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Caldera/SCO Co-Founder Ransom Love Speaks

Posted by michael on from the still-taking-his-medication-for-the-moment dept.

securitas writes "CNet has published an interview with Caldera (now SCO Group) co-founder Ransom Love, in which he talks about the Novell acquisition of SuSE, Novell's Linux history, the early history of Caldera, the SCO-IBM lawsuit, his new role at Progeny and open standards. It's a good read that covers a lot of ground in a relatively short space."

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  1. interesting by all+your+mwbassguy+a · · Score: 2, Funny

    what? no SCO is teh suxors comments yet? seriously, this sheds a lot of light on the current situation.

  2. Summary of the article by heironymouscoward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I hired Darl, then realized what a HUGE mistake that was, so I quit SCO and sold my shares and Debian is really cool, thanks guys!"

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  3. Interesting names... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Ransom Love"? "Darl McBride"?
    I'm beginning to see some sort of pattern here...

    1. Re:Interesting names... by mcc · · Score: 2, Funny

      And I hear that after the IBM case fails, the transitional CEO that they hire to replace Darl until such time as SCO can find a buyer will be named "Karen O'MessyDivorce".

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  4. I'm torn.... by FortKnox · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...I want to know how this will all end... but am sick of hearing all the scwabbling that is going on...

    I could turn off stories about Caldera to just get it off my front page....
    But, then I can miss it when something major happens...

    Or I can whine in bitch in the article....

    I'll chose the latter, I suppose :-P

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  5. Re:"Ransom Love" is such a cool name. by dannyelfman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah. But it isn't cooler then Randy Bush

  6. Re:WTF by gmhowell · · Score: 2, Funny

    Owned mindshare, like RedHat. Or perhaps they meant 0\/\/N3D.

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  7. Re:"Ransom Love" is such a cool name. by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: 2, Funny
    Well at least he's not called " englebert humperdinck ".

    Seriously , it is a name.

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  8. Re:"Ransom Love" is such a cool name. by grub · · Score: 3, Funny


    "Ransom Love" sounds like what the parents' of 12 year olds are planning when they send their kids to Michael Jackson's for the weekend.

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  9. Re:You're missing the point. by Wireless+Joe · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think he meant, "They could have 0WN3D Linux."

  10. I'm confused... by mazarin5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is Ransom his name or business strategy??? (Sounds like a cheap anime character...)

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  11. Re:"Ransom Love" is such a cool name. by DrinkDr.Pepper · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hello, I'm MAX POWER.

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  12. is that a stage name? by mooface · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ransom Love? That sounds like some sort of soft-core star, or the title of an 80s movie that repeatedly shows on the TNT network...

  13. Re:Facinating "if's" by mormop · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hindsight is always 20/20.

    If only IBM pushed OS/2 onto the desktop
    If only Commodore could market their way out of a paper bag
    If only Atari hadn't fumbled the desktop
    and now:
    if only Novell had pushed for Linux rather than UNIX in the 90's...
    Karma Whoring for Fun and Profit.

    How about "If only Mr McBride had used a condom"

    I know, I know, -1 Troll... Oh go on then, guilty as charged

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  14. Re:Is that his real name? by El · · Score: 2, Funny
    Does anyone else think the name Ransom Love sounds like a porn star pseudonym?

    Yes, but then so do the names of most of the "My Little Pony" characters here.

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  15. I support SCO by mnemonic_ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Personally, I support SCO and their lawful actions. It's about time someone gave those Linux users what they deserved.