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SCO - EV1, Licensees, Groklaw, Armed Guards
Camel Pilot writes "It looks like the CEO of EV1Servers underestimated the reaction to giving in to SCO demands and licensing Linux. I know we were looking for a new hosting home, and had EV1 at the top of the list, but now they are not even a consideration..."
An anonymous reader writes "InfoWorld has an article with more info on Computer Associates denying being a SCO Linux licensee." Also, Mick Ohrberg writes "Pamela Jones, creator of Groklaw, an independent legal research site, responds to some allegations presented by SCO CEO Darl McBride." Finally, an anonymous reader writes "According to the Deseret News, Darl McBride says he sometimes carries a gun because his enemies are out to kill him. He checks into hotels under assumed names. An armed body guard protected him at Harvard Law School when he gave a speech last month." Update: 03/08 20:17 GMT by S : cdlu writes "Now the SEC is unofficially confirming some interest in the SCO and Microsoft connection, according to Newsforge [part of OSDN, like this site]."
Soooooo, it was actually Darl? It would explain the dope, but didn't we all think it was crack he was on?
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
According to the Deseret News, Darl McBride says he sometimes carries a gun because his enemies are out to kill him.
;-)
Hardly. The only thing Darl needs protection from is his own big mouth. Let's hope he never realises that while he's carrying his gun
BTW, does anyone else think the SCO logo there looks like a big red beachball with Mickey Mouse's head on the side???
Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
I'm thinking that 'Ole Darl may have made the final plunge into the Tin Foil Hat club.
"Please invest your money with me. I'm paranoid as hell, but my paranoia keeps your money safe. It's in a Mayonaise jar buried underneath my dead cat so that Black Helicopters can't find it."
Oh yeah, this company'll last.
Darl is now a paranoid litigous bastard
"It's not a stock price drop, it's a temporary dip until we pick another huge company to sue."
Beep beep.
He must know about ESR.
Darl McBride says he sometimes carries a gun because his enemies are out to kill him. He checks into hotels under assumed names. An armed body guard protected him at Harvard Law School when he gave a speech last month."
Yeah darl, and when I was 8 years old I too was a spy, and everyone was out to get me. trust no one you know. I'd sneak around under a blanket and surprise my parents with my leet disguise skills, only to quietly slink back into the darkness and surprise yet another family member.
By the time I turned 9 the whole attention seeking bullshit act left me and I started growing up. Try it sometime, it's not all that bad.
Darl McBride says he sometimes carries a gun because his enemies are out to kill him.
I am not entirely sure who would really want to kill him? I mean, this guy's stupidity is such that he shouldn't be put out of his misery but instead ridiculed and mocked for as long as we possibly can. We should use his actions in case studies on what -not- to do. He should be more worried of people pointing a finger and laughing then people pointing a gun and shooting.
Such is my Humble Opinion.
Sig? No thanks, I don't smoke.
God help McBride if video games cause violence in people....
As a young man, McBride participated in rodeo events and helped perform chores with his cowboy father, Pat. Together, they tamed wild horses. He graduated from Brigham Young University after serving as a missionary with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan.
Mormons never lie. Especially when they are wearing the magic underwear.
"According to the Deseret News, Darl McBride says he sometimes carries a gun because his enemies are out to kill him. He checks into hotels under assumed names."
Looks like baseball bats won't work in this case....
Mod Karma -1: I sed bad wurds. If I cep my mouf shut, I wud be at riyses.
McBride, 44, is pitting SCO against an industry it once helped develop.
I'm confused. I read this expecting a short treatise on the history of law and litigation to follow, yet it started talking about companies like Caldera International Inc., a software company.
AH! But if they DIDN'T pay the seven figures, then it wouldn't be discussing the settlement to say that they did!
How long until he shoots himself in the foot?
echo 'Header append X-HD-DVD "0x09f911029d74e35bd84156c5635688c0"' >>
Does anyone else suspect that Darl and his family blamed some innocent cowboys and the used the legal system to steal their livestock?
"Yes. Disney is infringing upon our trademark. And no, we can't show you the other ear."
"He checks into hotels under assumed names. "
Mrs McB: Tell me again why you were in that hotel under a fake name?
Darl: Honest Dear, it's because of those Linux Hackers!
Mrs McB: And why did that woman think she was your wife?
Darl: That's not really loaded is it?
Maybe someone should tip them off that Martha Stewart is involved. Sure she probably isn't, but that seemed to be the only thing that got the SEC moving.
Can I get an eye poke?
Dog House Forum
Never try to extort more than it would cost to have you killed ;)
There's an upside to this: maybe now we can him arrested for armed robbery.
Why is it that the proponents of "one nation under God" are so eager to get rid of "liberty and justice for all"?
In Darls mind he's Jack Wilson (Jack Palance) saying to the Linux world "Pick up the gun!"
Where as in reality he's the Iraqi Information Minister saying that the allies are being routed whilst the tanks roll up behind him.
Worst
Can't sleep, pengiuns will eat me...
... :)
Can't sleep, pengiuns will eat me...
Can't sleep, pengiuns will eat me...
# fuser -v
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No, seriously, folks. Hear me out.
As a suitable allegory, let's consider the South Park episode "The Chicken Lover".
(***A little spoiler-warning here for those among you who have not yet seen this episode.***)
Officer Barbrady comes out with the secret that he is in fact illiterate. This is a humongous blow for his self-esteem, and he is no longer convinced that he can maintain L&O througout the town with this impediment.
Of course, this couldn't have come at a worse time, since the town is meanwhile being terorized by an as of yet unidentified Chicken Fucker.
A weird hippy-type bookmobile worker gets involved and provides the Officer with clues, forcing the Officer to learn how to read in order for the clues to be useful to him.
To sum up this long story, Officer Barbrady eventually tracks down and apprehends the Chicken Fucker, revealing his true identity. To the shock of the people on the scene, he turns out to be none other than the bookmobile worker himself!
As it turns out, he purposely started performing those heinous crimes and passing on clues, in order to encourage the Officer to learn how to read. Successfully, as it now turned out. The Officer can now read (albeit barely) and has regained the respect of the good townspeople of South Park, by removing a dangerous freak from the streets.
Unfortunately for the "Chicken Lover", no one ends up sympathizing with him, in spite of his good intentions. He ends up sacrificing his freedom and whatever standing he had in the community in order to help the Officer. Even the latter doesn't show any appreciation as he ruthlessly hauls the perpetrator's sorry ass to prison.
So I was thinking, Darl McBride possibly knew all along this SCO lawsuit would be bogus (after all, what individual with even a spec of a brain wouldn't, right?).
Perhaps he knew that in order to protect Linux from future lawsuits, the best thing he could do was to sacrifice his company (which was going downhill anyway) as well as himself by setting a precedent with a lawsuit so outrageous, that Linux would HAVE to come out on top, deterring any future legal action by other parties.
In the end, SCO will most likely have been crushed beneath IBM's elite legal team, while Darl McBride will have lost all respect and sympathy throughout the software industry. He might even go to jail. If he purposely went through with the anti-Linux-campaign while realizing all of this in advance, then it will have been a brave, selfless, yet unrecognized act of self-sacrifice for the good of the open-source community.
Poor Darl... Darl, the Chicken Fucker...
"Oooh, does that mean we get to kick some puffy white mad zionist butt?"
Or at the very least, change the text into the "Symbol" font.
Does narcissism count as a hobby? --Shawn Latimer
Alternative 1
....
[A public place.]
SEC agent: Mr. McBride, you're under arrest for fraud. Please come with us.
SWAT sniper: Subject 1 has a gun under left arm. Advice caution.
SEC agent: Please hand over your firearms.
Darl: This firearm? [Whips out gun, pointing it at SEC agent. Darl's body guard does the same.]
[Cue: Hans Zimmer music.]
They stand pointing each other's guns at each other, shouting.
SEC agent, police officers and Darl shouting at each other: Put your guns down! No, you put yours down.
ESR and RMS are hiding under a table, witnessing it all. They have to save the day etc.etc.
Alternative 2
SEC and FBI agents approach SCO headquarters.
In A.D. 2004
Search was beginning.
Darl: What happen ?
Security guard: Somebody set up us the search warrant.
Secretary: We get signal.
Darl: What !
Secretary: Main screen turn on.
Darl: It's You !!
SEC: How are you gentlemen !!
SEC: All your evidence are belong to us.
SEC: You are on the way to prosecution.
Darl: What you say !!
SEC: You have no right to resist make your time.
SEC: HA HA HA HA
Captain: Take off every 'gun' !!
Captain: You know what you doing.
Captain: Move 'gun'.
Captain: For great evasion of justice.
Replay Waco situation with search [David Koresh] replace [Darl McBride].
Only this time, after SCO set fire to their complex, they are rescued by Microsoft helicopters.
Army general: The fire was a diversion! Cancel the fire rescue! Call the air force! Bring some artillery etc.
Actually, this would make a kick-ass anime.
Irene KHAAAAAAN!
It's a shotgun.
Both barrels, both feet, every time.
the growth in cynicism and rebellion has not been without cause
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SCO - EV1, L
Yay, that was fun!
inbred Mormon.
-1, Redundant
Trolling is a art,
This is my weapon (waving $100M from MS in third party checks)
This is my gun (waving handgun)
This is for suing (waving $100M from MS in third party checks)
This is for my paranoid delusions of grandeur (waving handgun)
Frylock: That's not a toy!
Master Shake: You say that about everything you own. You should own toys. They're fun.