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IBM Tells SCO Court It Can't Find AIX-on-Power Code
Ghostx13 writes "A story over at Linuxworld states that IBM has been less than forthcoming with its bits and pieces of source code SCO is demanding. SCO is alleging in its 3rd Amended Complaint that 'IBM put SCO-owned SVR4 code in System 3-based AIX for its proprietary Power chip architecture.' The problem? IBM 'can't find' that source code. Does IBM have something to hide?"
It is buried under the sand in Iraq somewhere.
IBM did agree to disclose the code in question in exchange if SCO published a pic of Darl in a naked fetal position on their homepage.
... went horribly wrong - aren't these slashdot sco/ibm articles supposed to be in favour of ibm and opensource and whatnot? it didn't even mention linux!
Gods witnessed glaciers forming faster than my downloads...
Thats because God has broadband.
but in response to SCO's nonesense,
I'd say: Good on IBM
Banky Edwards: Alright, now see this? This is a four-way road, OK? And dead in the center is a crisp, new, hundred dollar bill. Now, at the end of each of these streets are four people, OK? Are you following?
Holden: Yeah.
Banky Edwards: Good. Over here, we have a mild-mannered, restrained, God-fearing Darl McBride holding the stolen SVR4 code. Down here, we have an SCO-hating, angry as fuck, full of rage, frenetic IBM lawyer. Over here, we got Santa Claus, and up here the Easter Bunny. Which one is going to get to the hundred dollar bill first?
Holden: What is this supposed to prove?
Banky Edwards: No, I'm serious. This is a serious exercise. It's like an SAT question. Which one is going to get to the hundred dollar bill first? The mild-mannered Darl, the angry IBM lawyer, Santa Claus, or the Easter bunny?
Holden: The angry IBM lawyer.
Banky Edwards: Good. Why?
Holden: I don't know.
Banky Edwards: Because the other three are figments of your fucking imagination!
*waves hands*: This is not the source code you are looking for.
>one of SCO's lawyers [...] footwork was smooth enough to impress even Groklaw's IBM-dazzled observers
...but only because he managed to stay awake throughout the hearing ;-)
Belief is the currency of delusion.
... doing a Google search?
And if that fails, a www.archive.org search?
Vintage computer adverts: http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/computers-and-software-ads
Yup, it's O'Gara-bage... ;*}
Don't waste your bandwidth reading a horribly formated and ad infested "article".
PS. Think she'll like her new nick?
I conclude that this is nothing more than an unscripted bluff.
:)
Glad you caught up with the rest of us.
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contains the millions of lines of code which prove that Linus copied SCO code.
Unfortunately the shipment was accidentally sent to D.C.
Marxist evolution is just N generations away!
Scene
A run down hotel room, Merkpheus sits in a ratty leather arm chair. Darl sits nearby.
Merkpheus: I imagine that right now you're feeling a bit like Don Quixote. Tilting the windmill?
Darl: You could say that.
Merkpheus: I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he's expecting to rake in a billion dollar settement. Ironically, this is not far from the truth. Do you believe in Linux, Darl?
Darl: No.
Merkpheus: Why not?
Darl: 'Cause I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of everyone else's life.
Merkpheus: I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know they used Xenix. What you know, you can't explain. But you feel it. You felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with Linux. You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind -- driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
Darl: Xenix?
Merkpheus: Do you want to know where it is?
(Neo nods his head.)
Merkpheus: The Xenix is everywhere, it is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window, or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, or when go to church or when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Darl: What truth?
Merkpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage, born inside a prison that you cannot smell, taste, or touch. A prison for your mind. (long pause, sighs) Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Xenix is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back.
(In his left hand, Morpheus shows a blue peyote.)
Merkpheus: You take the blue peyote and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. (a red crack pipe is shown in his other hand) You take the red crack pipe and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. (Long pause; Neo begins to reach for the red pipe) Remember -- all I am offering is the truth, nothing more.
(Neo takes the red pipe and lights up)
"Everything is adjustable, provided you have the right tools"
This is from 1997.
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NOVELL NOW FACES MERKEY SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT
by David Pendery
"In the latest blow to Novell, Timpanogas CEO and former Novell chief
scientist Jeff Merkey has filed a secual and general harassment complaint
against Novell and its senior vice president Denice Gibson. Merkey, who
left Novell in April to form Timpanogas, is embroiled in a lawsuit with
Novell over the later's Wolf Mountain clustering system, which Merkey
helped develop and Novell claims he stole for Timpanogas' clustering products.
In his deposition, Merkey wrote that Givson sexually harassed him three
times. He also wrote that he suffered retaliation - ignored by senior
officials - when he rebuffed her. The deposition also says that to
alleviate the problem, there was an attempt made within Novell to spin off
the Wolf Mountain group, but that Novell CEO Eric Schmidt nixed the plan.
Novell officials declined comment and Denice Gibson did not return
telephone calls to her office last week.
In a bizarre twist, it has emerged that Timpanogas may have plenty of funds
to fight the case thanks to a previously unpublicized activity: gold
prospecting. According to Merkey, the company is staking claims to several
sites in Utah, including one where a gold vein is 1.3 miles long and 3 feet
wide, and the value is "astronomical". Merkey said that Timpanogas will
stockpile the gold and use it to fund its defense against Novell's lawsuit."