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SCO Names 1st Lawsuit Target: AutoZone [Updated]
An anonymous reader writes "News.com
reports that SCO has filed the first (of two) soon to be infamous lawsuits. This one is aimed against car part retailer AutoZone, a multi-billion, Fortune 500 company according to the site. Who's next?" Another reader excerpts from SCO's posted claim: 'AutoZone violated SCO's UNIX copyrights by running versions of the Linux operating system that contain code, structure, sequence and/or organization from SCO's proprietary UNIX System V code in violation of SCO's copyrights.'
Update: 03/03 16:28 GMT by T : njan writes with the news that SCO just announced during their ongoing conference call another lawsuit, this one "to be filed against Daimler-Chrysler, alleging that they are infringing SCO's copyright by using code relating to 'core operating system functionality' of SCO System 5."
...for fun and profit. I hope those of you considering startups are paying very close attention to SCO's revolutionary example. One day all business will be like this!
Autozone? This is way out of the typical "tech sphere"; I would have expected suits against other tech companies.
Now SCO is going to provoke the wrath of the automotive industry and enthusiasts; an entire new group of people to learn to hate SCO.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
SCO: you stole our stuff! ... like, our stuff. ...er? we need more info than that.
Autozone: what stuff?
SCO: you know
Autozone:
SCO: I could tell you but then i would have to kill you!
The day after I get a job offer from AutoZone, they get sued by SCO. Great. Just fuckin' great.
- Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Would this qualify as extortion or racketeering?
Neither. Being that it's part of SCO's pump and dump scam I'd call it fraud.
Trolling is a art,
I've known 3 women who've been stalked by obsessive morons,
I see a pattern here.
*rim-shot*
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Tricksy little McBridessss. They sued our precioussss!</obGollum>
Man o Man...
They are going to get flamed to death for not using "GNU/Linux"....
Poor litigious bastards!
"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra
Autozone already has this covered. Over the last few years, they've been setting up Legal Defense Fund establishments all over the country. You can actually go into one of these LDF drop-off points, and give the nice people there some money. They will even give you one or more prizes in return! And if you really want, you can choose the actual prize, instead of just hoping for something good. These LDF dropoff points are in most major cities, and some small ones. Easily identified with the word AutoZone in large letters on the front of the building, usually in red neon.
They even have a website where you can do the same thing. Send in some money, help Autozone defeat the evil SCO, get a free prize to boot!
Donate your $$ today!
I'm beginning to wonder in all this... does SCO own part of Groklaw? Why else would they be feeding them such juicy stories all the time?! ;-)
Not in Slashdotland they don't!
I can just see it in the courtroom:
AutoZone: How do you know what we are running?
SCO: Ummmm
AutoZone: Shall I repeat?
SCO: Umm....Magic?
-Charlie
(Note: I know that isn't exactly what Nmap is for, but I thought it was funny and topical)
(Note2: Isn't is sad that disclaimers like this must exist on Slashdot for the sarcasm impared?)
You see, I was a Sr. Technical Advisor at AutoZone... I initiated AutoZone's transition to Linux and I directed the port of their existing store software base to Linux. I personally ported all of AutoZone's internal software libraries for use under Linux
:-P
I see. Mr. Greer, meet Mr. Subpoena. Mr. Subpoena, Mr. Greer.
It was, in fact, SCO's activities that 'greased the skids' and allowed the business case for using Linux to be made more easily. That is a story long in the telling; perhaps I'll share it another day.
Yeah, yeah...tell it to the judge, Jim.
Thanks for the information. Our lawyers will be contacting your company by Friday.
Sincerly,
Darl
... that I will continue to talk out of my ass about things which I have no real knowledge of, and I will certainly not RTFA. This, however, will not affect any moderation.
you're all figments of my deranged imagination
The first rule of Linux is... you do not talk about Linux.
The second rule of Linux is... you DO NOT talk about Linux!!!
Third rule of Linux: when SCO yells "stop", goes limp, taps out, the fight is over.
Isn't Jesse James pimping for them now?
Can you imagine him in this new ad campaign?
"I use RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 at West Coast Choppers... because it's just wrong."
Followed by him driving away in his jet powered Toyota Supra, dragging a server behind him.
Hot Damn! It's the Soggy Bottom Boys!
Rule number one - if you're going to make an example of a company for your petty little war, don't pick the company that will be selling you brake pads and brake lines next month:
Clerk : Will that be all, sir? Just this replacement brake master cylinder?
Darl : Yes, thank you.
Clerk : May I have your name, sir?
Darl : Darl McBride
Clerk : [typing] Oh... Uh huh... Actually this isn't the right part sir. We do happen to have this special one for you right here, which is EXACTLY what you need.
Darl : Good. Because I really want my brakes to work well.
Clerk : Oh yes sir, this will really do the trick.
On our next episode of "You Picked the Wrong Target", SCO's legal team picks Allied Colonoscope Corporation to make their next example.
And in two weeks on a very special edition of "Wrong Target", Darl suffers a heart attack and discovers and mutters the immortal line "I didn't know defibrillators ran on Linux".
Next week's monster garage project will feature host (and autozone spokesman) Jesse James building a "Monster Car Crusher."
-Use of a "family owned" New Jersey Junkyard: 500.00
-2003 BMW with strange smell coming from the trunk and "l337SCO" California Plates: Freebee
Monster garage factoid: We swear our new sponsor deal with autozone had nothing to do with the making of this episode. we swear.
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
SCO Reponse: Damn... now they're using free speech against us! What shall we do?
Never did the name "anonymous coward" seem more appropriate.
choosing a victim with the correct pocket depth...
...and let the poor guys running AutoZone's webserver decipher the symbolism of being sued by SCO and watching their store locator database server catch on fire in the same morning. Very subtle!
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
I'm so lost. How is it possible that someone from Caldera -- which is now The Sco Group, came out to pitch his Linux products, and then after they go with someone else, sues them. But they didn't sue them for something illegitimate in the bidding or choosing of RedHat, but that the product (the same one they tried to sell to you) is "illegal".
I think crack dealers should use this strategy... "If you buy from someone other than me, I'll turn you into the cops for buying drugs".
No, the "court of public opinion" instead wears a green robe with dollar signs embroidered on it.
Actually, that would be Rod Roddy. former announcer for The Price Is Right. He was always a little flamboyant with his clothes.
--You will rephrase your request for me to go to hell. Goto statements are not acceptable programming constructs
when the SCO body's has no pulse, videotape the dismemberment and ship the body parts to be incinerated. If you have the money, ship the ashes into space; barring that, place them in a lead-lined container and drop them in the deep Pacific.
SCO should looked at like Carthage; not only should they be annhilated, but the ground out of which they sprung should be salted over so that nothing else will ever come from it again. The more companies that think that SCO's business plan is a good idea, the less legitimate companies with legitimate claims will be able to seek relief, while more companies will be inhibited from doing useful saleable work. Nuke 'em till they glow, and then nuke 'em again, just to be sure.
...this one "to be filed against Daimler-Chrysler, alleging that they are infringing SCO's copyright by using code relating to 'core operating system functionality' of SCO System 5."...
In other news, Darl McBride, CEO of SCO, was unexpectedly killed yesterday when his vehicle's braking system inexplicably malfunctioned on I-40 yesterday...
May we never see th
My favourite parts:
.... If It happened within the last 12 hours, I wouldn't be aware of it.... next question!"
Some guy: "Sooner or later this case will be decided upon by a court, and what will happen if at the end of all this it turns out you are wrong? there will be a lot of angry customers. Will you refund their money?"
Darl: "Well, errrr, we wo... umm, the way I see it is that, errr, well, "
and:
Some person: "Can you comment on the outstanding lawsuit against you"
Darl: "There are currently no lawsuits against SCO..."
Some Person: "One sec.... Australian company.... called CyberNight/Night... I have the information here."
Darl: "uhhh, ermm, ahhh, ermm