SCO Volleys to Red Hat

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 16, 2003 @12:56AM from the batter-up dept.

ZeroVerteX noted that News.com is saying "The SCO Group fired back against Linux leader Red Hat on Monday, filing a motion to dismiss the Linux company's suit against SCO. In a motion filed late Monday in U.S. District Court in Delaware, SCO argues that Red Hat has no grounds to sue SCO, as SCO's actions against the open-source Linux operating system have not specifically targeted Red Hat." So it's ok to threaten a community, but not ok for a member of that same community to stand up?

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Re:GandhiCon by Second_Derivative · 2003-09-16 01:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Um... PROFIT!

Or is it "???" ... wait, wrong sequence.
Re:Free speech protection? by gosand · 2003-09-16 01:24 · Score: 4, Funny

Personally, I think that companies claiming the rights of citizens can't be a good thing - after all, when did you hear of human rights abuses against corporations?
I swear, if Darl keeps yappin, you just might see some...

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Oh, those kernel developers... by gosand · 2003-09-16 01:27 · Score: 4, Funny

Why havn't any of the 'Linux contributors' - aka the people who have code in the kernel stepped up and sued SCO over defimation? SCO has, in effect, called the 'team' that developed the Linux kernel thieves. Why hasn't any of the 'team' stepped up to the plate and sued?
Oh, you know those kernel developer types. They are probably off on their yachts in the south of France sipping Cristal and snorting coke off of a stripper's ass.

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1. Re:Oh, those kernel developers... by BrynM · 2003-09-16 03:34 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  # Woohoo! I'm sniffing coke off a stripper's ass! ..........
  Don't get us into more trouble by quoting SCO comment lines from the kernel source tree...
  
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Re:Mmm, again .. by BJH · 2003-09-16 01:27 · Score: 5, Funny

Now all you have to do is figure out exactly what he meant by "his" operating system. He's laid claim to so many of them...
Re:Do as I say, not as I do by MadKeithV · 2003-09-16 01:41 · Score: 4, Funny

"unbiased defamination"

Is that the act of becoming un-hungry without ever becoming subjective about the whole matter? :)
Re:Stock by Eccles · 2003-09-16 01:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Wow! SCO's stock is at 19.17 WTF!!

I think I'd better buy some. That'll guarantee it'll drop like a rock...

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Re:The community should realize ... by tomhudson · 2003-09-16 02:18 · Score: 5, Funny

Would you really want a gag order against McBride? He does more damage to his company every time he opens his mouth (changes the story, contradicts his "legal team", contradicts himself, makes wild promises that don't pan out).
Keep him talking - he's our best defense :-) Besides, how else would we get our daily SCO NonsenseNews :-)