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SGI Compares Linux & System V Source Code
mrgoatCEO writes "It seems SGI has finished up their test comparing SCO's Unix System V code and that of the Linux Kernel, according to ITWorld. SGI found that any similarities between the systems (amounting to only about 200 lines of code) have been removed in Linux Kernel 2.4.22, and added that the similarities were 'trivial in amount.'" This follows moves by SCO to terminate SGI's Unix license.
SGI:Hello SCO!
SCO:Hello.
SGI:We have just one word for you.
SCO:And that would be?
SGI:OWNZOR!!
SCO:D'oh!
Note, the above has been checked against the Linux kernel and System V source and it matches neither. (You hear that down there in Salt Lake City?)
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SCO said that there are still unpatched systems that are running with the "benefit" of those lines of code. Shouldn't that be "weighted down" or "burdened" insetad.?
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SGI found that any similarities between the systems (amounting to only about 200 lines of code) have been removed in Linux Kernel 2.4.22, and added that the similarities were 'trivial in amount.'" In a related study, Scientists find that the moon orbits the Earth.
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They just implemented the java.util.Comparator interface.
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I believe the official expansion is "Santa Cruz Operation".
I also believe that you probably already know that and are instead fishing for more humorous versions.
Here are some obvious first attempts to get people going.
Suing Companies Online
Stock (manipulation) Capitalization Operation
Stupid Corporate Officers
Step 1: Create awesome and secure OS ... no, wait ... multi-billion dollar loss as a result of "no way in hell are we going to win this" lawsuits ...
Step 2: License said OS
Step 3: Accuse others of license infringement
Step 4: Profit
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Here are a few suggestions I have seen a few times (some of them here on
Do you care about the security of your wireless mouse?
No. It was once "Santa Cruz Operation" but now it doesn't stand for anything, according to them. It's just plain old "SCO", which rhymes with "BLOW", no pun intended.
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Heh.. it wasn't that SCO didn't want to meet him.. its just that their entire company now consists of lawyers, and the upper upper management. They were all too busy preparing press releases and law suits to come down and meet him ;)
"Hey! Unless this is a nude love-in, get the hell off my property!!"
Can someone please tell me what SCO really stands for?
Star Control Online?
Soul Calibur Online?
Speakerbraclet Candletruck Operations?
Take their employment section as an example
Help fight continental drift.
how do you define "infringing" code anyways? Traditional wisdom tells us that if you have a million monkeys with a million computers write a kernel they're going to have some overlapping code.. there are only so many ways to write so many things and even fewer ways to make it optimal so why even worry about it?
Even if they did come back and found lines 100-200 in some module are similar what can they do to change it? Apart from using a different algorithm if one exists would just changing the code to use different flow control operators be enough.. then the compiler optimizes out whatever extra bs you added to make it look different and then what? Compare the asm output from the compiler for 100 different loop constructs that do the same thing and you may get the SAME EXACT thing.
What grounds and to what point is any of this SCO crap good for?
bite my glorious golden ass.
Dogbert: I can't tell you my plans for the assets of this company...but it rhymes with 'village'.
Dilbert: I hope it's "fillage"...
We need a -1 "First hit on Google" mod.
> 2003 - 1986 = ???
Umm... profit?
Given the general spiritual realm I'm sure we all agree lawyers and marketing folks hail from, shouldn't that be "come up and meet him"?
Darl: "Ok, now it's your turn to be Vice president. "
Michael: "Come on! Again? I did that last week!"
Darl: "There are only five of us eft here, remember?"
Maybe SCO is a legitimate company after all. Sounds like a typical tech company to me, with employees focusing on hardware rather than feminine beauty.
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