SCO Claims Linux Lifted ELF

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Posted by michael on Tuesday July 20, 2004 @09:12AM from the making-it-up-as-we-go-along dept.

fymidos writes "SCO has finally spoken. According to this linuxworld article, they claim that linux illegally uses the ELF binary format, the JFS filesystem, the init code and some more 'copyrighted Unix header and interfaces'. Finally SCO makes its move. The JFS part was expected of course, but according to the article, as far as the ELF format is concerned 'the Tool Interface Standard Committee (TISC) came up with a ELF 1.2 standard' and 'granted users a "non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license" to the stuff'. Oh, and of course 'both Novell and the old SCO - as well as Microsoft, IBM and Intel - were on the committee'."

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Truth Elves by mfh · 2004-07-20 09:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Not sure what SCO has to do with Elf. Wait, nevermind. They've got truth elves, working from dusk till dawn, griding down the logic and confusing the masses with their cute looking elf outfits and fairy dust. My guess is that Santa Claus himself is somehow behind this latest SCO claim. It just seems like the more they open their traps, the lower their stock gets, so I'm all for many more of these kinds of press releases.

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1. Re:Truth Elves by JPriest · 2004-07-20 09:19 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  SCO: "I see your Elf, and raise you a troll"
  
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2. Re:Truth Elves by dsbaha · 2004-07-20 09:22 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Would that make SCO the "Santa Claus Operation"?
  
  -ds
3. Re:Truth Elves by builderbob_nz · 2004-07-20 10:17 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Slight problem, the Elf killed the Troll (well the cave one at least)
  
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awww... by MachineShedFred · 2004-07-20 09:17 · Score: 5, Funny

Man, we had so long without a SCO article that I thought I missed one about a small implosion in Utah.

Then you had to go ruin my blissful existance...

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Finally, a SCO story by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-20 09:30 · Score: 5, Funny

Whew!
I was starting to have withdrawals. No SCO story in days. I didn't have my SCO fix. I thought no SCO story could only mean one thing: "SCO had figured out how to take over the world." At last, you fulfilled my deepest cravings for more SCO news and I can go on living in my beautiful world of FUD.
Thank you slashdot. Without my SCO updates, I don't think I could go on. My life would be in even more shambles than it already is. Even my dog would not speak to me (now, as for the wife, that might be a good thing).
Long Live SCO and FUD . Better than comics!
Re:SCO's business plan will be taught to MBA's by HotNeedleOfInquiry · 2004-07-20 09:42 · Score: 5, Funny

SCO in the same breath as Edsel,
You misspelt Enron..................^

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