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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!
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.
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?
D'oh!, I demand a refund of my $699.
for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
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.
Opus: the Swiss army knife of audio codec
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?"
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!
Briny Tidbitts
:)
Sounds like a Spongebob Squarepants character.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
Oh, and the chocolate rations have been increased to 5 units.
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.
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
It would have been there, but it was busy compiling ; )
Looks can be deceiving. Or CAN they?
Actually.............
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[16:06] gentoo: PORTAGE IS COOL!! RPM & DEB SUCK ASS!
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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
evidence walk into a bar....
Sola Scriptura Sola Fide Sola Gratia Sola Christus