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DesScorp writes "ZDnet has a story about the impending demise of United Linux, with former general manager Paula Hunter stating that 'the legal entity still exists but I turned the lights out'. While a couple of reasons were given for UL's demise, most of the blame was firmly laid on the shoulders of SCO. As a member of group, their lawsuits killed off any real product development. SCO apparently refused to resign from UL, and Hunter said that 'As long as they remained a member, it remained impossible for us to begin new projects'. Which brings up the question, couldn't the other group members have kicked them out?"
come for the naked robots, stay for the zombies
Instead of money going to Finland, IT managers around the world can concentrate on buying American-made Microsoft software, built by American engineers, packaged in the US and sold everywhere in the world.
Come on, boys, that trick is as old as the hairpiece on Darl's head.
a beowulf cluster of dead distros!
well, if they are dead, they should open source the code.
oh wait...
Yeah, the No Darls Club.
BWAHAHAHAHA!!
...Like an open source No Homers Club
> Which brings up the question, couldn't the other group members have kicked them out?
This is Slashdot. Don't you mean begs the question? ;)
Why didn't the other members of UnitedLinux simply form a new, 'identical-except-for-litigating-scum' group.
They could call it "UnitedAgainstSCOLinux"... or maybe just the "NoSCOs Club"?
"SCO is bad", now mod me up assholes.
A better adage:
Put a tablespoon of wine in a barrel of shit and you still have a barrel of shit.
Put a tablespoon of shit in a barrel of wine and you have a barrel of shit.
It's simple: I demand prosecution for torture.
Novell pulled SUSE out of it already. Was that due to SCO or did they just not want to be part of it anymore?
Yes.
KFG
Is this a support group for vampire geekheads?
Not to be confused with Linux Dead United, the zombie penguin football team.
Bruce, you're trolling. How about a "this is sad, but we've created UserLinux as a viable alternative"? That would at least be a little more sensitive to those who might have an emotional attachment to United Linux.
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It is now official - Netcraft has confirmed: UnitedLinux is dying
Yet another crippling bombshell hit the beleaguered UnitedLinux community when
recently IDC confirmed that UnitedLinux accounts for less than a fraction of 1
percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of the latest Netcraft
survey which plainly states that UnitedLinux has lost more market share, this
news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. UnitedLinux 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 UnitedLinux's
future. The hand writing is on the wall: UnitedLinux faces a bleak future. In
fact there won't be any future at all for UnitedLinux because UnitedLinux is dying.
Things are looking very bad for UnitedLinux. As many of us are already aware,
UnitedLinux continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of
blood.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
SuSe leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of SuSe. How
many users of Caldera are there? Let's see. The number of SuSe versus
Caldera posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there
are about 7000/5 = 1400 Caldera users. Connectiva posts on Usenet are about
half of the volume of Caldera posts. Therefore there are about 700 users
of Connectiva. A recent article put TurboLinux at about 80 percent of the UnitedLinux
market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 TurboLinux users.
This is consistent with the number of TurboLinux Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of SCO, abysmal sales and so on, TurboLinux
went out of business and was taken over by SCO who sell another
troubled OS. Now SCO is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet
another charnel house.
All major surveys show that UnitedLinux has steadily declined in market share.
UnitedLinux is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If
UnitedLinux is to survive at all it will be among OS hobbyist dabblers. UnitedLinux
continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this
point in time. For all practical purposes, UnitedLinux is dead.
Fact: UnitedLinux is dead
This comment is fully compliant with RFC 527.
"Which brings up the question, couldn't the other group members have kicked them out?"
Probably fear of being sued. You know, SCO and their new lawsuit business model. Probably would have also spun it into something about the others knowing their claims are right or something.
There are only 10 kinds of people in this world... those who understand binary and those who don't
In theory, practice and theory are the same. In practice, they're not.
It was a typo - Darl meant to say "SCO 0wnz0rs your buisness" - but spell check changed it :)
I can definitely see SCO come back with a lawsuit. "The members of the United Linux group learned our trade secrets then pulled out. We are suing for $10 billion!"
I should not give them any ideas....
"Which brings up the question, couldn't the other group members have kicked them out?"
Sounds like an MTV Real World episode. SCO is the bad roommate that doesn't get along with anyone and is always causing trouble.
Alfalfa: Sorry Darl-a you can't become a member of the "He-man SCO haters club".
It is official; Netcraft confirms: United Linux is dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered United Linux community when IDC confirmed that United Linux 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 United Linux has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. United Linux 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 Kreskin to predict United Linux's future. The hand writing is on the wall: United Linux faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for United Linux because United Linux is dying. Things are looking very bad for United Linux. As many of us are already aware, United Linux continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
SCO is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time SCO developers Jordan Hubbard and Mike Smith only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: SCO is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
SCO leader Darl states that there are 7000 users of SCO. How many users of TurboLinux are there? Let's see. The number of SCO versus TuboLinux posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 TuboLinux users. Connectiva posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of TuboLinux posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of Connectiva. A recent article put SuSE at about 80 percent of the United Linux market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 SuSE users. This is consistent with the number of SuSE Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of SuSE, abysmal sales and so on, SuSE went out of business and was taken over by Novell who sell another troubled OS. Now TurboLinux is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that United Linux has steadily declined in market share. United Linux is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If United Linux is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. United Linux continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, United Linux is dead.
Fact: United Linux is dying
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Way tooooo much D&D, I saw that as the United Linux Undead. Although slightly interested, I don't think I would qualify, not yet at least....
If we don't make light of everything, we are just stumbling in the dark - Blank
Maybe that would be a better name for the new group.
(tip of the hat to Gary Larson)
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