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SCO Letter to Fortune 1500 Now Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-read dept.

e6003 writes "The text of the extortion letters that SCO sent out in May 2003 to the 1500 largest US companies is now online. Read in all its glory the lies and misconceptions that SCO has about Linux and the kernel development process. Pamela Jones, the proprietor of Groklaw, suggests Linus Torvalds would have a great case for defamation as a result of this letter and subsequent events."

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  1. I tried to give them my money... by gspr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If you would like additional information, a copy of the complaint and response may be viewed at our web site at www.sco.com/scocource.

    So I go there with hope that I will learn the details of how to pay them the money I owe, and I get a 404! Ah well...

  2. Dear Prospective Customer... by segment · · Score: 0, Redundant
    As you may have well read throughout the world ALL YOUR main() ARE BELONG TO US. We appreciate all monies sent to our struggling organization, and hope this situation is obscure enough to scare you into sending us thing money.

    Yours truly, SC(um)O staff

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    MoFscker
  3. SCO Case in a Nutshell by Cytlid · · Score: 0, Redundant

    For those playing at home who don't understand the technojumbo, here's a summary of the SCO case:

    Hi, We're SCO and we're a company that used to make software called Unix. Nowadays we can't do crap, our company has crossed hands so many times its pathetic, and we're actually looking at going bankrupt, so we need to do something and fast to save our butts from getting lynched by our shareholders.

    Then there's this thing called Linux, that a bunch of hardworking people decided to make in their spare time, to "do the right thing" and make it openly free and completely legal. They're so good at it, that we want to take credit for it! Yes, it's such an outrageous plan that involves lawsuits against everyone, while we suck a rather micro and soft genitalia for money. (Hey they want us to take the fall for doing something that would kill their PR, but that's what we're here for!

    Oh you say? The SEC? They won't do squat. Not only are our micro and soft benefactors funding our insanity, they have the federal government in the palm of their hands too! Yes, the US govt is so completely ignorant when it comes to things like IP law, or technology law, that we actually can get away with this. (I mean, c'mon, see how long it took for them to get a SPAM law passed?).

    So in a nutshell, we're going to sue IBM, google, aol, novell, HP, hell just about anyone who says the word "Linux" because it looks somewhat like Unix.

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    FLR