SCO Awarded UNIX Copyright Regs, McBride Interview

Prizm writes "It seems that SCO is continuing to build up its case for world domination, as today it was awarded U.S. copyright registrations for UNIX System V source code by the U.S. Copyright Office. Shares are up 20%, Novell is nowhere to be found, and SCO is releasing binary, run-only Linux licensing. You can read all about it over in their press release." C|Net is also running an interview with McBride.

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Mine is comercial.

[twitter]

I'll sell McBitch a shell account anytime he feels the need for a real OS. Just reply in this thread and I'll tell you where to send the money.

If Microsoft buys SCO, you folks are SO screwed.

[LibertineR]

This is what the real fear should be. Suppose Microsoft picks up SCO for pocket change? Now, instead of going to court against a company with limited resources, you have to go up against the beast himself. Guess what? You are fucked. You are fucked without lube, or even so much as a kiss.

It has nothing to do with whether or not any suit would have merit, it has to do with the fact that Microsoft can keep any company in court until they go bust, or give in to their demands.

At the same time, they have access to all the code, and can cherry pick whatever they need. If Microsoft were to buy SCO, OSS is dead, dead, dead. Every cost advantage of Linux goes out the window that day. Everything done to the Kernal has to go through a Microsoft ANAL PROBE for compliance.

With these SCO copyrights, ya'll better hope that Gates and the boys are not feeling bitter this morning, because if they are, you may be bending over and taking one for Linux. OUCH! "Where the fuck did I put that Astroglide?"-OSS

Re:Class Action Lawsuit?

[Anonymous Coward]

The thing that is keeping you Linux users from filing a lawsuit is that you are all acutely aware that filing a lawsuit means that eventually you will have to go to court to defend it. This creates the following problems:

Going to court requires that you will have to leave the comfort of your moms basement, and the sudden contact with sunlight will ruin your pasty-white complexion

There is a fairly good chance that during the course of litigation you will come in contact with a "real" girl (not pictures of Natalie Portman downloaded from the 'net). Of course, your deepest, darkest fear is that the judge would be a female, in which you would suffer extreeme humiliation by wetting yourself in the courtroom when she addresses you by name.

Time in the courtroom means time away from your PC trying to get your soundcard to work with kernel 2.6.5.12.44.125.68.

If the trial goes to a jury, you realize that a jury will usually not side with somebody with greasy, clumpy hair and cheetos stained fingers, especially when they don't change their clothes throughout the course of the entire trial.

Re:It's important now, to act.

[pmz]

Go climb back under your rock, SCO astroturfer.