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Eric Raymond's Homebrew SCO Poison

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-off-the-star-wars-kick-already dept.

What Can You Expect From A University Named "UH?" writes "Eric S. Raymond responds to Darl McBride's charge that he's drinking IBM's Kool-Aid in SCO's fight against Linux. The main thrust: Yes, there is an alliance against SCO, but, like the Open Source movement itself, it arises from lots of folks spontaneously striving for a common goal. 'It's beyond me how [you] can have the gall to talk as though we need funding or marching orders from IBM to mobilize against you. IBM couldn't stop us from mobilizing!' "

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  1. Eric - Is the right? by 110010001000 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Eric,

    Is Daryl right? Are you being bankrolled by IBM? Please respond, we need to know who are our friends and who are not.

  2. Go, Eric, Yeah!! by heironymouscoward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    SCO-formerly-Caldera is run by a group of predatory, scumbag lawyers who think they can fool enough people with their arrogant bullshit to carry out their mission of sabotage on the GPL and the OSS community in general.

    Three cheers for Eric S. Raymond for saying publicly and from an official perspective what we all think when we read SCO-f-C's latest approximation of the "truth".

    If ever there was a group of men that deserved to go to jail and be repeatedly abused by large men with indelicate tastes, it's the SCO boys.

    Personally I'm going to buy a small amount of overpriced SCO stock now so that I can take part in the class-action lawsuit that will send these bums to prison where they belong.

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  3. Re:Eric should be more careful by Rogerborg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Seth, you're really starting to piss me off. I should shoot that high horse right out from under you. I have a gang under my command, and we know where you live and work. If you don't shut up, I guarantee that you won't like what we're cooking up to use against you.

    Go on, defend my right to say that. Smile as you do it.

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  4. Re:I read this a couple of days ago... by SeanAhern · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    No, I think he's right on the general tone of the letter. Follow me on this one...

    Here's the "vaguely sinister threat":
    if you don't stop trying to destroy Linux and everything else we've worked for I guarantee you won't like what our alliance is cooking up next.
    That's definitely vague. One can also argue that it's "sinister" as well (though I don't know know whether ESR is left-handed).

    You imply ... that he is "pretending" to speak for everyone.

    Well, he did say:
    I'm very much afraid it's all been me, acting to serve my people the best way I know how.
    Sounds like ESR believes that the rest of the open source community are "his people". He uses the term "us" or "we" to characterize the actions that the open source community is doing or is pondering doing. He even talks about open source proponents and advocates as "chieftains and philosopher-princes."

    One can argue that ESR is justified in making these claims. I'm not here to argue to the contrary. But these statements support Rogerborg's complaint.
  5. Re:Lucky American fools: you have free speech by all_new_turambar386 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I certainly hope you do give your son up for adoption. You're too stupid to be a father.