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SCO Prepares To Sue Linux End Users
Bootsy Collins writes "In a brief article,
Computer Business Review Online quotes Darl McBride as saying that SCO has been busily identifying Linux end users and is
preparing to launch lawsuits against them in order to encourage more such end users to buy licenses from SCO. SCO indicates that they'll start with a company that uses AIX, Dynix and Linux, so as to 'settle several legal arguments in one go.'" Not everyone is going to take the SCO approach sitting down; read on for a story on how (among others) Weta Digital and Australia's Massey University aren't jumping to say Uncle to SCO. Update: 08/20 13:11 GMT by T : Oops! Massey University is in New Zealand, not Australia.
Chris Brewer writes "Massey University's Helix supercomputer would incur a licensing charge of nearly US$100,000 for it's 132 CPU Beowulf cluster, and Weta Digital's render farm could cost somewhere between US$1.15 and US$1.5 million dollars at SCO's 'introductory' pricing, according to this Computerworld article. Massey's parallel computing director says it's unlikely that they'll buy a licence, instead, waiting for what the U.S. Courts decide. Weta's CTO Scott Houston says that they're also not going to buy a licence, but are focusing on making movies in the meantime."
Move into the palestinian camps so that SCO cannot get you.
Can we please have a SCO section so that I can block all these SCO stories? As it stands now I would have to block just about every category on /. to avoid this stuff. I don't care about SCO and don't want to read these stories. Hell I can block stories about Beanies, and there hasn't been a Beanies story in 3 years!
>what is kneaded here...
"kneaded"? "KNEADED"??
It takes a special kind of person to get something wrong by making it more complicated than it should be. Let me guess... are you a programmer?
Most of which will be dupes.
Oh, bullshit.
Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.
... but anyone else experiencing problems connecting to Microsoft's website? I am getting a "Service Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later." error.
Very odd indeed.
You don't think he know about elevensies do you?
Norris/Palin 2012
Fact: We deserve leaders who can kick your ass and field dress your carcass.
There is a picture of her on goolges first link.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Laura+Didio
Looks ok.
You sir have no clue. The WTC....ahhh....two buildings in NYC as you know them....was and still is a big deal. Just because you had no connection to them doesn't make them less important. It just puts you out of touch. You're freaking attitude about 911 just makes me want to kick your ass. Get the hell out of this country you disrespectful fool!
As for your rants about SCO...again...get a clue. Do you really think anyone on slash is "concerned" about the lawsuit? No you freaking moron. We read it for the sake of humor. I can't wait for the next tid bit of SCO FUD. But forget it. You're disrespect for the WTC disaster just labels you as the biggest fuck in my world. You can have your dumbass opinions about the press coverage, but to say it was no big deal. Damn you're such an ass. I wish you had my old office at the time (103rd North Tower). Yeah, none of my friends made it out....I just wish you were there instead of them!
Dude, it's been almost 2 years.
It's time to move on to more important things, like healing.
Hell, most widows/widowers are already close to the end of the healing process at the 2 year mark. Life does go on. I'm sorry about your friends. I've had a couple of friends die at the hands of drunk drivers, but I don't creat a candlelight vigil that goes on for years.
Just because we don't want the news to be spattered constantly with reminders of the incident is not an indication of our Patriotism. It means we're looking to heal.
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Thousands die each year in auto accidents, mainly because of simple negligence on the part of drivers. This is a huge problem, a challenge to society to make its drivers more responsible. Yet it hardly ever makes the national news.
On the other hand, a couple of assholes blow up an office building, killing hundreds, and the media makes a huge brouhaha. Note the wording the original poster used:
These guys' dream was to die for their religion. A secondary dream was to make America fear them, little fish though they were. Voila, the media has handed their prize to them on a plate. Americans have been driven into a 9/11 paranoia by the media, elevating these assholes to legendary martyrs among the idiots who revere such things (of whom there are many).
And tell me, what possible good does hearing about terrorism do us? At least with SCO we know there's a community out there that will support us if we resist SCO's lawsuits, and we are aware of the fraudulence of SCO's claims. All we get from the WTC reporting is "Arabs are really devious and want to kill you! True Americans hate them!"
I, for one, categorically refuse to hate Arabs. So I'm left (if I give a shit at all about the threat of terrorism) juggling worries about poisoned water supplies, terrorist-cut power, planes crashing into (or cars blowing up) the building I'm occupying, people opening fire randomly and killing me, gas attacks, etc. If I'm not careful, I'm going to become a paranoid, join the NRA, and move to Montana.
Now, about respect for the dead. Think about it - suppose my kid dies in an auto accident, or in a shooting, etc. I get a funeral at best. Now, some people die in an office building, and they get their names scrolled down a huge sheet at the Super Bowl! Why?
If you had friends who died in the WTC disaster, then by all means mourn them. But don't expect everyone else to kowtow to them or you.
I just wish you were there instead of them
The words of a child. This is why I'm expecting you to respond with a "YHBT YHL HAND".
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