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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."
not only are SCO's IP ambitions doomed, but its Unix interests are a "trailing negative" on the road to dropping from 10% of the market to 3%-5% in a few years and then "SCO will be irrelevant," he said.
Assuming this court case is settled in Linux' favour, SCO will be irrelevant the next day. No company will want to deal with a firm that sues its own customers.
Trolling is a art,
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.
To the government MS is simply a healthy company bringing in a boatload of cash, who cares if they don't play by the rules [of capitalism].
The path I walk alone is endlessly long.
30 minutes by bike, 15 by bus.
It smells pretty desperate when you won't let your "best" customers comment on what they've bought from you.
Lasers Controlled Games!
So on one hand the leaked memo was just 'misunderstood' or a piece of creative spin, yet on the other hand the same could be applied to the CA Linux 'licenses'....
Hmmm, this is just more proof that these guys really do have their heads jammed up their own asses.
Are you local? There's nothing for you here!
The really unfortunate part is that in the elder days, Caldera used to be one of the better Linux distros out there. They had a good system installer, lisa, for example. Shame, really, what mr. McBride's done with the company.
One can only hope.
Memo misunderstood? Is SCO now implying to the world at large that all of us had failed our english comprehension?
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Can everyone sue for personal attacks?
Not only they don't know how to count...(million lines of code)... they have problems with their english language too! I am sure Darl's teachers won't be pleased
Darl McBride, chief executive of SCO Group Inc., says he sometimes carries a gun because his enemies are out to kill him.
If this isn't proof-positive that this guy is a few meg short of a gig, I don't know what is.
Nobody wants to kill McBride. He's doing a pretty good job of destroying himself.
SCO is like an infinte loop. We're just waiting for their resources to get eaten at which point we'll all roast marshmellows over their core dump.
McBride and SCO are more hated than Microsoft
Ok, let's not get carried away here. SCO's antics, while reprehensible and immoral, are nowhere near as threatening to the future of open source as Microsoft's. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm not getting bombarded on a daily basis from worm-infected SCO machines. Microsoft has that dubious distinction and therefore deserves top honors.
The "government" is not a monolithic entity. To the court system, MS is a monopolist. To the executive branch, what's good for General Motors is good for America.
Ok, let's not get carried away here. SCO's antics, while reprehensible and immoral, are nowhere near as threatening to the future of open source as Microsoft's. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm not getting bombarded on a daily basis from worm-infected SCO machines. Microsoft has that dubious distinction and therefore deserves top honors.
Being the most hated doesn't make them the most feared. You're correct that MS is the biggest threat to Open Source. That isn't a reason to hate them, but to be wary of them. Granted, they have used some despicable tactics in the past and are masters of FUD, but nothing they've ever done rises to the level of what SCO has been attempting.
I think the assessment of SCO being the most hated is true. Your milage may vary.
Not to mention to make yourself the most unemployable person in the tech industry (that means you, McBride!)
Franky - unless he is sued personally over this matter, I don't think it will matter much.
Once anybody has a couple of million in the bank, they can simply sit back and coast on investments. They can afford insurance against anything imaginable, and work truly becomes fun since you can walk out any time you get bored or annoyed with your boss.
Sure, McBride won't get any invitations to programmer parties, but he's probably got enough money to not worry much about having another job...
"The common Slashdot response is it is because they are stupid. I don't think so. If they are not stupid, then what could explain these apparently nonsensical actions? Well, if it was in someone else's interest that Linux had legal difficulties..."
It's obvious what they are getting out of it.
The board members and other execs are getting dollar stock options then dumping them at 10 times (or more) what they paid for them. The FUD does their funders (Microsoft) wants, AND pumps up the stock price so they can cash in as well.
NOT ONE of their insiders has excercised an option then stayed long... They have all dumped IMMEDIATELY. That says alot for what they think of the long term viability of Scaldera.
SCaldera ceased to be a company and became a scam when McBribe came in.
Corporatism != Free Market
Perhaps... This is the evidence that shows that SCO is just Microsoft's "SCOpegoat" to aid them in their attempt to destroy something that they can't own. It must be frightening, actually, to be a company that's become so wealthy in a market in which you nearly have a monopoly, only to have someone's pet project turn in to a world-class operating system that gets better and better every day. What do you do when your traditional "embrace and extend" tactics don't work? It must be frightening to know that something is sneaking up on your market share, stealing a small bit of it every day... And you can't own it. Scare tactics are the only option. I know which companies and groups I would trust after all of this... And it certainly isn't Microsoft or SCO.
Good job, guys. You've only made things worse for yourselves. I guess it doesn't really matter if the justice system does anything about these questionable transactions, because these companies are ruining their reputations and business relationships without any help.