SCO Seeks Licenses Down Under

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SCO Seeks Licenses Down Under

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @07:52PM from the whatcha-eatin'-under-there dept.

WildCode writes "SCO is now targeting Aussies in its continuing Linux licence saga. According to the story, one Aussie organization has already signed up for the licence. The ACCC has no comment at this time but this certainly puts a twist on things as the ACCC were waiting for the results of the lawsuits in the U.S. before making any judgement. Personally I think its time for the ACCC to say to SCO 'wait for the U.S outcomes before taking action here.'" An anonymous reader points to another story at internetnews.com.

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Personally, I think... by ObviousGuy · 2004-03-23 19:54 · Score: 4, Funny

I think that we should all boycott Linux until SCO either loses the case or gives up trying to get licensees. Hit them where it hurts - their pocketbooks.

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1. Re:Personally, I think... by yobbo · 2004-03-23 21:31 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Well, the typical Aussie response would be:
  
  "Tell 'em to get stuffed"
2. Re:Personally, I think... by spellraiser · 2004-03-23 22:57 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  No worries, mate
  The soon-to-be-released MyDundee worm will take care of 'em SCO bastards in a hurry.
  MyDoom is not a worm, THIS is a worm!
  
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Ultimate Goal by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-23 19:57 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm just waiting for SCO to start sueing themselves.
1. Re:Ultimate Goal by Deraj+DeZine · 2004-03-23 20:48 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  More realistically, I think they may start suing their programmers on Fridays before a weekend. Everyone knows that as soon as coders have seen a few lines of SCO source code, all their subsequent thoughts (and possibly emotions) are the intellectual property of The SCO Group, Inc. I think this interview with Darl McBride sums their tactics up well:
  
  Interviewer: So have you told your programmers that they're going to get sued when they attempt to leave their cubicles?
  
  Darl: [Laughing] No, no. We find it's always best to sue our own workers on a Friday; studies have statistically shown that there's less chance of an incident if you backstab before a weekend.
  
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  True story.
Do you come from the land down under? by macshune · 2004-03-23 20:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Where women glow and SCO plunders?
No surprises here by thefixer · 2004-03-23 20:12 · Score: 5, Funny

It's no surpise that SCO is targetting Aussies. Just have a look at their stock.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=scox

It's going down under!
Re:How much by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-23 20:20 · Score: 4, Funny

If the stock stays below 8 for a while (I think 60 days, not sure), they lose a shit-load of funding. C'mon, let's keep that stock below 8...

damn right. BUY BUY BUY and then SELL SELL SELL for LOW LOW prices. It will spook the market and everyone else will start selling and won't buy again. Sure, you'll lose a lot of money but now is the time to ask yourself: "how much do I love linux?"
SCO meets Crocodile Dundee by Aexia · 2004-03-23 21:04 · Score: 4, Funny

"You call *that* a lawsuit? Now *this*, *this* is a lawsuit!"
Doh by NanoGator · 2004-03-24 00:09 · Score: 4, Funny

"SCO Seeks Licenses Down Under"

Sorry Darl, when I told you where you could stick the license, I meant that figuratively.

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