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BayStar Sets Lawyers on SCO

Posted by Hemos on from the racking-up-the-billable-hours dept.

myster0n writes "According to The Register: 'SCO's attempts to rescue its relationship with BayStar, its biggest backer, have come to naught. On Friday morning, Eastern time, SCO announced that the stock buyback deal it agreed with the unhappy investor had closed. Two hours and five minutes later, Baystar issued a statement saying that a) no it hadn't and b) we'll see you in court, matey.'" Thanks to The Reg for the write-up.

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  1. Why you little maggots, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I got FP!

  2. 1st by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    post

  3. fuck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    off

  4. The taste of failure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You, dear sir, FAILED IT!

  5. MOD PARENT INSIGHTFUL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hey jackasses, its either informative or insightful.

  6. Smallfoot by minkeyboodle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Last I heard, smallfoot was based on Linux. And they just released it last month. They're tricky on their site about saying "UnixWare is a trademark of blah blah blah" on the same page, but that doesn't mean smallfoot is based on UnixWare. Does anyone know if something else is in place of Linux under smallfoot now, or does SCO continue to support (by releasing) GPL'ed software?

  7. Re: "Aboot" by torstenvl · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I quite agree that England has had the primary influence in the pronunciation of English by native speakers -- that has never been at issue.

    My point was that there is folly in declaring unilaterally that England is the sole dictator of what is English, both in writing and in speech, and that anything that doesn't follow their example has no resemblence whatsoever to English, and is in fact alien and unrecognizable. The entire idea that a singular entity defines what is or isn't a language is rather odd, as language is dynamic and, in a way, organic, in constant evolution. The English people cannot say that English words pronounced with a foreign accent are not English any more than l'Alliance Française can keep the French from saying "J'voudrais jouer au hockey."

  8. Re: "Aboot" by nyekulturniy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Being in Maryland, when my Canadian friends from Ontario come down, we can hear a "aboot" and "oot" in their accents. Our accent probably has more of a twang. And those of us born in the capital of the United States say "Worshington" rather faintly.

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  9. Re: "Aboot" by Combuchan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Say nothing about the province (snickers), but a Saskatchewan teacher of mine said "aboat" (or is that abote?). And yes, they do say aboot on Newsworld International, a CBC station which I get Stateside.

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