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One Company's Response to SCO

Posted by michael on from the seven-up-yours dept.

Great_Jehovah writes "The CIO of Just Sports USA received an extortion letter from SCO, started a thread about it on the pgsql-general and then posted his response letter after weighing the various pieces of advice and info he received. Here's hoping that most of SCO's intended victims do the same." An anonymous reader submits a story in a Utah paper about SCO: "The Salt Lake City Weekly paper is running a front page article on the SCO shenanigans. The reporter interviewed Darl, Linus, Bruce Perens and others for the article with new choice quotes from them all." Also, IBM at Linuxworld claims it will win against SCO (miscellaneous plug: CmdrTaco will be speaking at Linuxworld later today).

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  1. Mirror of extortion and response letters by Frothy+Walrus · · Score: -1, Troll

    Because gavinroy.com is getting slow and the story is not even posted
    to non-subscribers yet, here is a mirror of the threat and response letters:

    threat (gif): http://nva.ftso.org/sco/sco_threat.gif
    response (pdf): http://nva.ftso.org/sco/SCO%20Response.pdf

    1. Re:Mirror of extortion and response letters by krog · · Score: -1, Troll

      umm, it works fine for me. (and by 'fine' i mean not goatse)

      --
      Cretin - a powerful and flexible CD reencoder
    2. Re:Mirror of extortion and response letters by LumpishGenius · · Score: -1, Troll

      The PDF and GIF are both the real deal for me. Are you sure you aren't running some bizarre spyware on your WinXP machine?

    3. Re:Mirror of extortion and response letters by metlin · · Score: 0, Troll

      How the FUCK is this a troll you freakin' moderators on crack?

      The damn PDF contained a Goatse pic initially and was then changed.

      Freakin' hell, Slashdot is crawling with morons whose IQs are less than that of my shoelaces put together.

      Sheesh! Asshats. See you in metamod hell.

    4. Re:Mirror of extortion and response letters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      It works it works!!! My new trolling device to switch PDFs randomly. And just look at the karma damage this is doing to the self righteous assholes who feel the need to expose us trolls!!! You are all lamers! Be prepared for more innovations from the trolling community like this.

      01-14-2004 (NEVER FORGET) The loss of Goatse was one of the most viscious acts of anti-free-speech ever. Re-instate the goatse.cx domain or feel the wrath!! You ain't seen nothin' yet bitchez!

    5. Re:Mirror of extortion and response letters by Frothy+Walrus · · Score: -1, Troll

      The following people were goatse'd today:

      in CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format:

      212.127.132.92, 129.187.184.18, 64.221.37.115, 213.200.152.102, 66.207.129.194, 207.88.78.2, 131.123.78.1,
      24.199.119.235, 62.121.38.71, 128.147.164.50, 207.250.61.51, 63.98.74.118, 66.158.132.127, 209.250.144.10,
      152.3.148.169, 68.208.53.223, 128.54.231.194, 68.58.90.212, 204.101.228.105, 192.31.106.36, 208.42.100.65,
      216.126.84.98, 62.46.225.162, 143.127.131.4, 81.152.200.0, 63.229.133.217, 209.132.105.160, 62.180.53.220,
      199.88.114.1, 63.205.12.93, 62.212.105.30, 198.109.28.231, 69.44.125.212, 66.153.56.194, 129.63.145.58 (3 times),
      208.144.114.232, 199.111.231.38, 65.214.200.30, 24.80.59.70, 195.64.93.22, 219.95.62.162, 65.215.61.207,
      209.133.49.85, 216.91.92.7, 65.167.23.134, 208.203.175.11, 157.254.98.202, 63.121.18.131, 68.161.105.200,
      24.164.209.84, 203.33.165.14, 24.114.110.25, 128.54.148.34, 65.94.2.14, 204.209.24.2, 64.215.47.178,
      64.236.221.6, 195.38.4.3 (9 times), 67.96.195.18, 206.245.139.170, 24.169.73.171, 131.215.82.72, 208.254.97.250,
      64.252.130.6, 204.156.0.10, 209.172.11.56, 158.130.51.22, 165.88.3.129, 207.246.150.59, 68.232.129.225,
      155.212.181.189, 129.59.129.98, 207.63.37.61, 24.147.220.41, 199.68.77.225, 66.45.123.112, 82.41.96.13,
      160.39.114.106, 63.137.144.2, 69.136.164.244, 66.168.58.39, 207.190.251.196, 81.6.243.25, 128.211.159.15 (13 times),
      212.32.166.92, 63.105.26.58, 209.46.88.3, 66.61.18.249, 213.224.83.136, 208.42.18.135, 217.162.0.22,
      204.17.142.106, 209.251.114.236, 206.126.163.20
      Total: 94 unique hosts

      in Portable Document Format:

      62.195.82.67, 216.1.6.2, 157.254.98.202, 12.215.109.87, 64.136.26.235, 213.76.227.220, 68.161.105.200,
      12.22.103.227, 128.147.164.50, 128.54.148.34, 199.10.151.139, 63.98.74.118, 195.38.4.3, 192.18.240.4,
      198.185.18.207, 68.208.53.223, 216.64.128.42, 24.169.73.171, 204.124.92.254, 206.245.139.170, 62.252.224.5,
      212.121.135.227, 130.39.111.208, 208.186.96.8, 217.233.33.86, 81.152.200.0, 64.235.101.178, 62.180.53.220,
      68.232.129.225, 129.59.129.98, 213.253.40.173, 66.152.29.2, 193.77.153.149, 65.33.241.230, 24.98.248.48,
      212.32.166.92, 134.226.1.114, 66.57.71.142, 132.250.113.168, 65.120.194.67, 66.61.18.249, 130.231.167.206,
      62.101.102.226, 213.224.83.136, 216.120.224.150, 217.162.0.22, 65.215.61.207, 209.251.114.236, 24.215.177.177,
      24.59.96.16
      Total: 50 unique hosts

  2. BSD TITTIES THAT AREN'T CEREN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Click here!

    1. Re:BSD TITTIES THAT AREN'T CEREN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Doesn't have an ass to speak of?

      WTF???

      d00d, do you only like plumpers er sumpin? That ass is kickin'! How wide do they have to be for you to consider them something to speak of? This wide?

  3. Once yuo pop.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    teh fun never stops!!!!

  4. One word by Levine · · Score: 0, Troll

    Owned.

  5. HEAR ME NOW!! by HowardDean_Troll · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not only are we going to New Hampshire ... we're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico," Dean said with his voice rising. "We're going to California and Texas and New York. We're going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan. Then we're going to Washington D.C. to take back the White House. EEEEEEEYAAAAHHHH!!!!

  6. GOATSE LINK! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Second link is to a goatse pdf

    1. Re:GOATSE LINK! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      both, actually, but as long as this doesn't contains this stupid snuff story, it's okay.

  7. Re:wasting your time? be professional! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fuck you bitch

  8. Re:Not only goatse but MARS ROVER IS DOWN! by lonesome+phreak · · Score: -1, Troll

    Maybe the Martians went and kicked it over or something.

    --
    Maybe we DID take the blue pill. You wouldn't remember anyway.
  9. But Now That GOATSE Is Down... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What is the correct responce to an SCO letter?

    1. Re:But Now That GOATSE Is Down... by kennedy · · Score: -1, Troll

      Tubgirl.

      heh heh heh

    2. Re:But Now That GOATSE Is Down... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


      what, make darl mcbride eat his own bullshit?

  10. ^_^ word up! by W32.Klez.A · · Score: -1, Troll

    I can't believe I just took a shit in my bathing suit at the beach. What the fuck? I cant stand up and take it to the ocean, because I am wading in a puddle of feces at this very moment. Any change in my seating position will send my poo spilling down my legs and into view of every sunbather within 30 feet of me. There is no way I can play this off as a fart.

    It doesn't help at all that I've been spun out for 3 days. I can hardly see straight! How am I possibly going to explain this to my wife when she comes back from getting chili dogs to ask me what the fuck I just did in the presence of my children? She'll make me drop trau in front of everyone again. There it is. The family on the blanket to the right of me just asked if I could smell "that". I gotta go

  11. OMG LOL LUNIX IS ON TEH SPIOKE111!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you herd me, i sed ram a c-awk in my bash!!!

  12. My .sig says it all. by Lonath · · Score: -1, Troll

    Leave SCO alone you commies.

    --
    Best. Comment. Ever. Enjoy!
  13. How can I take /. seriously by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    when a line like "The CIO of Just Sports USA received an extortion letter from SCO," is thought fair game by the editors to put on the front page. News is supposed to provide unbiased, objective information. /., on the other hand, is not a credible news source because they push an agenda. I can't gain any real perspective on many issues because editors filter out stories they don't like, and only proivde pespectives favorable to their causes.

  14. There needs to be an example by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I hope the SCO Group sues this idiot and collects their well earned much deserved licensing fee's.