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SCO's Other Investor: Sun Microsystems

Vicegrip writes "Apparently Sun not only bought extra licenses from SCO, but also obtained the option to buy a nice stake in the company: 'The pact, signed earlier this year, expanded the rights Sun acquired in 1994 to use Unix in its Solaris operating system. But there's more to the relationship: SCO also granted Sun a warrant to buy as many as 210,000 shares of SCO stock at $1.83 per share as part of the licensing deal, according to a regulatory document filed Tuesday.'" A reader points out Ransom Love's 2000 Linuxworld keynote speech.

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  1. frosted first posts, theeeeey're GREAT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Oh no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    SCO is evil!

  3. Its all going to come crashing down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When IBM rapes there sorry asses.

  4. WQWWQQWWWQQ@WWWWQQQ@WWWWWQQQQ@WWWWWWQQQQQ@WWWWWWW@ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    PAGE WIDENING IS BACK!

  5. Re:GNAA ASCII LOGO CONTEST STILL GOING STRONG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The guy above is a script kiddie called "timecop" in #linuxwarez on efnet. Everytime he posts a troll like that he'd post it on the channel. Eg:

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=70732&cid=6414 249

    There you go, no one can be truly anonymous on IRC.

    tcl[ol]

  6. Re:GNAA ASCII LOGO CONTEST STILL GOING STRONG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    VERSE:
    Hey Buddy--- you say you're straight, well that's great
    But you oughtta try something new--
    'Cause you've got a spot in a place that's HOT
    And it likes to be tickled too!
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    CHORUS:
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    Until I hear you SQUEAL
    If it hurts at first, that'll pass and then
    You'll see how GOOD it feels.
    We'll do it "doggie style", so get on your PAWS
    And turn around and kneel---
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    Let's see how GOOD it feels!

    VERSE:
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    And FERTILIZE YOUR FIELD--
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    Let's see what "crop" it yields.
    For a guy who's "straight"--- MAN, your butt feels great
    And don't worry, I'll never tell....
    When we MEAT next time, maybe you'll try MINE,
    But for now, let's hear YOU yell!! Yaaaaa----HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

    CHORUS:
    Lemme' pop you in the pooper, Buddy
    Until I hear you SQUEAL
    If it hurts at first, that'll pass and then
    You'll see it's no big deal!
    Let's do it "doggie style", so GET ON YOUR PAWS
    And turn around and KNEEL--
    YEAHH!! POP YOU IN THE POOPER, BUDDY---
    Don't you see how GOOD that feels??!!

    TAG:
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  7. In other news.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WMD's can be found in Iraq!

    1- open www.google.com
    2- type "weapons of mass destruction"
    3- click 'I feel lucky'

  8. Re:GNAA ASCII LOGO CONTEST STILL GOING STRONG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    its not like I was trying to hide that or anything?
    Duh.

    And I am hardly a "script kiddie".

  9. Re:WQWWQQWWWQQ@WWWWQQQ@WWWWWQQQQ@WWWWWWQQQQQ@@@@@@ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it did not work. go back to the drawing board.

  10. StarWars sends the wrong message, I'm afraid. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let's overlook the racism and the poor acting, for a moment. (True fans are busy awaiting Episode 3 and aren't still making excuses for AOTC.) On a much deeper level, StarWars sends a shocking, frightening, and sickening message to America's youth.

    StarWars portrays space as a site of warfare between different species and even between rival human factions.

    When "A New Hope" was released to theaters thirteen years ago, America was at peace. The Vietnam War had recently been brought to a close, and Americans were looking forward to a new era of prosperity and at friendly relations with their neighbors.

    But within a few short years, America invaded Grenada, Nicaragua, Panama, Iraq, and Haiti. What had happened? What had become of our message of peace? What could have transpired in the interim to bring about this cruel turn of events?

    I'll tell you what: StarWars was released to thronging masses of American youths. In their orgiastic rush to imbibe their new-found cultural icons, they discarded all the wisdom we had acquired through the blood and sweat of our recent military conquests.

    It's no surprise, of course. Even the name "StarWars" itself conveys a message of conflict and carnage. "A New Hope" is, at bottom, a story about armed rebellion by rabble against a benevolent legal order, precisely the sort of communistic message we had come so close to defeating in Vietnam.

    Perhaps it would've been different if we had won the Vietnam War. Perhaps then we would've witnessed the fall and destruction of communism and all its bastard progeny (socialism, yuppyism, the Home Shopping Network, etc.). Unfortunately, the world will never know.

    George Lucas, I think I can speak for everyone here on slashdot, and indeed with the entire breath of humanity: you should be ashamed of yourself for what you have wrought.

    Disgraceful.

  11. Re:How is SCO's Lawsuit affecting sales of Linux? by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Your link to the original article does not work. Also, it is kind of disgusting that you can karmawhore just by posting in its entirety someone elses well thought out joke. Even if you do post a broken link giving credit to the original author, its pretty pathetic.

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  12. why not? by twitter · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Most of the Linux hardware drivers are GPL. To use them SUN would need to change the license of their kernel to something GPL friendly.

    Why don't they do this? They give you operating systems on demand anyway. Part of their support is that they do that just about forever. In any case, why would they be adverse to a few free modules that work with their closed kernels? You would think Sun would be happy to have people writing software for their hardware and OS, isn't that what the Sun Community License all about?

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