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IBM tells SCO to Put Up or Shut Up

Posted by michael on from the walking-the-walk dept.

Jeffrey Johnson writes "The whole SCO and IBM case is coming to a head with new filings from IBM accusing SCO of being 'grandiose' and saying it has 'effectively conceded' that it has no evidence of infringement. It asks for evidence to be produced or the whole case thrown out. According to experts this makes it make-or-break: either SCO has to outline exactly what the issues are with Linux or the whole sorry affair is over."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp!

  2. reminds me of... by assimilat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    sco: HEY my moms not on the cover of crack whore magazine!!! ibm: See sco, your mom is on the cover. sco:hehe well uh...

  3. Yahoo confirms it: by lawpoop · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot is dying. Graph of slashdot for the past year.

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  4. Mod parent funny by Wehesheit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    nt

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  5. Andrew Tanenbaum v Alexis de Tocqueville Institute by MavEtJu · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Found this article yesterday on The Register about Andrew Tanenbaum (the guy from Minix) and the Institution president Kenneth Brown on the history of *nix in general:

    'Not the sharpest of knives' - praise heaped on Linux study author

    nice text to read!

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  6. Re:put up & shut up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Very OT... but this isn't funny. Ask people in Abu Gharib.

  7. Re:(sigh) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The UN is going to bail our sorry asses out if Iraq. We let the warmongers determine our foreign policy; we let the inmates run the asylum.

  8. Re:Visual aid by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    That is precisely when the SEC would step in. Burn your company to the ground, no problem. Profit from it while disadvantaging shareholders and you win a 2 year stay at club Fed.

    Oh wait, Dubya's still in the whitehouse. Never mind.

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  9. Re:put up & shut up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    they were just acting out your gay fantasy. doesn't look like torture to me.

  10. NeoCon Wet Dream by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Uncle Sam is now the world's biggest gay dungeon master!

  11. Re:put up & shut up by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who said anything about prison?

  12. Re:put up & shut up by Weh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    maybe they're run by the same people that ran abu ghraib?

  13. Re:No it isn't it is fun by TheRaven64 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Don't want to raped in jail? Don't be a criminal.

    Well, it's good to hear that your criminal justice system is 100% accurate and never convicts the innocent. I wish the one in my country was as good.

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  14. Re:No it isn't it is fun by Rob+Kaper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's not that our system is good, but when criminals forego conviction because their name was misspelled on the warrant. We barely ever lock up the guilty, what makes you think we have time to pursuit the innocent? ;)

  15. Re:No it isn't it is fun by blancolioni · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Was the criminal intrested in my rights of freedom when he robbed me at gunpoint? Invaded my privacy when he broke into my house? Tortured through rape? No? Then I don't care about him.

    I particularly hate the way that criminal pissed all over my rights when he lit a joint.

  16. Re:put up & shut up by mt_nixnut · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Who says its tolerated? Do you work in a prison? Have you ever? Here's a little inside info...prison movies are NOT accurate.

    I worked for the DOC for over 6 years. I am frankly very offended by the innuendo and underlying logic? of your comment.

    Rape is not tolerated.

    If you have the answer to maintaining peace and love in a prison filled with violent and hateful people don't waste your time talking to /. GO SOLVE THE PROBLEM!

  17. Re:No it isn't it is fun by Peaceful_Patriot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I will agree with that when the prisons only contain murderers and rapists. Unfortunately, with the current 'get tough on crime' and 'the war on drugs' mentality, most folks in prison are there for non violent drug crimes.

    Should rape be considered appropriate punishment for someone selling pot?

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