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ZDNet Examines SCO Indemnity Options

Ursus Maximus writes "David Berlind of ZD NET has posted a major opinion/research piece. What do you all think? I don't like the story at all, but he does seem to have made more of an effort to try to find reasons to back up SCO's claims than any of their other supporters have."

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  1. GNAA Presents STARFAG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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  2. UNHOLY GNAA EARLY POST!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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  3. It's not a troll, it's a MMOCS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. ADD MOD TO LAMESNESS FILTER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Someone needs to modify the lameness filter to remove this crap....

    1. Re:ADD MOD TO LAMESNESS FILTER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hmm.. A post advocating censorship gets modded up on a website that is supposed to be anti-censorship.

      How ironic.. and hypocritical

  5. Wait, there is no need for Indemnity by tdwebste · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If we only wait a little longer soon, we will see there is no need for Indemnity from SCO's threat.

    So the whole article by ZDNet is pointless.

    However there is a real problem on the horizon, and that is software patents. SCO is a dead horse, and a waste of time.

    Support the fight against BAD patents.
    http://www.ffii.org/

  6. Starmanta Raymond Nothnagel (513)556-7920 by w32.klez.b · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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  7. Re:Microsoft shill ? by westlake · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Ziff-Davis is a Microsoft shill.

    Guaranteed to score at least 4 points. The predictable, all-purpose, mod this one up high! Slashdot response to anyone who prints a story the true Linux zealot doesn't want to hear

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  9. MOD DOWN - OFFTOPIC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ZDNET MODS!!

    Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!

  10. MOD UP - HOMOSEXUAL PROPAGANDA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    he wants to entice young boys to have an orgy with StarManta and CowWhale Kneel

  11. Re:MOD DOWN - OFFTOPIC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dear StarManta, the story is about SCO Indemnifcation, not ZDNet.

    ZDNet is the publisher of the article, dumbass. Did you really think that the purpose of the discussion was to talk about Ziff-Davis as a corporation?

  12. MOD UP!!! HOW IS THIS OFFTOPIC???!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't see how the post was offtopic. I am just trying to offer slashdot users a great deal.

  13. Re:Microsoft shill ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hmmm, I guess you've never made a typo? At least he capitalizes the first words of his sentences.

  14. Re:Microsoft shill ? by black+mariah · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This from someone that can't properly capitalize a sentence. For all we know it could be one of his EDITORS that thought "its" was INCORRECT.

    --
    'Standards' in computing only impress those who are impressed by things like 'standards'.
  15. StarManta - Proves himself yet again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This was never about anyone's parents, it was about you. I could have easily found information about your parents (and we did in the process), but I did not feel your parents should have any involvement in this whatsoever (and this will continue to be the case) since I felt it was not relevant to informing everyone about your stupidity on Slashdot.

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    The worst has yet to come, StarManta.

    Prepare to eat shit, Raymond. You think that having anti-slash censor anything about you will do the job. Because of what you are doing, we will make every GNAA post include information about you and will endeavor.

  16. Wow, thats a new low by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I disagree with how poeple are posting your address, but threatening to post the names and phone numbers of someone's boss and parents is just downright wrong.

    How can you possibly make a case for yourself when you are threatening to do worse things to someone who didn't even play a hand in posting your information?

    I've seen the posts you made that are in dispute. It was very stupid of you and I sorta sympathize with these people (though not to the level of agreeing with posting personal information), but geez, how can you possibly get ANYONE to come on you side when you threaten to do the same type of shit they are doing to you to them?

  17. Re:You need to know what the PHB is reading. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Moderators: Please note that "twitter" is a known fanatical psycophant whose obnoxious offtopic rants are legend here on Slashdot. It doesn't matter what the topic is, he'll find a way to scrape in some pointless Microsoft bashing. While nobody expects us to love Microsoft in any way, his particularly tepid style of calling anyone he replies to "troll" or "liar" because he happens to disagree with whatever they're saying is well documented and should not be rewarded. If anything, twitter is the type of person that should not be part of the open source/free software community. He is an anathema to all that is good about free software.

    I'm posting this so that you (the moderator) have some context to consider twitter and not mod him up whenever he posts his filler preformatted rants about installing Knoppix or whatever that unfortunately get him karma every single time and allow him to continue posting his trademark toxic crap (read on) day in and day out. You may consider this a troll - I consider it community service. And I ain't kidding.

    If you're a /. subscriber, I invite you to look through some of his posting history. I guarantee that you'll be hard pressed to find someone that is more "out there" than twitter. You'll also probably notice he's got quite an AC following. Don't just read his posts, make sure you go through the replies.

    For example, in this recent post twitter not only calls the OP a troll but attempts to "tell it like it is" while making some vague argument about "GNU". Yes, if you're confused, you're not alone. The reply (modded +4) proceeds to simply destroy his bogus argument. You will notice he did not reply. This is what some people call "drive-by advocacy". A sort of I'll just leave you with my thoughts here and move on to the next flamebait kind of deal. In fact, he almost never replies because he knows that his fanatical arguments simply do not hold up to any sort of discussion. It's not that he's chosen the wrong cause - he's just going at it in a completely wrong way.

    More? Just read though this post and the subsequent replies. I guess this stands on its own.

    More? Bad spelling in astounding conspiracy theories, more offtopic FUD and uninformed "I'm right, look at me" rants, promptly proven wrong. Worse even, twitter wants to be RMS, apparently (that first one is a winner). I mean, really. You think?

    FUD, FUD, FUD, FUD, offtopic FUD, and more FUD. This guy is like the Monty Python SPAM skit, but with FUD and more FUD instead of canned meat. Amazed

  18. Re:Only....not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wow, that is fucking low. I hadn't heard a word about this war thing until about two minutes ago, and I can already tell which side I should be on.

  19. Re:Surrender/truce by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow, overstep the lines of decency and bring someones fucking parents into this, and when people justifiably react with outrage, you back down like a little bitch.

    Too bad you already made the threats though, huh?

  20. Re:Surrender/truce by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry man, but you threatened Anti-Slash. And as much as I think they're a bunch of whining losers, as a troll, I have to help then. You are now on my personal shitlist, and will be dealt with as such.