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SCO Files Suit Against Novell Over System V Ownership
nadamsieee writes "Yahoo! Finance is carrying a press release from SCO that details a new lawsuit against Novell for "Slander of Title". It looks like SCO has finally ditched their failing product line in favor of 24/7 litigation and PR work." To recap: Novell and SCO have a lengthy correspondence over the meaning of the contract between the two companies, Novell registers a claim with the U.S. copyright office over the code in dispute, SCO files this suit in response. Update: 01/20 23:04 GMT by M : SCO has placed their complaint (pdf) online.
Pssst, Darl.. Some 17 year old punk named Mike Rowe is running his website on Linux! You better file suit against him, too!
Trolling is a art,
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding SCO's lawsuit against Novell.. . . These forward- looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, the risk that SCO may not be successful in its claims against Novell and that the pursuit of protections for SCO's copyrights will require the expenditure of resources and may result in further litigation.
They have my nomination for understatement of the year (& it's only January). Second, anyone?
It's a bad sign when you start putting disclaimers in your press releases.
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain
Now, finally, a good test case for the Lie Detector Glasses for sceptical Slashdot readers!
Figures.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO DIE: The Comic for Dealing with Death
SCO can kiss my shiny metal ass.
SCO to IBM: "Hold on a sec while I go and steal something from this guy so I can say you stole it from me."
I bet that will fly.
..."a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions"
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Funny one PR... funny..
"where words meet intent, lies rhetoric's lament"
Question
What do you have the best chances of seeing this year?
A) - The Easter Bunny
B) - Cupid
C) - SCO's compelling evidence against Linux.
D) - Another John Woo movie, including his signature cinematic touches such as; crossed guns, the boot, the villain's outer garment whipping in the wind, and, oh yeah.....those fucking birds !!!
Answer D - BECAUSE THE REST ARE FUCKING FIGMANTS OF YOUR IMAGINATION.
Novell's false and misleading representations that it owns the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights has caused SCO irreparable harm to its copyrights, its business, and its reputation.
aaahahhahahahahaha. *breath* aahehehehahahehe
yeah sure, Novell was the cause of the irreparable harm! ahahahhahahahe!
I think this explains why they didn't have time to correctly respond to the Judge's request that the produce evidence in the IBM case. The were apparently already working on their next frivolous lawsuit.
Finkployd
I am the only one that found it hilarious that this story came in on the front page right after the story about the "Lie Detector Glasses"?
Didn't you hear? Only lawyers work for SCO now. And they're only slightly embarrassed to admit it.
There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure
This just in....SCO is suing themselves for owning the rights to UNIX. Darl McBride had this for comments:
"We cannot sit idly by and let our company steal source code from ourselves. Therefore, SCO is suing users of Caldera Linux, as they have apparently infringed upon use of SCO's UNIX source code. We decided oh, 8 billion would be about right."
The word SCO is in danger of becoming a synonym for sue. Some thing like "Oh yeah, well I am going to SCO your ass off, buddy" Sorta like google became a standardized verb.
From the Press Release...
/. bandwidth providers.
"About SCO
The SCO Group (Nasdaq: SCOX - News) helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries to grow their businesses everyday"
And of course it must be true, many (but not sure if it is millions) of lawyers grow their business with help from SCO. Not to mention news services and
Hey, but..but...it was Christmas! How could they possibly deliver? ;-)
The title of the page will display whatever you put in the path name
Jesus Christ! Is there anyone SCO won't sue? I can just imagine the next ./ article
SCO's next lawsuit target CmdrTaco's Aunt Tilly for her recipe for Scones since the first three letters in it are SCO. Aunt Tilly gives SCO the finger and states "Come near me and my recipe book and I'll let you have it with a rolling pin you bastards"
Phoenix
-- Wiccan Army, 13th Airborne Division "We will not fly silently into the night"
I like your son's music. Are you still married to White?
they might be around a while. which is why I plan on starting a company called SCOware, which will sell tupperware like containers with penguins embossed in their lids. I will market them as the best containers to hold vapor. Then when SCO comes by to sue me for copyright infringement or anything else, i'll countersue for making the public think I have something to do with SCO the "software company". surely it's libel, defamation of character, or something! I mean, sheesh, if the lawsuit brought upon me by SCO makes people think I ever did business with SCO, then I'd lose business.
SCOware Vaporware. "Fill 'er up with a Gallon o' Steam!"(tm)
I would be absolutely embarrassed to say "I work for SCO"
"I work for SCO"
I just shouted that out loud while sitting at my desk. You were right--I am embarassed.
We need to get SCO's lawyers added to the "wonder chickens" and "barrels of monkeys" that come in that little tagline at the bottom of the front page...
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Lie detector glasses that work on press releases, coming soon from Nemesys-co!
I'm coming to the conclusion that against all common sense and reason, SCO's stock is indestructable.
Future generations will consder it the bar that all other stocks are compared to. I'm actually considering buying some, on the premise that either
a) I will make money from SCO's FUD efforts.
b) My luck will cause it to tank, and I will be able to sacrifice my savings so that that SCO will die.
Agent: This is a simple lie detector. I'll ask you a few yes or no questions and you just answer truthfully. Do you understand?
McBride: Yes.
(The polygraph explodes.)
Toronto-area transit rider? Rate your ride.
like SCO has a reputation to uphold at this point...
I just checked google, and the phrase litigious bastards does not bring up sco in the first 15 or so pages of results. Do you think that google, anticipating a lawsuit has intervened so as to not provoke sco?
The / in
SCO (SCOX) has recently announced a change in the mission of the company. Citing failures to produce revenue growth chairman Darl McBride has decided to initiate a corporate injury law firm. "We already have several important clients (SCO v. IBM,SCO v. Novell, Redhat v. Novell) and this is proof that we can draw out lawsuits for many years, producing extraordinary increases in stock value." In other news the recently bankrupt Redback Networks has filed with SCO to sue Cisco for alleged patent infringement. When the Redback CEO was asked about the details of this infringement he replied "due to the potential damage to Redback such details cannot be provided. However we recognize that the corporations who purchased infringing hardware from Cisco did so without prior knowledge, so we are introducing a new licensing fee of $500 per unit until the end of the summer, at which time the said fee will be raised to $1000".
Because they work all day to make the press release?
You're so vain, I'll bet you think that OS is about you
Don't you? Don't You? Don't You?
SCO had some dreams they were flushed down the toilet, flushed down the toilet, and...
Maybe Bill will buy Darl a membership for Valentine's Day.
Option #2 is a great way to win the races in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Just blow up the other cars with a rocket launcher at the start of the race and it's smooth sailing.
If IBM is an 800lb gorilla, and their lawsuit was their weapon, then they essentially are asking the gorilla for a stick to hit them with.
If Novell is the 400lb cousin of the 800lb gorilla, then SCO just shot it with a BB gun and is expecting it to drop.
If you locked John Grisham in a room blaring Rage Against the Machine and hooked him up to an IV drip with LSD filled in the bag and gave him some Nicotine gum to chew and no sleep for 10 days, he wouldn't come up with this mess in a million years.
No, we split up a couple of years ago. Irreconcilable differences and all that.
I kept the name, though.
I'm waiting for them to retroactively sue AT&T for licensing out Unix to begin with.
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--Dr.W.Edwards Deming
And neither is "fuckwit", you fuckwit. But I'm sure you understood what I meant, irregardless of whether or not the words used were actual words.
Irreconcilable differences and all that.
Really? Some flying pigs told me it was a momentarily lapse of reason.
[WHACK] Ow! What was that for?
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
momentarily lapse of reason.
No, more like lousy communication. We just kept putting up too many walls. Not the happiest days of our lives, by any stretch.
Specialists? If they are specialists, I'd hate to see what damage PR amateurs could do to a company.
flossie
Write now. Defend liberty
That damn pdf came right across. Don't you guys care anymore? wtf!
"Darl McBride then thought "I know what let's do, let's build a business model based upon legal action. Hell, we don't need no stinkin' IT product. We've got lawyers "
SCO is dying
It is official; Netcraft confirms: SCO is dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered SCO UnixWare community when IDC confirmed that SCO market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that SCO UnixWare has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. SCO is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict SCO's future. The hand writing is on the wall: SCO faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for SCO UnixWare because SCO is dying. Things are looking very bad for SCO. As many of us are already aware, SCO UnixWare continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
SCO has lost 93% of its core developers. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time UnixWare developers L. Ron Hubbard and Joseph Smith only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: SCO is dying.
All major surveys show that UnixWare has steadily declined in market share. SCO is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If SCO is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. SCO continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, SCO is dead.
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No, more like lousy communication. We just kept putting up too many walls.
Too.... many... choices...
-We tried writing on the wall, but couldn't see what each other wrote.
-Another brick fell off and gave me brain damage.
-I wanted a dog, but she wanted sheep.
-We seemed to be making progress, but then I found out she wanted to cut me until little pieces.
I never said any of them were great though. If you have a place to search *COUGH* you should hear a Pittsburgh WDVE Paulsen and Krenn bit called something like 'Stanley P. Kerchowski & Roger Waters'. To summarize, Roger and Stanley pick up Syd Barret on their way to Hooters where there waitress is Umma Gumma, and it just goes from there.
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
3) Change the rules. Don't like the hand your dealt in the game? Change the rules so you have a winning hand. (See one James T Kirk and the Kobayashi Maru Scenario)
Corollary
3a) Make up the rules as you go along to confuse your opposition. (See one James T Kirk and the fizzbin card game)
If you open your mind too wide, people will throw trash in it.