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SCO's Finances, Legal Case Take Hits
geomon writes "This afternoon, SCO will host a conference call where they will present '04 third quarter financial data. The news isn't expected to be comforting to SCO investors as they are coming up a bit short; earnings and dividends will take a substantial hit. The only bright spot for the company is the settlement with BayStar, a deal that will leave most of the cash they received from the investment house in the hands of SCO management, if only for a short time." Reader ak_hepcat writes "Groklaw has posted the text for the latest IBM memorandum in its case against SCO. In a nutshell, IBM accuses SCO of not only wrangling the legal process to keep delaying the eventual resolution of this case, but they go so far as to pull the curtain away and show that this table never had any legs to begin with. I'm no marksman, but I can tell when something is full of holes."
In a nutshell, IBM accuses SCO of not only wrangling the legal process to keep delaying the eventual resolution of this case, but they go so far as to pull the curtain away and show that this table never had any legs to begin with.
Seems William Shatner should have been their spokesman, IIRC as a kid he cut the legs off his parents dining table and should have some experience here...
"It's more doomed than we thought, Scotty, beam us up NOW!"
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
that and Darryl's shiny metal ass.
An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
Seems like slashdot pundits have been predicting the imminent death of SCO and it's legal claims for the past year. They keep coming up with cute analogies (i.e. table without legs) but I'm wondering if Slashdot is not really giving us an objective viewpoint here.
that at the upcoming press conference SCO will announce that IBM does not exist.
This will dissipate any investors' fears pertaining to the validity of the lawsuit.
I'm no marksman, but I can tell when something is full of holes.
Thats good, because SCO investors must have the hole spotting ability of a depressed star-gazing lemming...
yeah and each time they hit a branch you can hear a bone cracking and SCO saying "I am fine... I am fine...".
I think that was actually Homer Simpson, but don't recall the episode or why, but the
should echo investor sentiments rather accurately."Me, I invest in beer at least I get something for my money."
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Well, we certainly have found today's Mixed Metaphor champion.
No no no, it's just pining for the fjords. Just don't ask it for evidence... SCOs stun easily.
Your CPU is not doing anything else, at least do something.
"I'm still alive, only I'm very badly burned"
My favourite slashdot quote is the "Reading SCO news is like watching the crazy guy arguing with himself. Fun to watch, but only from a safe distance".
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SCO = losers
Any yes I *do* read slashdot. Check my ID.
(though its the only time that might have happened that I would have been grateful for a *lower* number).
The question being...
How many geeks work for SCO?
And how many moderate on Slashdot?
The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake those, you've got it made. (Marx)
Is it legal to look at a guy/gals resume, see that they worked for SCO after the 'suits started and exclude them from consideration for hire for that reason alone?
OT I know, but just wondering.
To the press SCO offered litter
While leaving the stockholders bitter
If Darl hasn't cooked
SCO's books
Their position must be in the shitter.
I would put a few bucks into sco if they would change thier hold music for the conference calls. (at 5:10pm ET) they say that call would be 10 minutes late.. This mariachi is killing me.
Hello up there! Anyone! Can someone call an ambulance? I'm in quite a lot of pain.
If somebody can open the retrieval hatch down here, I could get out. See, I designed this device myself and...oh, hi! Good, I'm glad you found me. Listen, I'm very badly burned, so if you could just--*gunshot* Ow! You shot me!
Dr. Evil: Right. Okay. Moving on.
You shot me right in the arm! Why did--*gunshot*
...Jury eh... we should work to get a few slashdotters on the jury! SCO would go down REALLY fast if we managed that.
...Had this been an actual emergency, we would have fled in terror, and you would not have been informed.
~Idarubicin
There was a small company named SCO,
Whose chief did kvetch and crow,
"My code they have stolen,"
"I've got proof in my colon!"
But such proof he never would show.
Darl just described SCOX's 3rd quarter as "active & productive". Riiiiight.
They generated tons of bullshit, didn't they?
Someday, you're going to die. Get over it.
The parent post has been broght to you by the Grammer Nazi Association of America (GNAA).
Are you Pedantic?
Are you an Asshole?
Are you a Pendatic Asshole?
Then you should join the GNAA (Grammer Nazi Association of America)!
Erotic is when you use a feather. Exotic is when you use the whole chicken.
First they fight you
Then they laugh at you
Then they ignore you Then you lose.
That's something like being in a religious argument and having Moses show up to argue your point, isn't it?
Why does SCO remind me of the Black Knight?
Pythonised legal summary:
SCO: None shall pass.
IBM: What?
SCO: None shall pass.
IBM: I have no quarrel with you, good SCO, but I must cross this bridge.
SCO: Then you shall die.
IBM: I command you as King of the Mainframes to stand aside!
SCO: I move for no man.
IBM: So be it!
*IBM cuts off SCO's left arm.*
IBM: Now stand aside, worthy adversary.
SCO: 'Tis but a scratch.
IBM: A scratch? Your arm's off!
SCO: No, it isn't.
IBM: Well, what's that then?
SCO: I've had worse.
IBM: You liar!
SCO: Come on you pansy!
*IBM cuts off SCO's right arm.*
IBM: Victory is mine! We thank thee Linux, that in thy mercy...
SCO: Come on then.
IBM: What?
SCO: Have at you!
IBM: You are indeed brave, SCO, but the fight is mine.
SCO: Oh, had enough, eh?
IBM: Look, you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left.
SCO: Yes I have.
IBM: Look!
SCO: Just a flesh wound.
IBM: Look, stop that.
SCO: Chicken! Chicken!
IBM: Look, I'll have your leg. Right!
*IBM cuts off SCO's leg.*
SCO: Right, I'll do you for that!
IBM: You'll what?
SCO: Come 'ere!
IBM: What are you going to do, bleed on me?
SCO: I'm invincible!
IBM: You're a loony.
SCO: SCO always triumphs! Have at you! Come on then.
*IBM cuts off SCO's other leg.*
SCO: All right; we'll call it a draw.
IBM: (prepares to leave the scene) Come, Novell.
SCO: Oh, oh, I see, running away then. You yellow bastard! Come back here and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!
You are in a twisty maze of processor lines, all alike.
There is a lot of hype here.