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Australian Firm Asks SCO To Detail Evidence
An anonymous reader submits A Perth, Western Australian company called CyberKnights has told SCO ANZ's MD to detail its IP claims or face legal action for fraud. SCO has just released licenses for Australasia and claims enquiries by several companies already."
- These Australians are not the only ones asking... - Hey Australia, if you see any proof, let us know, we've been looking for it too. - Just one firm? I thought more would be questioning. - Are those enquiries actually from people intrested in buying, or just wanting the proof... - So they've finally run out of Americans to bother? - Time to short SCOX!
SCO: Australian for fraud.
Fun with Anagarams! LADS HOST, SHALT DOS. HAS DOLTS. AD SLOTHS, HATS SOLD. ASS HO, LTD.
...to win the hearts and minds of Australian authorities. Linus poses in a speedo in .au, and his popularity there surges! Governments rush to his defence, fighting off evil SCO lawyers for Linus! If Darl wants to get support, he'll have to do the same ; strip and get dunked.
"Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it." -- Linus Torvalds
I think they would go to a federal "pound me in the ass" prison.
We could only hope.
And I quote "received a dozen queries since Australian pricing for the licences was announced this morning"
Sure something like
"You do know where you can shove that license - don't you?" (Said with australian accent of course)
*wild-eyed gentleman in khakis and funny hat creeps through the underbrush*
*whispering* Now, we're about to see the rare American FUD-monkey! It seldom shows its face down under, but it's very dangerous when unprovoked and somehow convinced that it owns, well...everything.
*DARL hops out from behind a bush* Crikey! That'll take your arm clean off!! *he shoots a tranquilizer dart at the DARL*
*high pitched shrieking ensues. the call of the DARL sounds remarkably like the words "pump-and-dump" repeated over and over*
"Linux doesn't exist. Everyone knows Linux is an unlicensed version of Unix"- Kieren O'Shaughnessy
If you buy SCOX and short it you can then sue Darl McBride for driving the price of your shares down. There was acase about a month ago where the investors shorted their shares, made loads of cash and then sued the board for causing the stock price to drop. Only in America.
An infinite number of monkeys will eventually come up with the complete works of
A dozen enquiries, the article says. I'd like to know who's asking about this IP "licensing" plan, since I'm thinking of selling the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which I inherited via my uncle, and was looking for someone in Australia to buy it.
I think SCO is misunderestimating the tolerance for stupid circus antics from big business overseas.
I think you'll find they're misunderestimafying. Yes I'm being a smart-ass.
Refuse to make a statement in your sig!
From the CyberKnights page:
"...we are currently exploring workable methods for becoming big while remaining small...
Well, you could always dredge up some code you wrote years ago, grep through an OSS source tree until you find a partial match and then issue ridiculous demands for outrageously expensive licenses...
I visited the CyberKnights web page which was yellow on black. I'm in a brighly lit room with a bright LCD screen -- now I have to wait for my corneas to grow back.
Caller: "You know that Linux licence you're peddling?"
SCO: "The one where you pay us loads, and carry on as usual?"
Caller: "We have a better idea."
SCO: "Yes..."
Caller: "We give you the finger, and you go back to Utah."
A Kiwi.
Well, that leads us then to the issue of my fees. You see, you now owe me USD$666 for the use of the words "Anonymous Coward", which I own the copyrights to.
Don't ask for proof of my copyrights, because you obviously don't need proof. After all, $666 isn't that much, is it?
The connection between SCO and a Kiwi:
:v)
They can both shove their bills up their arse.
Vik
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I'll bet SCO has had some inquiries. But more along the lines of: "Where in the fsck do you get off?"
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Ask a Shuttle astronaut.
As originally designed and flown (they may have changed it since), in the Shuttle toilet the, ah, excrement is supposed to hit the, um, rotary impeller blades.
(Yes, really. Actually called slinger blades -- slings the stuff against the walls of the waste compartment which is then (well, after the user is done) vented to vacuum to dry the stuff. Problem is/was, the dried stuff has zero structural integrity and a couple days into the mission you end up with a fine brown powder floating everywhere...)
-- Alastair
Unfortunately, being stupid and being wrong aren't themselves crimes
Otherwise, our prez would be in jail [duck]
Table-ized A.I.
Oh SWEET!
Does this mean that, when Darl and co. are found guilty of being lying bastards, that someone gets to kick him in the ass with a boot?
Now thats something i'd pay $699 for!
- Why on earth would I buy a license for Linux when all you've offered me is unsubstantiated claims?
- What part of the legal terms fraud and barratry do your lawyers not understand?
- What makes you so sure you're going to get away with this?
- Exactly what kind of a game do you think you're playing, mister?
- Last week you were trying to sell me some bridge. This week you want to sell me a license for Linux. Is there no end to this madness?
- What! No Lube?
- Et Tu, Brute?
And, of course, the ever popular:Visit CryptoGnome in his home.
...cuz right now some poor server admin down under has probably just roasted his eyeballs out after looking directly into the plasma ball that used to be a webserver.
That reminds me of my first dinner in Italy. We had just pulled into port in Naples. I was with 8 other Marines as we sat down to dinner at a hole in the wall restaurant. Being our first port call on this little cruise, several asked if they had Budweiser. I pointed out that they were about to pay imported prices for a bud light when they could get something European at a local price.
Heeding my advice, they all immediately switched to Heineken and I gave up trying.
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It's not rape unless it's not consentual. Can you honestly speak for all of them and say that they wouldn't enjoy it?
Besides, it's a fricking joke.
You must remember that on the world stage, America is very small. The biggest problem that Kiwi's have to deal with is the Australians.
The number one objective for any decent Kiwi, on meeting an Australian is to put them in their place - forget American politics, SCO, Microsoft, or any such minor problems.
However, should any other Tin-Pot country, such as America, were to attack Australia. Then, by mutual aggreement, Australia and New Zealand would reform the ANZAC brigades to see off the external threat - in fact, the remaining New Zealanders not already in Australia, would go to Australia to defend it.
Be warned. Rubbishing Australians is the sole perogative of the Kiwi's - if anyone else joins in, we reserve the right to jointly attack them!
As for the poster I'm replying to, he should applogise and refrain from attacking his betters. This means he is free, and encouraged, to pick on Bush, Blair, or any of their minions.
To return to topic: there is more truth in the above statements than seen in any of SCO's press releases...
That being said, I await the day that I get an invoice from them to submit to my attorney.
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