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SCO Approaches Google About Linux Licenses
MSBob writes "Seems that SCO is seriously hinting that their next victim is going to be Google. SCO said that they held what SCO described as "low level talks" with Google executives with regards to licensing SCO's alleged intellectual property within the Linux kernel. The full article is on Forbes.com." The Reuters story is on Yahoo!, too.
for quite a while, I thought?
Well, it's obvious that Google is making it WAY too easy for people to find information on the Internet that flys in the face of SCOs story.
"Hay guys, we want money" - "no" "oh, ok thx bye"
"Bunch of assholes."
You must think in Russian.
all of the searches for "extortion" and "blackmail" start bringing up the SCO homepage at the top of the results.
M$/SCO spy, KILL HIM!
I SHALL RAIN DOWN MISSILES-IN-A-BUN ON YOUR PITIFUL CITY'S!
When SCO is proven to be threatening people for
money under false circumstances, will SCO be
liable for criminal charges?
This is starting to look like that woman who
demanded the lottery prize in spite of the fact
she was unable to show any proof of ownership.
Darl's mommy: "DARL! turn that light off and go to bed!"
SCO seems to have decided that they would prefer to put the final nail in their coffin from the inside.
As such, we are forced to protect our (insert random hyperbole here) and will be sending a cease-and-desist eail to that contact shortly!"
Is it just me or is SCO going out of their mind? This is getting insane.
:)
It's just you. No one else at slashdot thinks SCO is going out of their mind.
-- Kircle
As part of their pump-and-dump strategy based on the premise of a viable lawsuit, SCO will try to attach themselves to every week's top news story. In coming weeks:
SCO bills NASA! (suspects Linux installed on Mars Rover)
SCO sues to stop presidential election tally! (unlicensed linux used in vote-counting machines)
SCO demands 25 million dollar reward for capture of Saddam! (We withheld a linux license so he couldn't legally use that terrorist O/S)
SCO requests injunction to stop sales of Ipod (Darl says they "could be hacked to run Linux")
Remain calm! All is well!
I don't even use Linux and I'm worried I might get sued.
Hold up, wait a minute, let me put some pimpin in it
So what are you saying? That you tried to extort Google?!?
Spread the RC luvin'
By low level talks, I suspect they mean that Google's lawyers were rolling around on the floor, laughing.
SCO Lawyer: "So, you come to our headquarters on this day. You drink our coffee, you eat our cookies. Now it's time you pay us $7,000,000 (SEVEN MILLION US DOLLARS!) for your Linux machines." Google Lawyer: "Umm, I don't think so." *mumblings among the SCO Lawyers* SCO Lawyer: "Let me get this straight. You sit here, in our chairs, in our headquarters, and refuse to pay us the money that is rightfully ours?" Google Lawyer: "Yeah, that sounds about right. Thanks for the coffee, add a little more sugar next time. See ya." *gets up and leaves* SCO Lawyer (YELLING): "You won't get away with this! We own0rz j00!"
-=This sig has nothing to do with my comment. Move along now=-
Boss, I'm all for being deliciously evil. But are you sure about the little girls and the puppies?
Your humble servant
-D
Google should bow to SCO and redirect all *Nix queries to SCO.
Graham
Linux - Fast Pane Relief
Translation:
Low-level -- they're not getting past the receptionist.
Intermittent -- Google keeps hanging up on them.
Hence their turning to the media instead, since Google won't take them seriously (and shouldn't).
SCO: "Pay up, 'or else..'"
Google: "Fuck off and die, shithead"
SCO: "Die? Now? Are you crazy?! We got atleast a year before that happens!"
--- any post that takes longer than 20 seconds to write, isn't worth writing
This thread is for giving your favorite acronym of SCO. Just put it right in the subject -- nobody wants to read your stupid shit prose.
Try to keep everything as a reply to this one, so we get a nice list going. If you want to discuss something, then reply to it, but if it's a new acronym, just post a reply to THIS message.
Remember kids, you can't spell "fiasco" without SCO.
"Oppression and harassment is a small price to pay to live in the land of the free." -- Montgomery Burns.
Probably how the conversation will go when SCO approaches the French arm of google, google.fr.
SCO: You owe us money for Linux licenses
Google: I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough water!
SCO: But we own the UNIX source code!
Google: I fart in your general direction.
SCO: We require $699 per CPU
Google: Your mother was a hamster, and your father
smells of elderberries
SCO: Is there someone else up there we could talk to?
Google:No, now go away before I taunt you a second time.
In Google's case, SCO probably wants user licences. How many users does Google have? :^P
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
And the one biggest reason why SCO will lose....
Nobody can defeat Nux Lee!
Pinging google.com [216.239.39.99] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=238ms TTL=243
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=215ms TTL=243
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=200ms TTL=243
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=187ms TTL=243
Ping statistics for 216.239.39.99:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 187ms, Maximum = 238ms, Average = 210ms
YES! We have low level talks!
and the first related category is even better:
Business > Management > Ethics
* And remember, it's spelled N-e-t-s-c-a-p-e, but it's pronounced "Mozilla."
google.fr ... Surrenders full payment
That would only work if SCO had the brains to go through Belgium.
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
I'll be rendered useless in minutes...
Since you're posting AC, it won't take that long.
SCO: Hey, you are using OSS software, which we own. Can you give us some money?
Google: Fuck off.
Manipulate the moderator system! Mod someone as "overrated" today.
...and remember kids, you can't spell scoliosis without SCO, and SCO is... has... like, a twisted spine and stuff.
-- thinkyhead software and media
Yes, all shall bow and worship the Stag King. Those who fail to show obeisance shall be disemboweled with a new-fallen antler and trampled to bits in a dark, hoof-pounding ritual carried out under the light of a full moon.
Sorry... Just couldn't resist the image...
Note to ACs: I usually delete AC replies without reading them. If you want to talk to me, log in.
So, the question for me is:
Should I put all my SCO MEMORABILIA on ebay now?
or should I wait??
Did you mean: Nigerian Scam
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Seven icons for this article? Let's not forget the most obvious one... the humor foot.
Learn something new.
Google is strict about not allowing political causes, no matter how justified, to throw around their search results.
Maybe just this once Google could set up a special server just for requests coming from SCO's office IPs:
Travel agencies foreign [I'm feeling lucky] ==> Groklaw
RIAA music [I'm feeling lucky] ==> Groklaw
Garage Sale Utah [I'm feeling lucky] ==> Groklaw
Mac and cheese recipe [I'm feeling lucky] ==> Groklaw
And so on...
Email: slashdot3@FreeMars.org (Address will be abandoned when it gets spam.)
Anyone want to bet when a SCO search at google will only result in bad news for the company? I'm guessing it might just happen in the next few days.
sco is so dumb, everyone knows Goodgle uses pigeons to power their servers, not linux.
That gives me a thought: suggest to SCO that they go after all those linux servers Co$ must be running somewhere... (I have no idea if they are, but what the hell) ... and watch the fireworks!
~REZ~ #43301. Who'd fake being me anyway?
Couldn't Google basically launch a denial-of-service attack of unimaginable proportions by putting a link to a Web site on the top of every Google search page?
I suspect that that's what SCO thought it was doing to IBM - but they asked for too much, and/or got in the game too late and ran into an IBM policy of delousing rather than scratching the itch (due to IBM's long history and repeated experience with such extortion).
Tip for all you future extortionists of IBM. I've seen how this stuff works from inside IBM, and I can tell you that IBM has a well-defined policy for how to handle this sort of extortion, complete with defined, documented dollar thresholds at which different actions take place.
Here's the scoop. If you want to suck money out of IBM by threatening the company with something, you have to keep your demand below $25,000. That's the magic number. If you ask for less than $25K, IBM figures it's cheaper to pay you than to have a lawyer look at it. If you'll sign an ironclad general release of liability, you'll almost certainly get your money*. Once. Since the release will make it virtually impossible for you to ever even utter the letters "I", "B", or "M" again without finding yourself in breach of contract.
When you ask for $1,000,000,000, however, since this *exceeds* the $25,000 threshold (see how simple this is?), a slightly *different* policy goes into effect. This one is a bit easier in that it doesn't require you to sign a release, but it does involve armies of high-powered lawyers armed with the largest patent portfolio in the world and typically ends with your ass being handed to you on silver platter.
That's all there is to it, folks! $25K, and you get paid. $1B (or $3B) and you don't!
*Actually, the $25K isn't a completely sure thing, either. IBM's policy is to randomly pick a subset of these cases and smash the plaintiff into a smooth, creamy paste, just to keep things from getting too routine and the lawyers from getting too bored.
In summary, it's the old saying: never try to extort more than it costs to have you killed.