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SCO News Roundup

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the everybody-else-is-scoing-it-why-can't-we dept.

Bootsy Collins managed to combine all of today's SCO stories. He writes "The firm of David Boies, SCO's attorney in charge of their Linux IP cases, has announced their compensation (so far) from SCO: $1 million USD in cash, and $8 million in SCO stock. Keeping that stock price high until they can sell is clearly of some importance to Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP. Given the cost of selling a $50 million convertible note to fund their legal actions, the actual cost to SCO is more like $17 million USD. Meanwhile, SCO CEO Darl McBride is saying that Novell's purchase of SuSE violates a non-competition agreement reached when SCO bought the Unix source, and thus is legally actionable by SCO. Over at the Register, they've noticed that SCO's latest SEC filings indicate how firmly they're putting all their eggs in the legal basket: the filings effectively say that 'SCO has already lost business from its loyal customer base, and it expects to lose more.' And finally, in response to a poor response to SCO's attempts to get Fortune 1000 companies to pay $699/server for 'Linux licenses' before the fee jumped to $1399, SCO has announced that the $699 discount rate will apply to the end of 2003. Hurry before time runs out again."

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  1. Good news for SCO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great to see a small company like SCO stand up to huge billion-dollar Goliath as Novell is, and remind them that an agreement is an agreement, and if you sign it, you better stick to it.

    Hope the lawsuit is successful and mormons from Novell are not allowed to outsource programming job to that German outfit.

    If SCO gets Novell to cash out, that's great news for Caldera Linux users and at least one vendor found a sustainable business model.

  2. Ticker Symbol by R2.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone else have a Beavis 'n Butthead moment whn seeing the ticker symbol "SCOX"?

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    1. Re:Ticker Symbol by seanmeister · · Score: 5, Funny

      pretty much! :-D

      offtopic, but related to your comment: I work for a local telco, and a while back, the president was giving us the annual vision shpiel. He mentioned that the local cable provider was going to roll out dialtone service in our area, and that "penetration by Cox" was something we had hoped to avoid.

      It was all I could do to prevent busting out laughing, but nobody else seemed to catch it... sigh...

    2. Re:Ticker Symbol by BoomerSooner · · Score: 5, Funny

      Lol, I saw signs at a High School football game where the cheerleaders (too young & too hot for me) were holding up signs that said I (heart) Cox. I just busted out. Unfortunately I had to explain my low brow humor to my wife who was none too pleased.

    3. Re:Ticker Symbol by nate1138 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'll go ahead and one up you:

      Prior to the Clearchannel buyout, there were two major companies in my city that owned radio stations: Dix communications, and COX. So of course the joke was that there was nothing on the radio but a bunch of Dix and Cox.

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  3. SCO news is good news, or is it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just took a break from coding, and thought, "Gee, I haven't checked /. in a while. I wonder what's new with SCO today."

    THANKS for being my source of SCO drama!

  4. the dreaded SCO joke... by Dreadlord · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...before the fee jumped to $1399...

    Attention all SCO jokes posters, get ready to update your jokes by the end of the year, thank you.

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  5. Bootsy! by kurosawdust · · Score: 5, Funny
    Bootsy Collins managed to combine all of today's SCO stories.

    Holy crap! Funkalicious bass lines and journalistic know-how? Bootsy, I hardly knew ye...

    1. Re:Bootsy! by kmankmankman2001 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Tear the root off, we're gonna tear the root of, tear the root of this sucka!

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    2. Re:Bootsy! by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · · Score: 4, Funny


      I'm still waiting for George Clinton to weigh in. You know someone whose website has an intro that reads, "Welcome black, mellow-maggots, fellow-funkateerz, gangsta-tokeheadz and hippyfied-deadheads, to our brand spankin' nu cyber-haven-a-go-go!" is going to have a unique take on SCO.

  6. SCO license makes a great gift for the holidays! by 4sheez · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now that you can purchase the license until the end of '03, we have the perfect x-mas/kwanza/Chanukah/XXXXX-holiday gift for that linux nerd in your family Get one for mom, dad, the dog... Great stocking stuffer! plaque it up next to that resume before its too late and costs $1400!

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  7. What I like about this by bigjnsa500 · · Score: 4, Funny
    I just love the fact that SCO is now paying its lawyers with stock options. I can't wait to see the look on McBride's face when their stock tanks. One thing you never want McBride, is a room full of angry lawyers..

    BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

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  8. Lawyer in a Box by malia8888 · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the Article: The SCO Group has again extended its offer of cut-price Linux licences, this time until the end of the year - and possibly beyond. The UnixWare licensing scheme, announced at the beginning of August, set the price at $1,399 (828) per server for Fortune 1000 companies, but offered a special price of $699 for those who signed up before 15 October.

    The attractive feature of this software product is that it is bundled with a blue-suited lawyer-in-a-box.

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  9. That should be trademarked man! by Chordonblue · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Gotta get me somma that SCOX!!" (tm) :)

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  10. Re:Linux written to compete with SCO? by whome · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't see how SuSE competes with SCO's core business. As far as I know, SuSE has never sued anyone.

  11. Re:Linux written to compete with SCO? by jcknox · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems to me that the only ones currently competing with SCO's business model are ambulance-chasing lawyers.

    Next round of news:

    1. SCO patents litigation as a business model; changes name to Tort, Inc.

    2. Tort, Inc. (formerly SCO) files suit on over 4000 law firms specializing in personal injury and workers' compensation cases, claiming patent infringement.

    3. Tort, Inc. sues US Senate and House of Representatives, claiming tort reform bills designed to threaten innovation and excellence in their product line.

  12. Re:Posts over time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Probably a lot like a timeline.

  13. Got a license as birthday gift... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The first time my parents care about my real hobbies and what do I get? A SCO license for $699.

    What can I do to reverse this? I don't wan't to hurt my parents.

    What will happen now since SCO knows my address? I don't wan't to get sued either.

  14. Re:SCO by obsid1an · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me guess. They wanted to pay you entirely in stock options?

  15. Re:Yeehaw! A roundup!! by Jeffery+McGrew · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rollin', Rolling', Rollin',
    Rollin', Rolling', Rollin',
    Rollin', Rolling', Rollin',
    SCOhide!

    Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
    Keep the stock price swollen,
    Keep them lawsuits rollin',
    SCOhide!

    Ignorance and Hubris together, Hell bent for treasure, Wishin' IBM was on my side.
    All the things I'm missin, Source code, money and lawsuit dissmissin', Are waitin at the end of my ride.

    Move em' on, Head em' up, Move em' on,SCOhide!
    Cut em' out, Paste em' in, Greek em' out, Show em' off, SCOhide!

    Keep movin', movin', movin'
    Though their dissaprovin', Keep them Unix users groanin', SCOhide!

    Don't try to understand them, Just Subpoena, sue and charge em', Soon we'll be livin' high and wide. My heart's calculatin', My new Rolls Royce will be waitin', Be waitin' at the end of my ride.

    Move em' on, Sue em' up, Move em' on, SCOhide!
    Cut em' out, Paste em' in, Greek em' out, Show em' off, SCOhide!

    Move em' on, Sue em' up, Move em' on, SCOhide!
    Drown em' out, Subpoena em' in, Cash em' out, Sue em' ALLLLLLL!!!, SCOhide!

    Rollin', Rolling', Rollin', Rollin', Rolling', Rollin', SCOhide!

    SCOhide!

  16. How much would you pay? by mpitcavage · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hurry before time runs out again.

    I'm holding out for the "Buy 1 licence get 9 free - Noncompliance Blowout Sale"

    -Karma neutral, but you'd better stop looking at me..

  17. Re:Why must it always come down to this? by Hypocritical+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    You must've typed that up on a Windows box.. you, uh, cock-smoking uh teabagger.. whatever that means.

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