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A day with SCO is like a day without sunshine, I know that's what you're thinking. Novell is asking the court to dismiss SCO's lawsuit against them. Groklaw has taken a look at what is necessary to prove a 'slander of title' claim. And finally, reader loonix_gangsta wrote in and pointed to SCO's humorous 5 reasons to choose UNIX over Linux webpage.
I know I'm going to get modded down for this, for going against the conventional Slashdot groupthink, but I think the SCO company have a good case. Now let me qualify that statement before you jump down my throat.
If you look at the facts of the case, sure, it looks like SCO doesn't have a leg to stand on. They continue to sell a version of an operating system they claim infringes their code. They try to extort money via lawsuits. There is some doubt whether they even own what they claim to own. But put that all from your mind for a minute, and listen to this great analogy I thought up.
You see, Linux is like a cake, with lots of ingredients contributed by different people. The SCO group claim that some of their butter was used to make the cake, perhaps to grease the baking tray the cake was baked on, perhaps it was ground into the flour mix by hand. Without the butter, the cake could not have been made. And it isn't possible to take the butter out of the cake now, the damage has been done. Q.E.D. the SCO company are perfectly justified in demanding recompense for their stolen butter.
Open your mind, and think about the butter.
Meine Schwester ist sehr, sehr reizvoll - Nietzsche
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