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MS Word File Reveals Changes to SCO's Plans
jfruhlinger writes "Ah, the joys of 'track changes' in MS Word: metadata in a document obtained by Cnet reveals some earlier plans by SCO's legal team. Among them: to sue in February (their original target date), to sue Bank of America, to 'impound ... all Linux software products in the custody or control of Defendant through the pendency of these proceedings', and to accuse in court 'Linus Torvalds and/or others' of 'inclusion into one or more distributions of Linux with the copyright management information intentionally removed.' Good stuff." Also, SCO has announced a few new licensees including Computer Associates.
If all Sco's operating officers are put in jail whos going to write all the checks for the lawsuits? Also at what point does the Bar association of Utah step in and say if you sco lawyers do this anymore kiss your licenses goodby?
"It's so convenient to have a system where everyone is a criminal" - A. Hitler
I'm sure that EV1 is very happy now about their investment and partnership with SCO. Maybe next time they'll partner with a more popular group like the KKK.
Here in Canada, it's so cold outside that I swear I saw a SCO lawyer with his hand in his own pocket. Sassan
Also, SCO has A HREF
What's a href and why are you yelling?
If there was a question as to whether this is just an SCO fishing expedition, I think the question has now been answered
I'm surprised SCRO don't just take the list of Fortune 100 companys they sent the notificiation to, and using mailmerge.
Not often you see 'joy' and 'MS Word' in the same sentence.
Are they even trying anymore?
There's a Mercedes gap too. I want one and can't afford one, but it's not government's job to do anything about it.
This link's for you.
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Thats funny, SCO screwed by their biggest contrib.
I know this feature of word has let me find out some interesting things before. You would not believe some of the things people write in their resumes.
Im glad
This is scandalous. There's no official confirmation yet, but apparently CmdrTaco of Slashodt.org fame leaked the source code to the story. The file contained a href and then something.
Will this be the end of Slashdot?
Damn moderators.. Even they don't read articles anymore..
"Next week we'll be covering one of the more amusing cases in IP. Make sure to read the case study on SCO before coming to class. It's Chapter 11, which isn't altogether lacking in irony."
More that its ironic that MS is bankrolling SCO to try and torpedo Linux, but their own technology is making it easier for the other side to obtain shreds of information we probably shouldnt be privy to.
"Old man yells at systemd"
Is bloated, closed source, evil empire produced Word a good or bad thing ?
Tired of being "punished" by the Slashdot $rtbl since 2002. I'm now over at http://soylentnews.org/ .
"FYI... here's a free app that removes MS Word metadata (useful for sensitive docs for distribution)"
/dev/null
Here's another:
#!/bin/sh
mv $1
~Darl
Their earnings are down. They sued two of their own customers. Laura Dido is no longer brainwashed by them. They have been revealed to be sock puppets of Redmond. And they use Word, which revealed their alternate evil plans. This is by far the funniest SCO week ever.
SCO has a product?
...like two smitten children fumbling and tumbling over themselves.
I think they're like two monkeys banging away on a keyboard instead... Hey maybe they'll create the next Longhorn source by the time the courts settle.
# fuser -v
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This is getting beyond utter stupidity! The only thing Bank of America would have to do is remove any offending code or recompile their apps without using offending libraries. It's not that hard.
So far we haven't seen a single line of proprietary code from SCO - anything and everything they have shown us was and still is available in public domain. Just because they copied it from public domain and put it in their shitty product doesn't make it their invention.
As far as BoA is concerned, I think Darl remembered he had an account with them where he stashed his millions. Talk about sticky situation:
Darl: All your Linux are belong to us!
BoA: OK, *click*, all your assets have been frozen until further notice...
Well, if someone was paying you 86 million dollars... you'd use their software too!
As a side note, having been forced to work with SCO's operating system, it actually makes windows look like a viable choice...
Yes Francis, the world has gone crazy.
Doesnt this prove what many of us knew? Stupid, evil people use stupid evil applications...
When quoted for comment, the Berkeley representative cryptically responded "She bang! She bang!" and proceeded to gyrate hysterically, adding "I gave my best and I have no regrets at all."
-fren
"Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?"
Caldera?!!! What's vulcanism have to do with UNIX? Cmdr Spock was half human!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eh, it's good enough for government work ;)
Sharpies don't just sniff themselves.
> FYI... here's a free app that removes MS Word metadata
Yeah, but what we wanted was an app that removes crooked corporate executives.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Headline: "Computers Purported To Be Used For Something Besides Serving Webpages"!
Film at 11.
Liberal (adj.): Free from bigotry; open to progress; tolerant of others.
..Down on the farm, we call that karma.
Never by hatred has hatred been appeased, only by kindness - the Buddha
You keep using this word anymore. I do not think it means what you think it means.
In other news, SCO sues their own lawyers for negligence...
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--Dr.W.Edwards Deming
....we'd appreciate if Chrysler could respond promptly.
Yours Truly,
Darl McBride
FUTURE CEO, CHRYSLER^z^z^z^z^z
OWNER, BIG BLUE^z^z^z^z
KING OF UNIX^z^z^z^z^z
"KING KERNEL"^z^z^z^z^z
CEO, SCO Inc.
A half-dead 90 year old man with no pockets, and an 800lb gorilla standing behind him.
Forget thrust, drag, lift and weight. Airplanes fly because of money.
"...a document obtained by Cnet reveals some earlier plans by SCO's legal team."
It's good to know that SCO's legal team has a plan and is sticking to it...
I wonder if they have the bankruptcy paperwork already filled out for when the shit really hits the fan?
The race isn't always to the swift... but that's the way to bet!
Man in suit: Hey kid, nice software you have there. What's it called?
Kid: Um, Linux, why?
Man: Because I'm from SCO/Microsoft and I think it looks like my
software now.
Kid: No way, in fact I wrote some of it myself
Man [pushing attorneys in front of him]: Moose! Lefty! Help the kid
find his wallet.
SCO worked directly with Orson Wells to facilitate the Invasion of Earth from Mars. When they could not produce Martians they opted to wait for litigation to start to cripple American life and use lawsuits as the new business model and attempt to take over the world.
This memo was copied to Pinky and The Brain.
Older memos may exist in the form of cave art, but Archeolgists have yet to make the solid connection between the picture of a pile of dung to SCOBCE (SCO Before Common Era) and their exclusive licensing of sticks, mud, dyes, and air.
-1 Overrated (Too many big words for me to comprehend)
Clippy was behind all this CRAP!