Posted by
ryuzaki0
on from the please-be-polite dept.
AndyFewt writes "TheRegister has an article on the latest form of SCO FUD, their Roadshow. Funded by HP and kicking off on Oct. 7, SCO users throughout the U.S. and Canada can get their chance to go show Darl just how much they "love" SCO. But of course, Linux users are free to attend."
FAQ on SCO and Linux
by
Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 4, Informative
I have posted an FAQ on the SCO vs Linux controversy, designed for use by Penguinistas at SCO's road show. Pass it out to others at the meeting, or to the press. See:
http://home.swbell.net/mck9/sco/
This FAQ focuses on the legal viability of Linux, and on the likelihood that SCO will succeed at bullying the rest of the industry. (Warning: I am not a lawyer.) I have tried to avoid the name calling and inflammatory rhetoric that would be offputting to those not accustomed to Slashdot culture.
Re:Sponsored by HP !?!?!??!?!?
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MarcDuflot
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I just looked at Sco's site. It doesn't say anything about HP sponsoring. Perhaps this was a mistake of The Register.
I read the article at The Register yesterday and looked at the page at SCO. There was a logo about HP sponsoring.
It was removed since then.
Re:A delicate question to US readers
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phrostie
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· Score: 3, Informative
There have been a number of articles that paint McB' as a perfect mormon. most of these articles have been in local papers(saltlake etc). they read like a press release. they have stayed a hair away from proclaiming this whole mess as an anti-mormon struggle and SCO/Canopy as the second coming. who after all are just trying to keep jobs for other good mormons. most US papers/news services do not recirculate these stories. i've worked with enough mormons to know that they are not all this way, so i'm glad the sories are not circulated. it would be a dis-service.
Counteracting the FUD
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Kazir
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· Score: 3, Informative
Linux users are free to attend."
The best thing to do for counteracting their FUD is to have people hand out free disks of Linux at the roadshow and demo Linux. They probably won't allow this inside, but there's always the sidewalks.
Dee-Ann LeBlanc on O'Reilly Network has been making some good points about this:
4 stories a day? BWAHAHAHA
by
TrentC
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As someone who's actually interested in the SCO proceedings (I mean, if I wasn't I'd just uncheck the "Caldera" box in my user prefs, right?) This is the "4 times a day" schedule to date this month:
SCO's Roadshow Coming Soon (On September 30th, 2003 with 231 comments) Ransom Love, Caldera Co-Founder Interviewed (On September 26th, 2003 with 237 comments) IBM Adds SCO Counterclaim Charging Copyright Infringement (On September 26th, 2003 with 738 comments) SCO's Plan Examined (On September 25th, 2003 with 576 comments) HP Clarifies Indemnification Offer For Linux Users (On September 24th, 2003 with 274 comments) HP Offers Linux Purchasers Indemnification (On September 24th, 2003 with 326 comments) Groklaw Sends A Dear Darl Letter (On September 20th, 2003 with 268 comments) SCO Claims $15,300,000 From SCOsource (On September 16th, 2003 with 404 comments) SCO Volleys to Red Hat (On September 16th, 2003 with 469 comments) More on SCO Code Snippets (On September 14th, 2003 with 339 comments) Linus to SCO: 'Please Grow Up' (On September 11th, 2003 with 1163 comments) Back To SCO (On September 10th, 2003 with 560 comments) ESR to Shred SCO Claims? (On September 9th, 2003 with 554 comments) SCO's Open Letter to Open Source Community (On September 9th, 2003 with 724 comments) SCO Run-Time Licenses: Get 'em While They're Hot! (On September 8th, 2003 with 587 comments) More Criticism of SCO's Claims To UNIX (On September 6th, 2003 with 400 comments) SCO's Next Target: SGI? (On September 5th, 2003 with 338 comments)
17 whole stories. Throw in two or three Slashbacks or Ask Slashdots to make it a round number, and we have 20 stores in 30 days. Now, let's look at August. I mean, maybe the frenzied stories have been dying down:
SCO Roundup (On August 30th, 2003 with 471 comments) SCO Says It Has No Plan To Sue Linux Companies ( On August 28th, 2003 with 478 comments) SCO DOS Harming Innocent Bystanders (On August 28th, 2003 with 422 comments) SCO Says IBM is Beating Up on Them (On August 22nd, 2003 with 1133 comments) SCO: Code Proof Analyzed, Linus Interviewed (On August 20th, 2003 with 890 comments) Samba Team Points Out SCO's Hypocrisy (On August 20th, 2003 with 612 comments) Open Source Community Approaches SCO (On August 19th, 2003 with 521 comments) SCO: FSF Reply To GPL Claims, Conference Sponsors Back Off? (On August 18th, 2003 with 580 comments) RMS on SCO, Distributions, DRM (On August 17th, 2003 with 711 comments) OSDL Releases Q&A on SCO Legal Actions (On August 14th, 2003 with 285 comments) SCO Attorney Declares GPL Invalid (On August 14th, 2003 with 1137 comments) SCO Announces Final Termination of IBM's Licence (On August 13th, 2003 with 807 comments) SCO Execs Dumping Stock (On August 12th, 2003 with 691 comments) FSF, GCC, and SCO Compiler Support (On August 12th, 2003 with 525 comments) SCO: Fortune 500 Company Buys License, IBM Retort (On August 11th, 2003 with 557 comments) SCO Calls IBM Countersuit "Unsubstantiated Allegations" (On August 8th, 2003 with 972 comments) IBM Countersues SCO, And More! (On August 7th, 2003 with 1156 comments) SCO Targets US Government, TiVo (On August 6th, 2003 with 1539 comments) SCO Wants $699 for Linux Systems (On August 5th, 2003 with 1659 comments) SCO "Disappointed" by Red Hat Lawsuit (On August 5th, 2003 with 778 comments) Red Hat Sues SCO, Sets Up Legal Fund (On August 4th, 2003 with 787 comments) OSDL Position Paper on SCO and Linux (On August 1st, 2003 with 421 comments)
Hmm, a little bit better, 21 stories in 31 days. And we've got some of the juicy nuggets of the story to date, so far.
Because./ posting seems not like lots of short lines, I'll just summarize the first months of the SCO/IBM lawsuit: 6(!) stories in July, 14 in June and 5(!) stories for May.
63 stories in 153 days =.41 stories per day. Why, that's not even 1 story every other day! If you wanted to be ge
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I have posted an FAQ on the SCO vs Linux controversy, designed for use by Penguinistas at SCO's road show. Pass it out to others at the meeting, or to the press. See:
http://home.swbell.net/mck9/sco/
This FAQ focuses on the legal viability of Linux, and on the likelihood that SCO will succeed at bullying the rest of the industry. (Warning: I am not a lawyer.) I have tried to avoid the name calling and inflammatory rhetoric that would be offputting to those not accustomed to Slashdot culture.
I read the article at The Register yesterday and looked at the page at SCO. There was a logo about HP sponsoring. It was removed since then.
There have been a number of articles that paint McB' as a perfect mormon. most of these articles have been in local papers(saltlake etc). they read like a press release. they have stayed a hair away from proclaiming this whole mess as an anti-mormon struggle and SCO/Canopy as the second coming. who after all are just trying to keep jobs for other good mormons.
most US papers/news services do not recirculate these stories.
i've worked with enough mormons to know that they are not all this way, so i'm glad the sories are not circulated. it would be a dis-service.
Dee-Ann LeBlanc on O'Reilly Network has been making some good points about this:
As someone who's actually interested in the SCO proceedings (I mean, if I wasn't I'd just uncheck the "Caldera" box in my user prefs, right?) This is the "4 times a day" schedule to date this month:
./ posting seems not like lots of short lines, I'll just summarize the first months of the SCO/IBM lawsuit: 6(!) stories in July, 14 in June and 5(!) stories for May.
.41 stories per day. Why, that's not even 1 story every other day! If you wanted to be ge
SCO's Roadshow Coming Soon (On September 30th, 2003 with 231 comments)
Ransom Love, Caldera Co-Founder Interviewed (On September 26th, 2003 with 237 comments)
IBM Adds SCO Counterclaim Charging Copyright Infringement (On September 26th, 2003 with 738 comments)
SCO's Plan Examined (On September 25th, 2003 with 576 comments)
HP Clarifies Indemnification Offer For Linux Users (On September 24th, 2003 with 274 comments)
HP Offers Linux Purchasers Indemnification (On September 24th, 2003 with 326 comments)
Groklaw Sends A Dear Darl Letter (On September 20th, 2003 with 268 comments)
SCO Claims $15,300,000 From SCOsource (On September 16th, 2003 with 404 comments)
SCO Volleys to Red Hat (On September 16th, 2003 with 469 comments)
More on SCO Code Snippets (On September 14th, 2003 with 339 comments)
Linus to SCO: 'Please Grow Up' (On September 11th, 2003 with 1163 comments)
Back To SCO (On September 10th, 2003 with 560 comments)
ESR to Shred SCO Claims? (On September 9th, 2003 with 554 comments)
SCO's Open Letter to Open Source Community (On September 9th, 2003 with 724 comments)
SCO Run-Time Licenses: Get 'em While They're Hot! (On September 8th, 2003 with 587 comments)
More Criticism of SCO's Claims To UNIX (On September 6th, 2003 with 400 comments)
SCO's Next Target: SGI? (On September 5th, 2003 with 338 comments)
17 whole stories. Throw in two or three Slashbacks or Ask Slashdots to make it a round number, and we have 20 stores in 30 days. Now, let's look at August. I mean, maybe the frenzied stories have been dying down:
SCO Roundup (On August 30th, 2003 with 471 comments)
SCO Says It Has No Plan To Sue Linux Companies (
On August 28th, 2003 with 478 comments)
SCO DOS Harming Innocent Bystanders (On August 28th, 2003 with 422 comments)
SCO Says IBM is Beating Up on Them (On August 22nd, 2003 with 1133 comments)
SCO: Code Proof Analyzed, Linus Interviewed (On August 20th, 2003 with 890 comments)
Samba Team Points Out SCO's Hypocrisy (On August 20th, 2003 with 612 comments)
Open Source Community Approaches SCO (On August 19th, 2003 with 521 comments)
SCO: FSF Reply To GPL Claims, Conference Sponsors Back Off? (On August 18th, 2003 with 580 comments)
RMS on SCO, Distributions, DRM (On August 17th, 2003 with 711 comments)
OSDL Releases Q&A on SCO Legal Actions (On August 14th, 2003 with 285 comments)
SCO Attorney Declares GPL Invalid (On August 14th, 2003 with 1137 comments)
SCO Announces Final Termination of IBM's Licence (On August 13th, 2003 with 807 comments)
SCO Execs Dumping Stock (On August 12th, 2003 with 691 comments)
FSF, GCC, and SCO Compiler Support (On August 12th, 2003 with 525 comments)
SCO: Fortune 500 Company Buys License, IBM Retort (On August 11th, 2003 with 557 comments)
SCO Calls IBM Countersuit "Unsubstantiated Allegations" (On August 8th, 2003 with 972 comments)
IBM Countersues SCO, And More! (On August 7th, 2003 with 1156 comments)
SCO Targets US Government, TiVo (On August 6th, 2003 with 1539 comments)
SCO Wants $699 for Linux Systems (On August 5th, 2003 with 1659 comments)
SCO "Disappointed" by Red Hat Lawsuit (On August 5th, 2003 with 778 comments)
Red Hat Sues SCO, Sets Up Legal Fund (On August 4th, 2003 with 787 comments)
OSDL Position Paper on SCO and Linux (On August 1st, 2003 with 421 comments)
Hmm, a little bit better, 21 stories in 31 days. And we've got some of the juicy nuggets of the story to date, so far.
Because
63 stories in 153 days =