SCO Wants to License Europe

MacEnvy writes "It looks like SCO isn't letting up - they've decided to expand their war on Linux to other countries. According to Internet Week, the company will be offering its Intellectual Property License in the UK and other European countries starting February 1. Whether Europeans will buy the licenses has yet to be seen." Motley Fool has chipped in on SCO's chances.

Comments

Re:Ugh stop this cliche

[harmonica]

All true.

However, when you say 'they continued to fight back' it's worth mentioning that a large number of French people collaborated with the occupying forces, some of them gladly.

Depending on who you talk to in France you might get the misleading impression that a majority was fighting in the Resistance.

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[Saeed al-Sahaf]

I submitted this story two days ago. I guess I just don't give good head.

Re:Unlikely that Europeans will buy into this scam

[willtsmith]

Yeah, after the Micron/Rambus case I got the impression that those Euro judges don't take shit from anybody. I'm impressed with that french judge who is going after Dick Cheney.

I don't think SCO will get any takers in Europe. There laws aren't 100% dictated by corporations like ours are.

Re:Ugh stop this cliche

[muffen]

Oh c'mon. They gave up much quicker than they had to. They stood by watching German Nazis parade down Champs Elysee through Arc de Triumph merely days after the attacking started. They would have been beaten eventually, and they probably saved lives by giving up... but at the same time they gave up their pride and gave us the right to make fun of them for it.

SCO has superior intellectual property, France will be part of the SCO empire by noon tomorrow (altought some brave souls will fight SCO by using Linux without paying... zat is ze French way). McBride will walk victoriously down Champs Elysee, and then through Arc de Triumph, where Linus will smack him in the head with a small eiffeltower he bought for 25euros (ripoff) outside the Eiffel Tower... and SCO will be no more...
Linus will take the Thalys to Amsterdam to celebrate his victory... little does he know that McBride didn't die, and the girl he's about to visit in Amsterdam is really McBride in disguise...

Please tune in tomorrow for the next episode of: "Linus Eiffelsmacks McBride and then shags him".

Re:France Surrenders

[Natestradamus]

Didn't do them much good, did it? It merely highlights that the value of a French 'non', whether given in regards to Bush's invasion or a rogue state's WMD efforts, is worth nothing. Better for France by far if they had known their place and acquiesced.