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SCO "Disappointed" by Red Hat Lawsuit
schmidt349 writes "SCO has issued a preliminary response to Red Hat's lawsuit, in which President and CEO Darl McBride advises that SCO will prepare a "legal response" to Red Hat's requests for injunctive relief. In addition, he promises that the countersuit that SCO will file may include "counterclaims for copyright infringement and conspiracy." His final statement-- that Red Hat's "decision to file legal action does not seem conducive to the long-term survivability of Linux--" is chilling in light of the business strategy that SCO has adopted in its sales of UnixWare licenses to actual and potential users of the Linux kernel."
In other news, thousands of filesharers said to be "disappointed" by RIAA's continuing subpeonas and lawsuit threats.
suck my balls!!
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I got the first comment. Wow!
Dear Darl,
I am speechless. I have so many thoughts wizzing through my head that I want to express, that my brain just locked up.
-Spack
I'm sure that Darl gets a nice Gates pat on the back every once and awhile...good job, keep that uncertainty and doubt coming...Windows Server 2003 is selling like hotcakes. I won't be intimidated by some CEO's threats.
Man jailed for linking to bomb-making info
Man jailed for linking to bomb sites
Tuesday, August 5, 2003 Posted: 9:41 AM EDT (1341 GMT)
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A federal judge sentenced a man to a year in prison Monday for creating an anarchist Web site with links to sites on how to build bombs.
U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson sentenced Sherman Austin to more than the prosecutor had recommended under a plea bargain.
Austin, 20, pleaded guilty in February to distributing information related to explosives.
Austin told the judge Monday he "wasn't really thinking" when he created the Web site. "I'd be devastated if someone used this information to harm others," he said.
Protest against police brutality?
Austin admitted posting links about bombs to enable people to build and use them during demonstrations against interstate and foreign trade. He told FBI agents he wanted the Web site to teach people about police brutality.
Austin must also pay a $2,000 fine and is barred for three years from using a computer without approval. Wilson said he also may not associate with anyone from a group that "espouses physical force as a means of change."
Arrested during demonstration
Austin was arrested with other protesters at the World Economic Forum in New York in February 2002 on charges of disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly. While in New York, federal charges were handed down in California.
Austin said he took a plea bargain because he feared his case was eligible for a terrorism enhancement, which could have added 20 years to his sentence. The plea deal had called for him to serve four months.
Hey Taco:
:-(
I submit this history 3 hours before it:
"2003-08-05 09:09:35 SCO response to RedHat lawsuit (articles,caldera) (rejected) "
Welcome to capitalism...
Oh... this isn't just the computer industry... it is the case EVERYWHERE... companies sueing each other... people suing each other for the slightest thing... governments suing themselves (different departments)...
Sivaram Velauthapillai
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