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SCO May Countersue Red Hat, SuSE Joins The Fray
uninet writes "The SCO Group, Inc. today released a statement concerning the lawsuit filed against it yesterday by Red Hat, Inc. The release quotes Darl McBride, SCO's President and CEO, as being 'disappointed' with Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik for not being 'forthcoming' about Red Hat's intentions in a previous discussion."
Reader psykocrime adds "According to this SuSE press release, SuSE has publically announced their support for RedHat's actions against SCO. Quoting from the press release: 'SCO has already been halted in Germany and we applaud Red Hat's actions to help end their activities in the US -- and beyond. We applaud their efforts to restrict the rhetoric of the SCO group -- and the FUD they are trying to instill -- and will determine quickly what actions SuSE can take to support Red Hat in their efforts.'" Read on for a few more links.
Vladimir writes "What no one has really touched upon is that the SCO vs. IBM court date is in April 2005, which could mean that the resolution of this case could be somewhere in 2006-2007, by which time Linux or any other OS may be irrelevant. People please keep your wallets in your pocket. Also, this lawyer has a long analysis of SCO extortion attempts and debunks a lot of their FUD."
Besides which, Omega writes "VNUnet has a story on how the economic analysis firm The Butler Group predicts that even if SCO can demonstrate there is offending code in the Linux kernel, it could easily be replaced."
very frosty
1st post !
how to know that you are talking to someone in the MATRIX:
... now i cannot install the drivers
... bye"
...
..."
... ... ...
[calling customer care (sic) ]
customer:
"hi, im calling you because i bought
this really cool ADSL PCI modem from
you
under windows and linux. what can i do, please?"
customer-care-agent (evil!):
"just go to our web-site www.x.x
and download the newest drivers!"
customer:
"okay
2 min. later
customer:
"uh, hi it's me again.
i can stil not go on-line
customer-care-agent:
"not a problem, just go to our
web-site www.x.x ad download the
newest driver! simple."
customer:
"but i can't get on-line!"
customer-care-agent:
"not a problem, just download
the new driver from our web-site!"
customer:
"?"
-to be continued?-
RedHat ADSL how-to:
"
To install, connect the modem's (or router's) power cord, and connect the phone line between the DSL wall jack and the modem. This cable should be provided. If not, a regular phone cord will suffice. With the ethernet interfaced modems, you may also connect the ethernet cable between the NIC and the modem (but not really necessary at this point just to verify the modem is working).
Is the modem Linux compatible? If ethernet interfaced, this should not be a problem. >:O
But PCI or USB modems may require drivers just to achieve sync. This could be a show stopper since nearly(!!!) all PCI and USB modems are not Linux compatible.
Note that PCI and USB modems will need to load drivers before syncing, and thus make this test a little more complicated.
"
... I have a strong desire to sue SCO, SuSE, Red Hat and anybody else for wasting my precious /. reading time with endless pointless stories.
but I feel strongly about this issue.
I would rather use Microsoft Windows, a definately inferior OS than use Linux if a Mormon-owned company does indeed win this case.
Same goes for religion. Thank God for being a Missouri Synod Lutheran and not an Episcopalian.
Today's news gives new meaning to the term "flog the bishop'.