SCO Targets US Government, TiVo

An anonymous reader writes "According to SCO, if you have a TiVo set-top box, or those models of Sharp Zaurus which use Linux, someone now owes them $32, since the company wants money 'for each embedded system using Linux.' SCO also says government agencies must pay up to $699 for each copy of Linux that they use."

Comments

One small point

[tarquin_fim_bim]

"We believe it is necessary for Linux customers to properly license SCO?s [intellectual property] if they are running Linux ? for commercial purposes,?"

Government agencies, commercial? Watch out orphans you're next, Microsoft is gonna getcha.

Re:One small point

[blind()side]

You may have meant SCO but what you actually posted may be much closer to truth.

my first fp

[Anonymous Coward]

fp! wootwoot!

Re:my first fp

[grasshoppa]

Which, do you suppose, is worse? Posting a FP, or being wrong about it?

Re:my first fp

[Anonymous Coward]

I vote for the "wootwoot"

Re:The Government???

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, almost first post.

Re:Article slashdotted, entire text here:

[angeles13]

LOL!!

this has to be one of the most amusing article summations I've read in quite some time!

Urgent message!

[Anonymous Coward]

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Have A Nice Day.

Re: Your sig

[Anonymous Coward]

The Australian Post Office has had to recall their latest stamps.

They had pictures of the Australian Rugby test players on them and people couldn't figure out which side to spit on.

Re:SCO

[jpu8086]

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha. Soooooo funny. Slashdot mods also seem to think so.

This joke seems only funny in an old-school way: a joke when made my a insenstive male clod thinking there are only hetrosexual people in this world. However, ever given a thought that the original poster could have been a gay male? Then your joke wouldn't be that funny, would it? Actually, I am sorry: it would be funny, however, we would just be laughing at you. And even if the original poster is an awesome geeky female, this joke seems inappropriate for slashdot.

Re:show sco where to stick their license fees

[autopr0n]

Ann Coulter on Howard Dean: "He's coming on strong. He could win up to 10, 15% of the vote in a national election."

What's the deal with these idiotic partisans always totally overestimating the number of people who agree with them? Clinton got more then 50% of the vote, and so did Gore. Why would dem support drop so quickly? Ho. Dean appeals to a lot of democrats.

Ah well, at least it gives an easy gauge on who is and is not a loony.

Re:show sco where to stick their license fees

[ErikZ]

Because he's the best that they've got. They're not going to go "Hell, nobody likes us, let's not run in 2004."