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SCO Wants $699 for Linux Systems

Posted by michael on from the bargain-basement-pricing dept.

walterbyrd quotes: "'We believe it is necessary for Linux customers to properly license SCO's IP if they are running Linux 2.4 kernel and later versions for commercial purposes. The license insures that customers can continue their use of binary deployments of Linux without violating SCO's intellectual property rights.' SCO will be offering an introductory license price of $699 for a single CPU system through October 15th, 2003." Update: 08/05 18:24 GMT by M : After October 15, SCO says they'll want $1399. Better buy now!

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  1. Too much crack! by thrillbert · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, it's finally happened.. they have smoked so much crack that now they've really started hallucinating...

    Right to use SCO IP in a Linux distribution
    Promotional License Fee
    with 1 CPU $699
    with 2 CPUs $1,149
    with 4 CPUs $2,499
    with 8 CPUs $4,999
    Additional single CPU $749

     So this puts Lawrence Livermore National Labs at around $190,751 for a 256CPU system.. of which, they have a few.. heh..

    <sarcasm> Let me run out and buy some of that SCO stock!!! </sarcasm>

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    Stupidity is the great constant in this universe.

    1. Re:Too much crack! by Osrin · · Score: 5, Funny

      if you had have bought SCO stock at the start of all this you would be around 500% better of now.

      Don't under estimate the power and strength of capitalism.

    2. Re:Too much crack! by ejaw5 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hope they send the bill with a "postage paid by addressee" envelope. Let them have their $699 in pennies.

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      $cat /dev/random > Sig
    3. Re:Too much crack! by Vindicator9000 · · Score: 5, Funny
      From the article:

      "Linux users who are interested in additional information or purchasing an IP License for Linux should contact their local SCO sales representative or call SCO at 1-800-726-8649 or visit our web site at http://www.sco.com/scosource ."

      I plan to make several anonymous calls to SCO, asking them exactly which of Mr. McBride's orfices he would like his money in. I plan to pay in small bills, all folded until they're nothing but sharp little corners. Who's with me?!

    4. Re:Too much crack! by richie2000 · · Score: 4, Funny
      Right to use SCO IP in a Linux distribution with 1 CPU: $699

      Legal fund to put Darl's ass in jail: $1,000,000

      Sending Darl an extra slippery soap: Priceless.

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      Money for nothing, pix for free
    5. Re:Too much crack! by cheeseSource · · Score: 5, Funny

      SCO Rep: "And how would you like to pay for your SCO IP license?"

      Linux Customer: "I would, very much, like to pay in buckets of poop."

      SCO Rep: "Buckets of what?"

      Linux Customer: "Buckets of poop, Sir. I would be delighted to top off your 'full of Shit' meter. It will, of course, be the poop of the highest standard. Eat it with a silver spoon, you can."

      fin

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      (Sponsored by cheeseSource for President 2012)
    6. Re:Too much crack! by bahamat · · Score: 5, Funny

      The really funny thing about this, is that SCO claims the infringing code is for SMP, NUMA, and RCU, which are all multi-proccessor technologies.

      I think instead I'll just send SCO 1 copy of a picture of my middle finger for every processor I have that Linux is running on and call it even.

  2. SCO: ***Read Carefully*** by tomstdenis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Go fuck yourselves!

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  3. Ha! by waldoj · · Score: 5, Funny

    Haaaahhhaaaaah haha ha ha ha!

    *snort*

    HAAAAAhaahahahahaaa!

    *tear*

    Aahhh...

    *wipes eyes*

    Gosh, that's funny.

    No, seriously, how much do they want?

    -Waldo Jaquith

    1. Re:Ha! by NaugaHunter · · Score: 4, Funny

      Haaaahhhaaaaah haha ha ha ha!

      *snort*

      At first I thought this was a description of what SCO was doing when they started this.

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    2. Re:Ha! by Doesn't_Comment_Code · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, some guy called me out of the blue yesterday. He said the muffler on my car came from his minivan. He said I can keep it on my car if I want, but I owe him $699.00.

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  4. v2.6 is safe! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, luckily for me I am running Kernel v2.6 so I am free from the chains of SCO! What I plan to do instead is start charging everyone the fee of $6.99/license so that you can all run Linux v2.6 (binary only so that you can be in compliance with the GPL!)

    I have 2 lines of code which are completely indentical to 2 lines of code in 2.6. I showed it to a few people and they see that what I am saying is true! Just because they are reporters and not programmers is irrelevant.

    I would love to have the ability to show these in court but I am too busy with watching the stock tickers.

    If you have any questions, feel free to send a check or money order to the P.O. box below (located in a UPS Store).

    Remember, complete use of Linux for only $6.99, and no, I will not cover you if SCO sues you.

  5. Why couldn't they have done us all a favor? by JohnGrahamCumming · · Score: 4, Funny

    And asked for

    $666

    which would have made everything so clear? I mean it's only $33 difference. I hope when you buy these licenses you get a free T-Shirt with "Sucker!" in large letters on the front.

    SCO needs to put up or shut up. If they think they have IP in Linux then show us. Dammit if the code is already in Linux it's already public so point to the code.

    John.

    1. Re:Why couldn't they have done us all a favor? by toganet · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, the T-shirt should say:

      "I bought a license from SCO and all I got was this lousy T-shirt"

  6. Tell you what SCO. by MongooseCN · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll give you the finger and you can give me my Linux Kernel.

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    1. Re:Tell you what SCO. by 1s44c · · Score: 4, Funny


      Tell me Mr Mongoose, What use is a Linux Kernel if you cannot code?

    2. Re:Tell you what SCO. by BRock97 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Your quote was close:

      SCO--We're willing to wipe the slate clean, give you a fresh start. All that we're asking in return is your cooperation in bringing a known IP rights violator to justice.

      Linux Users--Yeah. Well, that sounds like a pretty good deal. But I think I may have a better one. How about I give you the finger [gives SCO the finger] and you give me my kernel.

      Shamelessly ripped from the Matrix. Thank you.

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      Bryan R.
      The price of freedom is eternal vigilance, or $12.50 as seen on eBay.....
  7. I've already paid... by Broadcatch · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...by time spent reading all the /. articles about this frivolous suit by SCO

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    The antidote for misuse of freedom of speech is more freedom of speech.
    -- Molly Ivins

    1. Re:I've already paid... by imadork · · Score: 4, Funny
      ...by time spent reading all the /. articles about this frivolous suit by SCO

      For that matter, my company has already paid by my reading all the /. articles about this frivolous suit by SCO on company time...

  8. Domain names still available by sheddd · · Score: 5, Funny

    bitemedarl.com

    darlmcbridesucks.com

    I haven't got enough time but I'll be happy to paypal someone $50 to set up a nice site with a messageboard... c'mon.

    1. Re:Domain names still available by blinder · · Score: 4, Funny

      I got darlmcbridesucks.com :)

      I'll have a forum set up on it later tonight or tomorrow.

      I got it for a year, hopefully in a year's time this will all be ancient history :)

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      sad robot making broken music
  9. I have a deal for you too by Hangtime · · Score: 5, Funny

    I own some IP inside the Linux Kernel, but won't disclose what it is either. I am lot more generous then SCO though and will only charge you $500 for a enterprise wide license for Linux. See that wasn't so hard now was it. Please forward your payments to Hangtime.

  10. Well, OK, but... by mhotas · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's the last straw.

  11. Re:Investors ... by dubbayu_d_40 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Know how to short a stock?

  12. Dear SCO. by Civil_Disobedient · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear SCO,

    Thank you for the good laugh this afternoon. Our network administrator actually wet his pants, while the rest of us were in such hysterics and tears that work became all but unmanageable. I don't get all the bad press about you guys... I think you've got a great sense of humor.

    Sincerely,
    LinuxCorp.

  13. Michael Corleone by cyc · · Score: 5, Funny

    "My offer to you is this. Nothing."

    1. Re:Michael Corleone by TopShelf · · Score: 4, Funny

      Does this mean Darl McBride's going to wake up with a penguin head in his bed???

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  14. I don't have to pay.... by Fapestniegd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because I commented the infringing lines out, and recompiled.
    "Exactly which lines did I comment out?" you ask. That's *my* trade secret.
    But I did manage to get all of the infringing lines SCO disclosed."

  15. This is Great! by alernon · · Score: 4, Funny
    I finally get to go over to the linux guys where I work and talk about how affordable my dual processor mac actually is!!!


    Dual 2ghz g5, $2999 w/ OS X


    A dual ghz machine will cost the linux guys $2800 in the OS alone after October 15th!


    *cackles manically* Ahhh revenge for the Mac community!


    p.s. -- Yes this is a joke... don't flame me. ;)

  16. SCO increasing fees by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

    $699 for a single CPU system through October 15th
    After October 15, SCO says they'll want $1399.
    After October 20, SCO says they'll want $49999.
    After October 25, SCO says they'll want three billion.
    SCO will release October and November prices after they contract a mathematician to construct new super exponential and trans-finite numbering systems.

    -

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  17. No! by xant · · Score: 4, Funny

    A live penguin.

    And several fresh dead fish, right around his crotch region.

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  18. Better Deal IFF they win: FreeBSD by msobkow · · Score: 4, Funny

    In the unlikely chance that SCO wins before I win the lottery or am struck by lightning, I'll just be redeploying with a BSD instead of SCO.

    And if they go after BSD, I'll shift to Plan9 or QNX rather than giving one thin dime to the leeches running SCO.

    Should those get nailed, GNU should finally have a decent "Hurd" kernel running by then (15-20 years of lawsuits.)

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    I do not fail; I succeed at finding out what does not work.
  19. Where's my Monopoly money.... by nortcele · · Score: 5, Funny
    As soon as I find my Parker Brothers Monopoly game, they will have their $699. And a shoe.

    What they heck do they think they own... Boardwalk? That's just crazy.

  20. Hello Mountian Home AFB? by LWATCDR · · Score: 5, Funny
    NSA: NSA We don't exist. How my I direct your call.


    SCO:We here you have been adding code to Linux and have even used it in house. We have a large bill for you that you have to pay or we will sue you.


    NSA:That is very interesting we will give you our answer in about an hour. CLICK


    Mountain Home AFB: Mountian Home Air Force Base how can I help you?


    NSA: This is the NSA we have a terrorist take over in Utah.


    Mountian Home AFB: Is it SCO?


    NSA: Yes have you already heard?


    Mountian Home AFB: Yea they have already called the Army to try and bill them. They even called some of the Oil Companies and that got the White House involved.


    NSA: So you have already tasked a strike mission?


    Mountian Home AFB: No need. They also sent a bill to Disney! They will never know what hit them. Have a nice day.

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