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An anonymous reader writes "Blake Stowell, SCO's director of communications, acknowledged that the leaked memo is real." However, Stowell went on to say that the memo was misunderstood, and that Microsoft has not been funding SCO, as was previously alleged.
In addition, Computer Associates is now vehemently denying they ever licensed Linux from SCO. AlabamaMike writes "Being employed by Computer Associates myself, I had to admit I was terribly dismayed by the news that the company I work for had licensed SCO's dubious Linux IP. I sent some mail around to those I thought would have some info about what was going on with this very odd move, and the response that came back truly should be posted for the /. community. Basically this is a very creative spin on a settlement CA did with Canopy Group regarding a breach of contract settlement totally unrelated to Linux. Associated with that settlement was a set of UnixWare licenses to which SCO has taken the liberty of attaching these 'Linux IP' licenses."
MS should have some explaining to do to the judge who's watching the antitrust settlement.
Developers, developers, develo..., ups
Subpoenas, subpoenas, subpoenas
Well, if SCO says Microsoft isn't funding them, we should undoubtely put that truth in proper context with all the other truths SCO has been claiming.
30 posts so far, not one from anyone saying "I was wrong about the comments I made about Microsoft in the previous thread".
And I'm not expecting any.
Read reviews of shopping cart software
Hypo-crisco-y. Hmmm.
I got it! It means a slick/greasy hypocrite.
Actually that fits. Good one, T-Kir.
I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
and their $86M payment to SCO is just to cover the $699/each licensing fee.
SCO: (sKO) verb
"Can there be a Klein bottle that is an efficient and effective beer pitcher?"
I mean, SCO is such a beacon of truth, why not just take them at their word?
Or better yet, why don't we ask M$ directly if they gave up the dough?
"I am sure Darl's teachers won't be pleased"
I need some clarification. By Darl's teachers, did you mean Stalin, or Lenin?
Don't forget SCO phrases:
"Don't pull a 'SCO' on me"
-To suddenly forget a promise, fail to meet an agreement, or just be obstructive
"You're SCO'd"
i.e. screwed
"He's been SCOing from the start"
i.e. lying
SCO could sponsor the duel and put it on pay-per-view. They could rent a boat and do it out at sea since, as I've learned from The Simpsons, "Anything is legal in international waters."
Lasers Controlled Games!
Barrenechea and CA's Linux chief Sam Greenblatt are worried that CA will be tarred with the SCO brush and that CA's considerable Linux ambitions will be damaged by a disaffected, if not hostile, open source community when in reality CA has "nothing to do with SCO's strategy and tactics," they said.
Advice to CA:
Document,
Document,
Document,
Litigate.
Burn SCO alive.
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I think you'll find that 'licence' is the correct way of spelling the word, unlike the corrupted, colonial version you might be more familiar with, old bean. ;-)
Since when is suing car companies is good for america?
of the iraqi minister of communications while reading this?
*que some sco guy getting a check from bill gates and a pat on the back*
"No! that isnt what you think it is! microsoft isnt giving us $86 million dollars and encouragement to take out IBM and linux.. so it isnt! no! we are the true owners of linux! linus is running a huge corporation that is taking over 95% of the desktop mark...er... what?"
...CA suing SCO for PR damage.
There you are, staring at me again.
Right?
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
These events happened yesterday, and this is the stock market we are talking about. It was more than 15 min ago, and the traders saw a shiny thing between now and then, it will have no bearing on today's trading.
-Charlie
As much as I hate to say this again, the justice system isn't going to do a thing against MS as long as they don't commit massive frauds or something similiar.
What is not massive about this fraud?
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
Oh, the old bodygaurd, gun and zealots out to get them speech again? Hmm, lawsuits, threats, letters and other things failed to prop up the stock price this round, I guess that is one of the few remaining cards left to play.
What is curious is that they would because it bought them nothing more than derisive laughter last time, why would it suddenly play well now? Guess they never learn.
Yep, I can see the deviants plotting his untimely death now:
Linux Enthusiast (LE) 1: Dude, check out my new background.
LE2: Cool.
LE1: Wanna go get stoned? (1)
LE2: No, we have better things to do.
LE1: Like what?
LE2: They just came out with a patch to perl, it updates the version by 0.0.03!!!!
LE1: Whoa!
LE2: Fire up the torrent, THEN lets get stoned!
LE1: Yah.
There you have it, INDISPUTABLE proof that they are out to kill poor Darl in horrible and painfull ways. It has nothing to do with personal insecurity and needing a large steel object as a standin for shattered masculinity.
-Charlie
(1) do not read anything into this about the behavior of any of the prominent open source coders I live with and hang out with. Please.
And SCO being the stalking horse for M$, suing Daimler-Chrysler, is good for General Moteors. QED.
My other machine is a lever.
Reminds me of the classic SNL skit:
President Carter, while visiting a nuclear power plant, attempts to avert a core meltdown and is transformed into a 12-foot tall glowing mutant.
Reporter: "Is it true that the president is now over 15 feet tall, and a glowing mutant?"
Press Secretary: "No! Of course not! That's ridiculous! Where do you guys come up with this stuff?"
Reporter: "Is the president over ten feet tall?"
Press Secretary: "No comment."
Liberal (adj.): Free from bigotry; open to progress; tolerant of others.
Sounds like they didn't even want their customers to know they were their customers.
It is rumoured that Larry Ellison had a dream on monday night in which Darl McBride, dressed in a blue sequen tuxedo, was trying to put a pen in his hand. Ellison thought it was a weird dream until the following day when his assistant let him know the maid turned in what she thought to be important papers found under the bed. Turns out they were SCO Linux license contracts.
In an interview, Ellison's assistant commented on his reacation. "He had an odd look on his face. On the one had relieved that he was not having dreams of McBride holding his hand. On the other completely disgusted. 'It's bad enough he's attacking the linux community, does he have to mock the cruise line magicians as well by dressing like them?' he said", reported his assistant.
In a related story, the headquaters of the compay that runs Ellison's personal security exploded today. There were reports of a Mig fighter plane in the area.
P.S. Only a small fraction of the stuff I make up is really true.
Open Source Java DAO Generator
Mother, mother
There's to many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today - Yah
Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me
So you can see
Oh, what's SCOing on
What's SCOing
Ya, what's SCOing on
Ah, what's SCOing on
In the mean time
Right on, baby
Right on
Right on
Father, father, everybody thinks we're wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply because our hair is long
Oh, you know we've got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Oh
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me,
So you can see
Oh, what's SCOing on
What's SCOing on
I?ll tell you Ya, what's SCOing on - Uh
Ah, what's SCOing on
Right on baby
Right on baby
So basically your saying that the government and GM are in on this with SCO and MS? Talk about needing a tin-foil hat.
Blake Stowell, knowing that we will never beleive a word he says, claims the memo is real to convince us that it was faked!
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
No, no, no.
I'm sick of you people constantly misquoting reputable news sources and press releases from large companies, already. It wasn't a payment of seven figures at all...it was seven fingers, as made famous in the Neo/Agent Smith scene in the original Matrix film. As in "How about I give you the finger...and you give me my phone call."
It's just that EV1 had each of seven highly-placed executives give Darl the finger, resulting in a payment of seven fingers.
I do so hate having to correct you people.
"Linux doesn't exist. Everyone knows Linux is an unlicensed version of Unix"- Kieren O'Shaughnessy
Microsoft: "Umm no. We discussed this amongst ourselves and came to the conclusion that this really isn't the time to come clean".
Since Pintos started torching their occupants.
And if anybody deserves to have their shorts squeezed, it's SCO...
...Redmond has a lot of explaining to do. Especially to the Justice Department...
We're sorry, the Attorney General is having some gall bladder problems right now. Please try again when there's a Democrat in the White House.
-- dR.fuZZo
They don't get oil wells if they smash it?
--
"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
Ever hear of a man named Ralph Nader, who started it all by going afer the Corvair?
Yeah. What an arsehole. The Corvair didn't deserve that; the people driving them did.
It it had a few more years, the aerodynamics would have been worked out.
That would be the writ of godamus. It's filed by the pope.
Davo -- Free speech, free software, AND free beer.
Blake Stowell, SCO Information Minister -- even his initials are BS!
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney