More Light Shed on Project David

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More Light Shed on Project David

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday May 9, 2004 @01:44AM from the whats-going-on-here dept.

Sun writes "Flexbeta.net received from Specops Labs screenshots "proving" that project David (previously covered here) is a real thing. The demo.... Office 2000 install. This is something both Wine and CrossOver Office know how to do for quite some time. In a discussion on wine-devel some people noticed evidence inside the screenshots that project David is a CrossOver Office ripoff."

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Re:I dunno much about it but seems to me... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-09 01:53 · Score: 2, Funny

The people at SCO are experts at identifying rip-offs. Ask them for help?
Not really a rip-off... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-09 02:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Look at it as Offshore Outsourcing, FOSS style.
Re:I dunno much about it but seems to me... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-09 02:04 · Score: 5, Funny

I did. They said it clearly contains code ripped off from sys V, and are preparing lawsuits againt them, the Crossover people, the Wine people, and Microsoft.
The good news though is that you'll be able to buy a license to use Windows compatable operating systems for $699 per seat very soon.
Discovered? by The+Phantom+Buffalo · 2004-05-09 02:09 · Score: 5, Funny

SpecOpS Labs recently made an extraordinary discovery involving the Microsoft Windows OS. Our discovery has enabled us to develop a breakthrough software program that we have codenamed David.
Yup, I discovered it too. It's right here.
my name! by SanityInAnarchy · 2004-05-09 02:30 · Score: 2, Funny

I think people named David everywhere should join together and be insulted!

They not only rip off a decent product (crossover), but they rip off my name!

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1. Re:my name! by David+McBride · 2004-05-09 03:38 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Typical. First Darl at SCO, and now this.
Re:Which Kind of Ripoff? by DickBreath · 2004-05-09 03:35 · Score: 3, Funny

From the screenshot, linked to by parent poster....

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

How about we switch to something more up to date?

The quick versatile penguin jumped over the broken windows.

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Re:That's the new way to start a company by jak163 · 2004-05-09 04:09 · Score: 2, Funny

or someone who just wants a product that works and a support number to call when it doesn't

Yah, there's the rub. Trying to get Lotus Notes to work under Wine has been the most time consuming computer activity (outside of teaching myself BASIC) I have ever undertaken in my life, and I still can't print.
You get no sympathy from me by skyhawker · 2004-05-09 04:45 · Score: 2, Funny

Regards,
.... Bob

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Re:Which Kind of Ripoff? by tverbeek · 2004-05-09 04:46 · Score: 4, Funny

The quick versatile penguin jumped over the broken windows.
You're missing "fxyz". How about:
The very quick penguin Tux smashed the fubar Windoze jail.

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Re:Which Kind of Ripoff? by PGillingwater · 2004-05-09 06:13 · Score: 4, Funny

OK, here's a better one. It's an instruction to one's butler to prepare the alchoholic beverages for a picnic:

"Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs."

Notice it's shorter than the stupid story about two animals.

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Re: Mr Jock, TV Quiz Ph.D., bags few lynx. by gidds · 2004-05-09 11:13 · Score: 2, Funny

How about:
Veldt jynx grimps waqf zho buck.
Like yours, it uses each letter exactly once. Unlike yours, every word is a valid (if archaic) full English word, and it makes grammatical sense; but unlike mine, yours was understandable :)
(I think it means something about an unlucky grassland annoying a certain type of cattle belonging to a mosque. There're more here.)

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