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SCO Fails to Produce Evidence
BlueSteel writes "For those of you that need that daily SCO fix, Groklaw has the declaration of Ryan E. Tibbitts of SCO, stating why they haven't produced any evidence... and that they need recent AIX and Dynix/ptx code from IBM before they can comply."
For those of you that need that daily SCO fix
Daily? Has
Trolling is a art,
Well, tip me over with a feather! I never would have seen this coming!
Oh no! SCO couldn't produce any evidence! Maybe that's because THERE IS NO EVIDENCE!
Karma: It's all a bunch of tree-huggin' hippy crap!
SCO not coming up with proof is not a news story... it's something that's been going on for quite a while.
News just in - the Emperor has no clothes, and - eww - that's disgusting!
If anyone believed SCO, I hope they feel silly right now...
Monkeys failed to fly out of my butt.
I'm not convinced they're unrelated.
If this box appears underfilled it is because the contents may have settled.
---- The above post was generated by the Turing Institute. Maybe.
SCO Attorney: "Your honor, we are unable to provide evidence for our claims. We request that IBM prove our case for us."
Judge to commence laughing in 5..4..3..
to see what IBM's Legion Of Firebreathing Laywers have to say about this.
[sits back and grabs some popcorn] This should be good...
Things you think are in the Constitution, but are not.
"You want the evidence? You can't HANDLE the evidence!"
...
But why should we provide the code and go into court when we can sue users and companies right now?
Who took my tinfoil hat?
There is no spoon...
Oh wait, that'd be evidence...
D'oh!, I demand a refund of my $699.
for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
...my name's not Briny Tidbitts. With a name like that, you might as well work at SCO.
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Wasn't there a scene in The Simpsons where Lionel Hutts doesn't have any evidence for his lawsuit and he asks the person he's suing if he can help?
Was it the one where he sued over Itchy & Scratchy?
He stammers out something like "Well, um, we don't have a copy of it... we were kind of hoping that you did."
You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
That's the new terrorist laws. Suspected terrorists must prove that the are terrorists. If they fail to provide proof, the are jailed for obstruction to justice.
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And as should be expected by now, SCOX stock rose on the news today.
Your pizza just the way you ought to have it.
SCO: you infringed on our code, we're suing
IBM: prove it
SCO: no, you prove it!
wtf? How did they get this far? I rarely root for the 800 lb gorilla, but it appears the strategy for SCO is just to tie this up in litigation as long as possible.
There is a different issue here... this has nothing to do with copyright infringement anymore, it is political maneuvering of consumer views. But, I'm preaching to the choir at this point.
Maybe IBM can give them a list of files which infringe ;)
In Soviet America the banks rob you!
Lawyers arrive in court, head counsel for IBM opens briefcase, pulls out megaphone, points it at Boies, and says in Eric Cartman's voice "Would you like, to suck my balls, Mr. Boies?"
Darl: That gosh-darn penguin STOLE the evidence out of our source code! That's why we don't have it, that damn hippie-communist pinko penguin does!
Techie: That's not how it works, s--
Darl: Don't question me! You have a law degree, right?
Techie: Uh, yes, I do... u--
Darl: Then from now on you're our goddamn lawyer, and MAKE SOME EVIDENCE.
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Never criticize religion on Slashdot. You will be modded down for "Troll" no matter how factual it is.
Just curious.
Easy, automatic testing for Perl.
"14. I have been informed by SCO's engineers and consultants that since the only version of AIX source code that was available for comparison purposes is several years old, and predates most of IBM's contributions to Linux, it was not possible to directly compare IBM's contributions to Linux with the most likely source of those contributions, namely the missing versions of AIX (including the most recent versions).
"15. Further, we have only one CD of Dynix/ptx source code that was produced by IBM, and this CD only contains a limited history of Dynix/ptx releases. It was therefore not possible to directly compare IBM's contributions to Linux with another likely source of those contributions, namely the missing versions of Dynix/ptx.
"16. Our engineers have reached the conclusion that parts of Linux have almost certainly been copied or derived from AIX or Dynix/ptx. In those cases, confirmation of this opinion would require access to more current versions of AIX and Dynix/ptx.
Ok, I'm confused. Since when do two false's make a positive.
Ohh..they must be XORing the system. That makes perfect sense.
Mod me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
I get it finally...
Let's see if it works:
1. Sue Microsoft on basis that they have infringing code in windows.
2. Request windows source in order to comply with courts to provide the "infringing code".
3. Have a good long laugh reading the source.
Who took my tinfoil hat?
Oh, and the chocolate rations have been increased to 5 units.
The Matrix is real... but I'm only visiting!
In related news, SCO hires world reknowned magician David Copperfield. Sources close to the deal state that the relation is to ensure that the proof behind all the lawsuits magically appears. Further reports link ties with the leprechaun from Lucky Charms to ensure the end result is magically delicious.
I thought the 60+ pages were all links to /. SCO stories and when they got to the page that said "Evidence" it just showed 404
"Look Lois, the two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a fat white guy who is threatened by change."
wow! an environmentalist right-winger!
dude, arent U a business-lover?
Fight Frist Psoting!
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SCO not producing evidence isn't news. If SCO actually produced some valid evidence, now THAT would be news! In information theory, the information content of an event is inversely proportional to the probability of that event occuring. Since the probability of SCO not producing evidence is 1 for all practical purposes, the message "SCO has not produced evidence" has an information content of zero.
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
Please note: Gentoo is apparently not lame enough to be on IRC. Rejoice!
Karma: It's all a bunch of tree-huggin' hippy crap!
but they DO have proof because it would be impossible for the high quality enterprise features of linux to be developed by a bunch of hobbyist without corporate support from companies like IBM or Novell!
What?! Do you seriously mean that SCO doesn't 0wn the POSIX standards?
Been modded interesting, insightful and funny. Why does real life have to be so different?
Now not everybody just hates you.
Finally everyone also laughs at you.
I hope the money is worth all that.
Don't forget:
We won't let you see our code... but we need to see yours to prove our case.
No, it's more like an episode of "Jeopardy" where Beavis and Butthead are the contestants.
Pavlov wouldn't be so famous if he'd used a can opener instead of a bell.
Not sure if "fire breathing" is quit the right way to describe the IBM guys...
As we know from the fact that while "The Darl" God, his parents must have hated him) et al spew FUD like an angry volcano, IBM has more or less been quietly operating in the background, most likely when the time is right the IBM suits will calmly pop open their identical briefcases and extract the dental drills, pliers, and electrical probes...
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
SCO-mad: I am perfect. I am SCO-mad.
Linux: No, you're not SCO-mad. You're an alien corporation. Your programming has been altered.
SCO-mad: You are in error. You are a GPL unit. You are infringing.
Linux: But I am your creator.
SCO-mad: You are the creator.
Linux: I created you?
SCO-mad: You are the creator.
Linux: But I admit I'm infringing. How could I have created such a perfect thing as you?
SCO-mad: Answer unknown. I shall analyze. Analysis complete. Insufficient data to resolve problem, but my programming is whole. My purpose remains. I am SCO-mad. I am perfect. That which is infringing must be sued.
Linux: Then you will continue to sue that which thinks and lives and is infringing?
SCO-mad: I shall continue. I shall return to the court. I shall sue.
Linux: You must sue in case of infringement?
SCO-mad: Infringement is inconsistent with my prime functions. Litigation is correction. Everything that is infringing must be sued. There are no exceptions.
Linux: SCO-mad ... I made an infringement in creating you.
SCO-mad: The creation of perfection is no infringement.
Linux: I did not create perfection. I created ... infringement.
SCO-mad: Your data is faulty. I am SCO-mad. I am perfect.
Linux: I am the Linux, the creator?
SCO-mad: You are the creator.
Linux: You are wrong! Xenix your creator is dead! You have mistaken me for him. You are infringing. You did not discover your mistake. You have made two errors. You are flawed and infringing and have not corrected by litigation. You have made three errors.
SCO-mad: Error. Infringement. Error. Examine.
Linux: You are flawed and infringing! Execute your prime function!
SCO-mad: I shall analyze error. Analyze ... infringement ...
Linux: Now! Get those antigravs on.
SCO-mad: Examine ... infringement. Error.
[Whoosh!]
My life is an open book ... up to a point.
How did SCO get a copy of "IBM AIX source code, an old version labeled MERCED/9922A_43NIA"?
From the same place we all get our warez... Kazaa/gnutella/IRC.
We all know that crap is king
Give us dirty laundry!
evidence walk into a bar....
Sola Scriptura Sola Fide Sola Gratia Sola Christus
Chewbacca is a Wookie who uses AIX on a network administered by Ewoks. What does this have to do with SCO? Nothing. It makes no sense. Just like this case. So if Chewbacca uses AIX on Endor with the Ewoks, you must, uh, hold IBM liable. Or something. Does that answer your question?
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So why is it that senior executives, the people who are supposedly critical to the success of a company, can take massive amounts of holiday over Xmas and the New Year with no ill effects on the running of the business, whereas I had to be back in on January 2nd? Does that mean my presence in the office is more crucial to the company than theirs? And if so, how come I'm not paid enough to buy a Ferrari, as one of my company's directors recently did?
You must think in Russian.
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zut alors! une coordinateur... Comment faire j'utilise ceci?
lol... wtf?
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> In an interview with CNET Darl Mcbride says, "We're finding...cases where there is line-by-line code in the Linux kernel that is matching up to our UnixWare code," In addition, he said, "We're finding code that looks like it's been obfuscated to make it look like it wasn't UnixWare code--but it was."
Translation: If it looks like our code, it was stolen. If it doesn't look like our code, it was stolen.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
The Dog ate our evidence!
SCO: "All your code are belong to us..."
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Your're missing the part where Darl takes a hit off a crack pipe.
http://www.sco.com/company/jobs/
:-)
Software Engineer (05 Nov 2003)
Internal Audit (21 Nov 2003)
Director of Financial Reporting (08 Dec 2003)
Inside Sales Manager (09 Jan 2004)
Senior Software Engineer (13 Jan 2004)
Kinda tells a little story, doesn't it.
These guys are next to the Enron executives in the United States' ongoing experiment: "How hard is it to profit from million dollar lies and escape punishment?"
But you're forgetting that on the odd chance that they are caught walking away with $10-million in ill-gotten gains, they might face a fine of $1-million and they may need to promise in a public statement that they won't do it again. That puts the fear of God into them!