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Novell Releases SCO Letters

cyxs writes "Here is Novell's page with letters that have been sent back and forth between Novell and SCO. Very interesting read."

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  1. Next News by OpCode42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Darl claims that Novell released the letters to them, and sues Novell for copyright violation.

    1. Re:Next News by AnonymousNoMore · · Score: 5, Funny

      Novell didn't obfuscate anything. Those are clearly derivative works.

    2. Re:Next News by D-Cypell · · Score: 4, Funny

      I have hundreds of pages of documentation proving you wrong, but im afraid I cant show you them, you will just have to trust me ok?

  2. Slashdot loves you by Christoff84 · · Score: 4, Funny

    After the slashdotting novell receives today, they will know for sure that they have slashdot behind them 100% in the drawing, hanging and quartering of SCO.

  3. The name on the copyright registration by scumdamn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sue Goodwill does anybody else find that a funny name given the circumstances?

  4. Well I'm shocked by AndroidCat · · Score: 4, Funny

    None of the Novell letters to Darl start with "Dear Mush-For-Brains;".

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  5. SCO's response. by EvilStein · · Score: 5, Funny


    ----------begin-----------

    Already did. You're next, penguin boy.

    Love, Darl

    -----------end------------

  6. Here's a summary... by ArmenTanzarian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Darl: Linux stole our stuff!
    Novell: Where's your proof?
    Darl: They did it, I saw 'em!
    Novell: Where, show me...
    Darl: It's over there!
    [Novell turns around while Darl bolts out of the room]

  7. Re:Awesome by thrillbert · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't have time to read them now because I'm working

    You're weird.. if I wasn't at work, I wouldn't even be here...

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  8. IBM Could Produce A 5 Year Old Child... by MuParadigm · · Score: 4, Funny


    "Hell IBM could produce a 5year old child that could write header file..."

    And his name is Linux?

  9. The Unanswered Question by telstar · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd like to know how SCO can possibly claim others have infringed on their intellectual property when they've clearly shown that they have absolutely no intellect.

  10. All this hupla. Over Unix License. by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know what they should do is make a Unix Like operation system without using any of the Unix code and just freely release it under the GNU then we shouldnt have these problems any more... Oh Wait... Never mind.

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  11. Re:Summary from Groklaw by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 4, Funny

    It all boils down to this:

    SCO:We own you.
    Novell: OMG STFU nUb

  12. will I be sheilded? by DrSkwid · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are sheilded from loosing basic assets

    What if you are walking past and some of these loosed assets fly toward you. I imagine a flying fridge could take your eye out!

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  13. Smeagol by RealSalmon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tricksey penguinses . . . we told you they were false. They stole it from us . . . They stole it and we wants it back. Gollum, gollum.

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    -B

  14. A gross misunderstanding by Mr.+Darl+McBride · · Score: 5, Funny
    Once again, I would like to reiterate that this is an SCO IP issue. Our IP is all over Linux.

    Ladies and gentlemen, today I would like to show you exactly what I mean. For Exhibit A, I would like to show the contents of /etc/hosts where you will clearly see our IP:

    127.0.0.1
    Exhibit B, the output of traceroute, where you clearly see that this 127.0.0.1 is SCO's IP, ZERO hops from our main...
  15. Re:A short summery - SCO is cooking it's books! by GerryGilmore · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you *really* want a chuckle, go to SCO's web site under "Jobs". The *only* software engineer job listed requires skills in .NET!!

    How's that for understanding where their head is at?

    Gerry