SCO Says They'll Sue A Linux User Tomorrow

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SCO Says They'll Sue A Linux User Tomorrow

Posted by timothy on Monday March 1, 2004 @03:59PM from the good-cons-take-gusto dept.

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.

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What would John Kerry say? by whig · 2004-03-01 16:00 · Score: 5, Funny

I have three words for Darl McBride: Bring It On!

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1. Re:What would John Kerry say? by c1ay · 2004-03-01 16:16 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  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?
  Me thinks they're probably having trouble with their random number generator in Unixware. Why doesn't someone drop Darl a line and suggest he try Linux. While you're at it maybe you could suggest that they sue Canopy Group. You could mention that they're the parent company that owns Caldera and that they're currently anticipating a $5 billion dollar influx from IBM. Since Darl is obviously looking for a big fish maybe he'll try this one.
  
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Google by TravisWatkins · 2004-03-01 16:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Sorry Google, your free ride is over. And in other news, the Miami Dolphins actually won a superbowl!

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1. Re:Google by Zeinfeld · 2004-03-01 16:15 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Isn't it going to be a top 1000 company... and not an Internet related business?
  Its Irving Tonks, a 16 year old high school student in North Dakota. He downloaded Linux off the net and he is currently using it to write code for a class project in perl on a PentiumPro machine his Dad gave him from work.
  Things could be grim in the Tonks household - after Dad lost his job and mum died of cancer they have been living off Gran's social security. It is not clear that they can afford the billion dollars SCO is claiming in damages.
  
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2. Re:Google by _Sprocket_ · 2004-03-01 16:24 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Within 12 months, Apple will give away new Macs to hundreds of schools around the US. There will be a commercial where young Irving will type on a screen "we are still going to use free Unix". SCO will release a statement claiming that we have entered a new era in operating systems.
3. Re:Google by Theatetus · 2004-03-01 16:55 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  cat sco_notice.pdf >> /dev/null
  Why the hell are you appending to /dev/null?
  
  One > will be quite sufficient, thank you.
  
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4. Re:Google by Semi-Psychic+Nathan · 2004-03-01 17:01 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  It's to avoid overwriting the stuff already stored in WOM, of course.
  
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5. Re:Google by Bradee-oh! · 2004-03-01 17:23 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I think you're about 22 years too late (SuperBowl VI - 1972).
  
  What, did you do your calculation on a Unixware box, or what?
  
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6. Re:Google by Ryan+Amos · 2004-03-01 17:43 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Nah, Google would just route all queries for SCO to scat porn. Which makes sense cause the lawsuit would be a load of shit.
7. Re:Google by unitron · 2004-03-01 17:50 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  My faith in SCO's wisdom and perception is so great that I'm sure the first company they sue will be EV1Servers.net :-)
  
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Office Pool.... by Tsali · 2004-03-01 16:01 · Score: 5, Funny

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.

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That's it. by Fnkmaster · 2004-03-01 16:02 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm not reading any more SCO stories. Really. I mean it. This is the last comment you will see from the fnkmaster in a SCO story. No more. Nada.

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.
Oh! Oh! I know who it will be ... by pavon · 2004-03-01 16:02 · Score: 4, Funny

... 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
Oh boy, this is bad... by Fiona+Winger · 2004-03-01 16:03 · Score: 5, Funny

I can just see the headlines: "12 year old girl sued by SCO for using Linux!"
1. Re:Oh boy, this is bad... by cswiii · 2004-03-01 16:07 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  No worries, she'll immediately be signed by Pepsi to some fat contract to appear in the next big Super Bowl ad.
2. Re:Oh boy, this is bad... by LostCluster · 2004-03-01 16:14 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  As Pepsi launches a new promotion... one in three bottle caps on specially marked bottles will win a free SCO license. Pepsi estimates that 90% of the wining bottlecaps will go unused because most of their market doesn't know what Linux even is...
Off by two months by Dalcius · 2004-03-01 16:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Dear Mr. McBride,

This is March, not April. Please refrain from wasting all of our good material until that time.

Thank you,
-Slashdot

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You've got to ask yourself a question by agentZ · 2004-03-01 16:04 · Score: 5, Funny

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?
1. Re:You've got to ask yourself a question by dj245 · 2004-03-01 16:57 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  And the Lord spake, and he said that the number of the court briefs shall be three. Four shall the number of court briefs not be, neither shall the number of the court briefs be two, without directly proceeding to three forthwith. Five is right out. And when the number three, being the third number of court briefs being filed, be reached, I shall reach out with my most holiest of minor court officials and give unto you a card entitling thee to 1 free copy at the courthouse copy machine, whenever 10 copies have been made immediately preceeding it, 9 shall the number of copies not be.....
  
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Re:A little confusing... by Daniel_Staal · 2004-03-01 16:05 · Score: 5, Funny

And tomorrow we find out...

They are suing IBM! The company they are already in a lawsuit with!

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undisclosed amounts by nmoog · 2004-03-01 16:07 · Score: 5, Funny

EV1Servers.Net has purchased site licenses from SCO for its two data centers for an undisclosed seven figure sum, according to SCO.
$0000699?
1. Re:undisclosed amounts by tktk · 2004-03-01 16:13 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You forgot the decimal.
  $00006.99
choose me! choose me! by wildcard023 · 2004-03-01 16:21 · Score: 5, Funny

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?

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me me me me me.... by EmbeddedJanitor · 2004-03-01 16:27 · Score: 4, Funny

C'mon SCO gimme your best shot.

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Weird. by ivern76 · 2004-03-01 16:28 · Score: 4, Funny

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!"
Maestro, please... by LittleGuy · 2004-03-01 16:32 · Score: 4, Funny

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!

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Screw whichever company they are going to sue... by LordK3nn3th · 2004-03-01 16:33 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm waiting for someone to post that goddamn redundant Chewbacca defense again.

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What would Howard Dean say? by H4x0r+Jim+Duggan · 2004-03-01 16:34 · Score: 4, Funny

YeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhHHHH!!!!!!!

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SCO: Please Sue Me! by rossz · 2004-03-01 16:40 · Score: 4, Funny

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.

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Re:A little confusing... by Lendrick · 2004-03-01 16:52 · Score: 5, Funny
- ...and if you don't write a damn thing and you have nothing to lose, the end user is whoever you can suck the most money out of.
Bets anyone? by vwjeff · 2004-03-01 17:01 · Score: 5, Funny

What will happen first? A lawsuit from SCO or a DDos against SCO?

Thoughts anyone?
AWESOME! 1 in 280,000,000 chance of AWESOMENESS! by Eric_Cartman_South_P · 2004-03-01 17:10 · Score: 4, Funny

SCO will sue a user. There are 280,000,000 people in the US.
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."
Re:OSDN by stwrtpj · 2004-03-01 17:10 · Score: 4, Funny

I'd like to see OSDN being sued for using Linux. Nice thread on Slashdot!
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.

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I'll tell you what he would say... by Art+Tatum · 2004-03-01 17:27 · Score: 5, Funny

Well, first I just want to say that I do, uhhhhhhh, believe that businesses have a right to protect their investments...

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>
Re:A little confusing... by jtharpla · 2004-03-01 17:28 · Score: 4, Funny

Darl? Is that really you? Aw, don't be shy...
The Choice is Obvious by El · 2004-03-01 18:54 · Score: 4, Funny

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!

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Re:My biggest fear.. by Capsaicin · 2004-03-01 18:59 · Score: 5, Funny

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.

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Slashdot poll by glassesmonkey · 2004-03-01 19:43 · Score: 5, Funny

I keep waiting for the poll to change to:

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
Re:A little confusing... by SnowZero · 2004-03-01 20:00 · Score: 4, Funny

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 by Make · 2004-03-01 20:08 · Score: 5, Funny

(sorry, it's German - we Germans laugh best about SCO :p)
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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What you should be asking yourself is... by Walkiry · 2004-03-01 22:31 · Score: 4, Funny

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!

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