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McBride Speaks, In Person And In Print

Posted by timothy on from the other-than-the-suit-how-was-the-parade dept.

Phil Windley writes "Darl McBride gave the keynote at CDXPO this evening and held a press conference afterwards. I've posted my summary of his talk and the press conference on my weblog. In his talk, Darl seemed to be saying "Don't hate me. I'm only doing what I had to do."" On the other hand, in this interesting interview with CRN, McBride comes one whisker from likening Linux users to drug users, renews threats to sue end users, and says "all the big guys" are out to get SCO.

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  1. It's a dirty job but someone has to do it...me by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    After reading the comments I see no one has taken a pro-SCO viewpoint. I guess I'll have to give it a go:

    First, consider the allegation. Copyrighted code is part of the Linux kernel. What if it's true? Shouldn't the copyright holder get its day in court?

    And consider the lawyer...David Boies. In case you've forgotten what what he's done, check out this Time article. He's no dummy and he's certainly not motivated by money. Hell, he should be a superhero around here - he fought for Gore in the last election (in that little Florida thing), he worked on behalf of Napster (the original one), and he led the charge for the government against Microsoft. Certainly he knows the facts in this case. He doesn't need the money (he's about the hottest lawyer around), he doesn't need fame (he's got that too)...why take on IBM et al just to lose? That would be a sour way to end a distinguished career. Clearly he thinks he can win.

    Look at SCO's stock performance over the last year. Do you think the diligent researchers on Wall Street are confused by McBride's proclamations? No, they do research. The upturn in the stock price (from $1 to $14) is a loud vote of confidence for SCO's actions.

    Sure, this is an emotional issue here at Slashdot, but control yourselves and consider the facts. I think that when the dust settles you'll see that SCO had some valid points and perhaps the good souls that gave you Linux didn't always behave as ethically as they should.

    Ok, my work is done for the day...time for bed. I'll sweep up my crushed karma in the morning.