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SCO Says They'll Sue A Linux User Tomorrow
Xenographic writes "InfoWorld is reporting that SCO intends to sue a Linux using company. Ordinarily, this would not be newsworthy, as they have not followed through on past threats. However, this time, they have given themselves a concrete deadline--tomorrow. While they claim that it will be one of the "top 1,000" companies, they apparently have yet to decide which company to actually sue. Perhaps they need more practice playing darts?" Reader Fished links to CNET's coverage.
I have three words for Darl McBride: Bring It On!
Peace and love, y'all
Sorry Google, your free ride is over. And in other news, the Miami Dolphins actually won a superbowl!
"But I'm still right here, giving blood and keeping faith. And I'm still right here."
They meant Linux-using companies.
I pick Starbucks, for it is the hub of Dr. Evil's empire - and Scott (aka McBride) wants to get back at his father's transgression.
Either that or RedHat.
This space for rent.
Aaaaaah, fuck it, who am I kidding.
It's like shoveling jelly beans into your mouth at the candy store - sure, it rots your teeth out and you end up with diabetes, but it tastes so damned good you can't help yourself.
... Themselves.
Nevermind, thats a lawsuit they might actually win. Given their current record of idiocy and bad public relations, my guess is that it will be the the Pope
I can just see the headlines: "12 year old girl sued by SCO for using Linux!"
Dear Mr. McBride,
This is March, not April. Please refrain from wasting all of our good material until that time.
Thank you,
-Slashdot
~Dalcius
Rome wasn't burnt in a day.
Did he fire six court briefs, or only five? Tell 'ya the truth, in all of this excitement I've sort of lost track myself. But given that this is Free and Open Source Software community, the most powerful group of advocates, coders, and corporate lawyers on the planet, and would blow your company's revenue clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well do 'ya, punk?
Maybe they'll sue EV1Servers.net now that they have a prior business relationship? :P
And tomorrow we find out...
They are suing IBM! The company they are already in a lawsuit with!
'Sensible' is a curse word.
SCO didn't even write it but claim ownership to it.
CAn'T CompreHend SARcaSm?
Better start thinking of personal insults to Darl and witty comments to tell the tech media.
I hope SCO decides to sue me. It will be so much fun, and I'll be able to retire on the proceeds for my countersuit for bringing frivolous claims.
I would wonder if you would need a lawyer in this case?
:P
"Linux? What? From this nmap portscan I did just two seconds ago, it says that my system is running Windows 3.1. What are you talking about?"
Heh... I could just see that one... Judge looks dumbfounded and dismisses case.
Sig (appended to the end of comments you post, 120 chars)... oops
ooo.
This is so exciting! I wonder if Dick Clark will come to my house to tell me if I win!
Who ever does win this honor will be lavished with attention, job offers, pro bono lawyers and scads of cash from the counter suit.
Where do I sign up?
--
Mike
-- Mike wildcard@illuminatus.org
Sue Me!
Sue Me!
Sue Me!
Sue Me!
Me, Daryl!
Sue Me!
C'mon SCO gimme your best shot.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
Something must be wrong with my browser. I mean, it's obvious that there's words in the article but all I see is "Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!"
> And SCO is suing for three billion.
Presumably Darl has a scheduled sale of SCOX shares tomorrow, and needs to drive the price back up. It has been sagging lately, though still greatly overpriced.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
They'll sue a user
Tomorrow
Bet your parity digit
That tomorrow
One'll be found!
SCO will find
Tomorrow
Someone running Linux
On their desktop
And they'll frown!
They've been stuck in a daze
Malaise
'Bout OpenSource
Now they'll file their briefs
Cry "Thiefs!'
'Til Hoarse.....
Oh!
The suit will be filed
Tomorrow
Darl will have his kilo of geek
Come tomorrow
So he'll say......
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
He'll sue them Tomorrow!
It's always
A day
A way!
Mod Karma -1: I sed bad wurds. If I cep my mouf shut, I wud be at riyses.
I'm waiting for someone to post that goddamn redundant Chewbacca defense again.
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YeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhHHHH!!!!!!!
Please help publicise swpat.org - the software patents wiki
This is gettig absolutely ridiculous. SCO have become complete clowns. I mean what should we expect next?
"SCO threatens to kill cute little fuzzy kittens tomorrow"
or
SCO promises to push your grandmother down stairs tomorrow"
They are just looking more and more like weird bullies with no PR team, no common sense, and no chance of ever looking like a legitimate company again. Hopefully pretty soon the whole world will begin to see them as the joke they are making themselves.
Really. I mean it. I have Linux running on two computers. I'm working a crappy low paying job so could really use the great publicity the lawsuit would bring.
Come on. I dare you.
I double dare you!
You pussies.
-- Will program for bandwidth
Oh, and I forgot to mention, when the MyDoom virus came out, I refused to update the anti-virus software of the more than 500 systems I am responsible for. On some, I even disabled the anti-virus software all together. Why? Because I didn't want to stop them from DDoS'ing SCO.com.
Again, I am guilty. I use Linux. I use Open Source. Please sue me.
What will happen first? A lawsuit from SCO or a DDos against SCO?
Thoughts anyone?
Tomorrow is the day! Oh boy!!! I expect that they'll flaunt this in a way to maximize earnings off the event: Most likely in a Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes Superbowl Surprise fashion. You know, after ending a 3 hour Tech TV special on SCO's immense contributions to Linux, it'll start with a live shot from a helicopter following the official SCO van, driving to the residence of our lucky geek. Then, as Darl gets out of the van, it cuts to a ground shot. "Shhhhhh..." Darl says, holding his mic while walking up the sidewalk to the front door. Yes Darl, we're quiet - I'm even holding my breath I'm so excited! After they knock, the geek's mother opens the door. She's so excited, she can hardly speak - or maybe that's because the police have already knocked her out with a stun gun for her complicity? We don't pause long here though - the main event awaits. They proceed into the basement, where our humble geek is caught like a Dorrito-eating, Mountain Dew-drinking deer in headlights! Surprise! After this technologically capable man puts on some pants and washes his hands, Darl shakes the man's hand as he passes to the geek the giant check. Next, Darl gives him the giant pen, which our winner uses to write SCO a check of $699. After a quick photo-op it's over - the credits roll, the sheer abruptness with which the event has come to pass leaving you breathless.
Nerds rejoice! Tomorrow all our questions shall be answered!!!
-sm
they plan on suing a company that is neither Internet Service Providers nor technology companies
Ah, so going after their own are they?
The ______ Agenda
That means... drum-roll please... we have a chance (1/280,000,000) it's the same plump 12 year old chick who got busted by the RIAA!
Imagine seeing her next superbowl? "Hi, I'm totally fucked over and never touching a computer again. Choose Franklin Covey(R), the best choice in paper organizers."
If that happens, you can be sure CmdrTaco will post it here on Slashdot for all of us to read and comment on.
And then again on Thursday.
And once more next month.
</ObDupejoke>
Karma: Frotzed (mostly due to the Frobozz Magic Karma Company)
I hope they don't take a tip from the RIAA. They could end up suing a 78-year-old grandmother who owns a Mac.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
A casino using Linux for video poker machines or something. McBride could really use a friendly talk with Richardo just about now/.
Interviewer begins to droop.
<monotone>...and of course, President Bush has not shown the, uhhhhhhhhh, leadership that we expect from a Commander-In-Chief on this issue...</monotone>
Interviewer nods off.
<monotone>...and, uhhhhhhhh, obviously, SCO has not shown that they have a case and I think they're clearly wrong... </monotone>
Audience nods off.
<monotone>...but SCO has clearly shown the leadership to...</monotone>
Both audience and interviewer have dangerously weak heartbeats.
<monotone>...my record is clear in that I believe in the SCO case and, uhhhhhhh...</monotone>
Most members of the audience are clinically dead. The interviewer is sprawled on the floor.
<monotone>...those who would question my patriotism by implying that my position has changed on this matter...</monotone>
Temperature reaches absolute zero as all atomic motion stops.
<monotone>...which is, uhhhhhhh, why I think I will be your next President. My Vietnam war heroism makes it clear that, uhhhhhh...</monotone>
Darl? Is that really you? Aw, don't be shy...
Let's see, Darl said this on Monday. Does that mean SCO is going to sue a
Linux user on February 31, then?
That in two weeks we will read the headline "SCO (Finnally) Sues Linux User" and under it "was-the-first-one-lost-in-the-mail dept."
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InfoWorld is reporting that SCO intends to sue a Linux using company. Ordinarily, this would not be newsworthy...
Every single time that SCO has threatened a customer (with or without a deadline), it's been reported here in Slashdot. Since "ordinarily" it would not be reported, we must conclude that these announcements have coincidentally been exceptional. The odds are so low that every such announcement has been exceptional that I must conclude that God is on SCO's side and therefore Linux is doomed (not even the devil will help, since he's likely partial to BSD).
I hope that Slashdot editors understand that with great power comes great responsibility. Now I must question my faith since it appears that, while there is an all-powerful diety, he's one of the bad guys, fighting on the side of proprietary software, frivolous lawsuits and the monopolies that fund them.
I'd hate to think that this bleak metaphysical outlook is due only to haphazard diction on the part of the editor.
Phiwum's law: anyone that names an obvious law after himself and then puts it in his own sig is just pathetic.
The Chewbacca defense is perfectly logical compared to SCO's legal strategy.
"I think so, Brain, but 'instant karma' always gets so lumpy." - Pinky
"Decepticons FOREVER!!!" - Ravage
Not if you have a business degree and Intellectual Property to defend.
the shrewdest move would be to sue a company holding the "information wants to be free" line religiously. It is often easy to win the court's favor when your opponent is holding an absurd ideal with religiour fervor.
Are you talking about OSDN?
The worst thing would be to sue a well respected company with shrewd leadership
Oh, you're obviously not talking about OSDN.
You've got it backwards, that's how much TSG payed them.
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The only Linux using company that is not like to kick their ass in court is... SCO. I predict that tomorrow, in a brilliant PR move, SCO will SUE THEMSELVES for using Linux! A case in which they will almost certainly prevail!
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
Where are they going to find impartial jurors?
*Everyone* with enough technical background to fully understand the issue ...
... would of course be immediately disqualified from the jury.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident a security. --Edmund Burke
Here : Fine Over There : Cloudy Hell : Six inches of snow And what's that flying past the fifth story window. A pig
I think this internet thing sounds like a good idea
Which Linux user is SCO going to sue next?
Google
Yahoo
WalMart
EV1Servers.net
Microsoft (oh the irony)
State of California
U.S. Government
A 12 yr old girl
Cowboyneal
So... We're down to 15 companies then? Find one of SCOs 15 customers within the "top 1000"-company-list and you know the suit!
Not Buzzword 2.0 compliant. Please speak english.
You forgot to put your pinky to your mouth, pause for a moment, say "five beeelion dollars", and end it with an evil laugh.
Zehn kleine UNIX Zeilen
Reicht man ein zur Klage.
Die eine die auf griechisch war,
War leider viel zu vage.
Neun kleine UNIX Zeilen
Sollten es begrunden.
Die eine war trotz groBter Muh'
In LINUX nicht zu finden.
Acht kleine UNIX Zeilen
Dienten zum Beweise.
Die eine war aus BSD,
Pech fur Anwalt Heise.
Sieben kleine UNIX Zeilen,
Kamen vor Gericht.
Die eine war 'ne Fehlernummer,
Die taugte dazu nicht.
Sechs kleine UNIX Zeilen,
Sollten es belegen.
Doch eine kam zur GPL
Durch SCO Kollegen.
Funf kleine UNIX Zeilen
Waren noch dabei.
Die eine kam von einem Band
Mit Aufschrift System Drei.
Vier kleine UNIX Zeilen,
Doch eine, sonderbar,
Gehorte nicht zum dem Programm,
Sie war ein Kommentar.
Drei Kleine UNIX Zeilen,
Waren das Problem.
Eine war zwar System Five,
Doch kam von IBM.
Zwei kleine UNIX Zeilen,
Waren noch geblieben.
Die eine war schon reichlich alt
Und kam von System Sieben.
Eine kleine UNIX Zeile
Wurde angefuhrt.
Die hatte Linus Torvalds selbst
Am Anfang programmiert.
Ohne eine UNIX Zeile
Kann SCO nichts machen.
Doch eines muss man zugestehn:
Wir hatten was zu lachen.
Schlussbemerkung:
Hier zeigt sehr schon ein Kinderlied,
Warum McBride die Wahrheit mied.
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10,000.01
they are suing the riaa for getting linux off kazaa of course
What Would Brian Boitano Do?
What would Brian Boitano do
If he was here right now?
He'd make a plan, and he'd follow through,
That's what Brian Boitano'd do!
When Brian Boitano came
and knocked at SCO's door
he kicked Darl's stupid ass
and with it he wiped the floor.
Hi de lo de hi de lay!
Brian Boitano's here!
So round up all your lasses,
And tell them to have no fear!
---- Take the Space Quiz!
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
They'll sue me Tomorrow!
its only a dayyyyy-aaaaa----way!
Dear Mr. McBride:
I am a Linux user.
"Folks just call him Buckethead." -- Les Claypool
The suit'll come out Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow
They will pay!
Just thinkin' about Tomorrow
Makes the Linux Zealots,
Fill with sorrow
'Casue they'll pay!
When I'm stuck with a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin, And Say,
Sue!
The law'll be changed Tomorrow
So SCOs gotta hang on 'til tomorrow
That's when they'll pay
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I'll sue ya Tomorrow!
You're always A day Away!
How come Slashdot never gets Slashdotted?
(old guy sitting in a lay-zee-boy chair):
You know 'The Clapper'? I had that idea years before it came out, but I didn't make a dime from it.
(Darl McBride, in orange jumpsuit):
You know UNIX? Linux? That was mine! They took it from me! They gave it away and I didn't make all the money that I deserved! It was mine, mine, MINE!
(Starts cursing, is injected w/ sedative by a guy in a white coat.)
Narrator: Don't let this happen to you!
(Phone number appears, and fade).