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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.
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 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
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.
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?
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Specialists? If they are specialists, I'd hate to see what damage PR amateurs could do to a company.
flossie
Write now. Defend liberty
If you're qualified:
(1) Apply for the job.
(2) Get the job. (Might not be trivial.)
(3) When in the job, don't sign anything that isn't true.
(4) SCO fires you (because they can't publish true financial statements.)
(5) Sue SCO for wrongful dismissal.
(6) Get to show in court that they fired you for refusing to act illegally.
(7) PROFIT!
Of course, sometime between (5) and (6) SCO ceases to exist due to other court cases, so (7) never happens.
Quattuor res in hoc mundo sanctae sunt: libri, liberi, libertas et liberalitas.