hollow inside and disillusioned.
Rest assured, it's not about money; it's about protecting the sacred System V code from dilution by the heretic IBM. Remember what the Profit^H^H^Hphet McBride said: "We showed our contract to outside people, and they said, 'You have *sniff* *sniff* a very strong contract here.'"