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Today Is SCO's Deadline To Sue Linux User
herrvinny writes "As proprietor of SCO Countdown, I just wanted to remind people that today is the deadline for SCO to sue a Linux user. As everyone should know, SCO, 3 months ago, promised to sue a Linux user within three months. Well, that day has come. Who is SCO going to sue, if it is even going to sue?"
Oh please, please sue ME! I could use fifteen-minutes of fame! Not only that, I'm installing LFS on my Rev. A Bondi iMac even as I'm typing this post! I'm such an outlaw! Come and get me!!!
Is this truly the only Earth I can live on?
At least, if I were pretending not to be backed by Microsoft, that's what I'd do.
"Mein Gott! Herr McBride ist nicht gegetting keinen bier! Der kann amerikaner wasser beir getrinken und bei Holle gehen! Uf dienen lederhosen, Herr McBride!"
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
It could be me! Let me go check my mailbox...
Somebody's gotta take Darl to Vegas sometime and sit him down at a high stakes table. If he was willing to bet on having a user lawsuit today, who knows if we can talk him into calling "hit" on a 20 in BlackJack...
Judging by all the flames the past SCO stories have generated, shouldn't this article itself be flagged as flamebait?
My lack of God, it's Trotsky!
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This flies in the face of science.
Imagine if they gave a frivolous lawsuit, and no-one came?
(apologies to whomever came up with the original Vietnam War-time adage)
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Pretty Please?
The Mothership
I'm taking ownership of www.sco.com, Chris is taking ownership of www.caldera.com, and we're going after a billion dollars apiece.
I am seriously going to sue myself until I go blind. I get wood just thinking about it.
I hope you have a good spam filter ;p
Snowden and Manning are heroes.
I don't think it will be Google because they've got the resources to counter-sue.
I think it'll be some 13yo kid somewhere in the US; someone who definitely won't have the resources or sense of outrage to take on SCO legally, but who will generate public sympathy to the point where his "SCO tax" will be paid by someone else.
It'll get lots of news coverage, and it'll be a very "clean" operation in terms of scaring a few relevant people and not financially damaging the kid in question; he'll get paid by the news stations and magazines for his story and he'll do OK out of it.
It'll also happen in a blaze of publicity, as Darl has to push up that share price if he's gonna qualify for his bonus payment.
Yes! Please! Sue Google! I want them to put back in SCO on top of the litigious bastard search!
"There is no teacher but the enemy."-Mazer Rackham
Actually, it's a no-brainer -- they will sue Google
They could just sue themselves. I mean, they were a friggin Linux shop called Caldera not so long ago, and one of the most prominent, if not *the* most prominent linux distro makers somes years back. If that's not called a heavy Linux user, I don't know what is.
Besides, if they sue themselves, they'll save on stamps to send themselves subpoenas, and they'll be able to use the same lawyers to sue and defend themselves.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
today is the deadline for SCO to sue a Linux user
:)
I am sure its not gonna happen. As they say here "Don't worry too much about SCO suing anybody today 'coz its already tomorrow in Australia"
Free XBox, PS2
Even better, after they sue themselves and lose they have set legal precedent. :-)
"Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead." A. Huxley
Don't you know it is now both immoral and criminal to think beyond the next quarterly report?
While you've been modd'ing me down, Ive been not caring.
SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user.
SCO doesn't sue a Linux user.
Try this:
Tomorrow, we log onto the Internet and witness a vicious battle going on. There's a flash video in which a streaming clip manifests Darl McBride in every home user's web browser. Why? It turns out that the hacker behind MyDoom is actually an evil corporation trying to destroy SCO, the promoter of Open Source software. Its first target was Goatse: by removing an object of internet culture that everyone has a love/hate relationship with, it destabalized the internet. SCO has been working around the clock to resolve the issue and restore the internet to its full power. SCO couldn't tell us its true intents only because that would ruin their plan. And thus we witness Darl McBride fighting against the MyDoom virus, incarnate, yet coded into a flash file.
Suddenly, when it looks like Darl McBride might lose the valiant fight, brilliant hackers intercept the sattelite connection going to SCO and insert special weapons for Darl McBride.
Whammo, Darl McBride wins the battle, and in a tremendous flash of colors, the creepy Peak Oil website literally explodes, covering Google in a hidden cache of virtual oil, which can be printed out by any inkjet printer into real oil.
People even write offensive, politically volatile websites solely for the purpose of getting people to donate money so they can buy Dance Dance Revolution.
Goatse.cx is restored, to the detriment of Internet users everywhere but to the spirit of the Internet altogether.
Darl McBride is hailed as a captain of the Internet, and he forms a team with Linus Torvalds, Bill Gates (who decides to make Windows open source) and Steve Jobs (who decides that maybe Mac programs, as good as they are, should have more than 2 options per program). They develop the ultimate flawless operating system, and Netscape, Opera, and IE combine all their best parts into a browser that has the ability to stretch one's computer screen to twice its physical dimensions while in use.
You are already a Sladhdotter. You will be a Slashdotee once your website gets Slashdotted
Now I have to pay for Linux? I better switch to the new free open source version of Windows Fast!!
"There is no teacher but the enemy."-Mazer Rackham
I think SCO is trying to create a circular dependency with their lawsuits. SCO vs IBM cannot go ahead until SCO vs. Novell is resolved. RedHat vs. SCO is waiting on the outcome of SCO vs IBM. They need to sue someone who uses RedHat, so that case is blocked by the RedHat case, yet also blocks the Novell case. AT&T comes to mind. Suppose AT&T uses RedHat. They could sue AT&T over that. Such a case would then be dependent on the outcome of the RedHat case. Since AT&T originated the code in System V, SCO vs. Novell would likely depend on the outcome of the AT&T case.
So to recap:
- SCO vs. AT&T cannot continue until SCO proves its not baselessly slandering RedHat's product.
- SCO vs. RedHat cannot continue until SCO shows that IBM illegally copied code.
- SCO vs. IBM cannot continue until SCO shows that that they and not Novell in fact own the code.
- SCO vs. Novell cannot continue until SCO proves that AT&T is not allowed to violate what would be their own copyright if Linux in fact does contain System V code.
Thus it will deadlock forever, SCO will make a bunch of wild claims, and the stock price will skyrocket.
Of course, they won't gross dollar one.
Unknown host pong.
Oh, in that case, you can contact me at one of the email addresses below:
:-)
darl@sco.com
mcbride@sco.com
webmaster@sco.com
pr@sco.com
info@sco.com
I called SCO months ago and told them (truthfully) that I won and operate a 14 computer internet cafe all running linux. I asked them to send me a bill (which I would, of course, ignore).
:(
But then I let slip I was going to forward it to the California State Attorney General and ask them to sue SCO for attempted fraud.
Guess that scared them - I never got a bill.
Personally its not God I dislike, its his fan club I cant stand (bash.org)
Whom is SCO about to sue?
* Google
* IBM
* German government
* Linus
* Microsoft
* Me
* I know but I won't tell
* CowboyNeal
Suggest your options
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We've gotta get Darl to sit down with all of SCO's money at a poker table... doesn't matter what cards he gets, he'll put all his money in on the first hand as a bluff...
TROLL PARENT DOWN!
From the same Computerworld article:
And then Darl Vader sez: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it further.
When all you have is an axe, everything looks like a grindstone.
You mean (gasp)... it's actually possible that SCO executives lied about something? I am shocked! Shocked and appalled that something so unexpected could happen right here in the good ol' USA, where corporate executives, especially corporate executives that also happen to be lawyers, are known to ALWAYS tell the truth -- even if it hurts!
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
Those rogues pretty much flaunt that they use Linux with zero regard for SCO's intellectual property rights. SCO vs. The United States Government. Who would win? I'm on the edge of my seat.
Who is this Sue and does she work for SCO?
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Analytic & algebraic topology of locally Euclidean meterization of infinitely differentiable Riemmanian manifold
Followed by a Pepsi promotion where they give away SCO Linux licenses inside Pepsi bottle caps, featuring commercials with the 13 year old kid saying "And I'm here to tell you we're still going to run Linux... legally!"
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
Google 'litigious bastards' and hit the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button...
The RIAA is going after all the Kazaa (Windows) users. SCO is going after all the Linux users. Mac users must be feeling pretty unloved, who's going to sue them?
As everyone should know, SCO, 3 months ago, promised to sue a Linux user within three months
I feel left out, where is the, "In 3 months we [SCO] will promise to sue all OS X users." I mean i want a neat count down timer that i can add to my site.
*cries*
oh well I guess i'll go install linux via virtual pc and get in this round of ppl that sco wants to sue.
-- Ben --
>Seriously, anyone with an IQ equal to a doorknob would but easily spot the puppetmastering done by M$ in this particular case...
I fullheartedly agree, old knob.
Marxist evolution is just N generations away!
I don't think it will be Google because they've got the resources to counter-sue.
Yeah, SCO only goes after the little guys like IBM.
But Linux does have weapons of mass distruction and Iraq stole source code from SCO!
Really!
We don't need to see any evidence. Just listen to the official story.
-- Political fascism requires a Fuhrer.
And you can reach his lawyers at:
fi@sco.com
"Windows for All Stupid Types" was renamed. During market research, they asked the target audience for a better name, and everybody raised their hands and yelled, "Me!"
I spend my life entertaining my brain.
Or pages on the Mating Rituals of Goats - just like the Church of Scientology!
Dealer: Nineteen
Darl: Hit me
Dealer: Twenty
Darl: Hit Me
Dealer: Twenty-one
Darl: Hit me
Dealer: Twenty-two
Darl: SC'oh!
I remember when legal used to mean lawful, now it means some kind of loophole. - Leo Kessler
And then Darl Vader sez: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it further.
The more correct Title is "Darth McBride"
OOOOOH, I wish I had mod points for you! Can you settle for me quickly scribbling NUMA on my knuckles??
For those who describe their systems as 'boxen', do you order multiple 'boxen' of corn flakes also?
interesting none the less. SCO has posted top-5 reasons why people should choose SCO Unix over Linux
Lies 13, 14, 15, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31 are missing.
Do I have to file a Motion to Compel Discovery on you?
Tomorrow's Darl quote, "Only a filthy Linux communist hippie terrorist could possibly interpret this as meaning something other than the next 90 business days, which is still several weeks away. And the unexpected Christmas vacation has set our plans back another 15 days." (hey, if they'll try it in court..)
I'm sure tomorrow they'll clarify that they meant 90 "business" days...
It doesn't hurt to be nice.
Come on SCO... I'm a Linux user... Sue me so that I can be on the Pepsi commerical.
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Actually, SCO was talking about the likes of Google, Governments, essentially a large corporate entity user of linux, not a common user.
But now that you mention it, we should bring this up to Fox, yet *another* reality show. It could be like the apprentice, but replace Trump with Darl McBride and replace 'you're fired' with 'you're being sued'. Excellent.
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