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Novell Pulls Out Their Ace Against SCO
mattOzan writes "Groklaw is reporting that Novell has just filed a reply with an exhibit in support of their motion to dismiss SCO's complaint. The exhibit consists of "1995 minutes from the corporate kit of a meeting of the Board of Directors, which clearly and unequivocably say that Novell was to retain the UNIX copyrights in the sale to Santa Cruz that year."
. . . I owe Novell $699?!
Party's over, let's go home, if there's no SCO to bash there's just no joy in living.
12:50 - press return.
and we'll be suing /. to get your IP, you realize?
SCO's own McBride then retires to the Bahamas where he enjoys a life of luxury until the next major hurricane, which demolishes his house and sends him to the great beyond, not before being tormented by a certain red-colored pitchfork-toting mascot (Oh and being rejected by the Great Penguin in the Sky).
p.s. vi kicks emacs' ass
OTOH it proves the credibility of SCO and how one should trade with them (both eyes open and a taperecorder running)...
I played a lot of Warcraft II back in the mid to late nineties. The mental image of a bunch of Troll Axethrowers surrounding an enemy's farm, the farm in flames, with a continuous stream of axes flying into it just sticks so well in this case...
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
Damn, a 33 hour meeting? I can hardly resist falling asleep after twenty minutes in a meeting.
Shortly after disclosure, Novell reps were seen flexing thier arms, feigning a body punch toward SCO reps, and scratching their chins. Something like 'you my itch now' was muttered by a few from Novell. The SCO representives skulked away without comment.
A firewall can not protect you from yourself. Turn off what you do not need. Do not use the firewall to do your work.
1995 minutes from the corporate kit of a meeting of the Board of Directors, which clearly and unequivocably say that Novell was to retain the UNIX copyrights in the sale to Santa Cruz that year.
So is that 33.25 hours of a meeting, or was that the minutes of a meeting that happened in 1995?
GETPKG - Package Management for Slackware
...to fix their copy machine until yesterday when Microsoft settled with them for $0.5BN?
"Sometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie." -Tori Amos on Nine Inch Nails
I find all I am required to understand at SCOinfomercial.con.
All important court documents are available. If they are not there, we simply do not need to know about them.
And there is the pure unadulterated truth to the lawsuits. SCO would not have brought these lawsuits unless they were right, so we should believe everything they say.
I implore you all to stop this blasphemy of the gospel of Darl.
I need to see proof.
wait nevermind, those minutes could be doctored for all I care.
Continue with the litigating boys
Yours sincerely,
~Darl McBride
You see if you don't have an unicode browser or don't understand Japanese, then don't moderate this post.
This is in fact a 250 year old poem of Hinkashu Yunorito which perfectly comments this situation.
Please don't moderate something down because you don't understand it.
Thanks.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
According to CBS, the Novell meeting minutes are genuine and are actually from the year 1995 despite the fact that they contain modern Agfa and Bitstream fonts.
sorry, couldn't resist
Something is being "over-hyped" on Slashdot? Never.
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
NOVELL: They finally did it. They killed my fucking car.
DARL: Vee vant zat money, Lebowski.
SCOLAWYER1: Ja, uzzervize vee kill ze girl.
SCOLAWYER2: Ja, it seems you forgot our little deal, Lebowski.
NOVELL: You don't have the fucking girl, dipshits. We know you never did. So you've got nothin' on my Johnson.
LINUXUSERS: Are these the Nazis, Walter?
IBM: They're nihilists, Donny, nothing to be afraid of.
DARL: Vee don't care. Vee still vant zat money or vee fuck you up.
SCOLAWYER1: Ja, vee still vant ze money. Vee sreaten you.
IBM: Fuck you. Fuck the three of you.
NOVELL: Hey, cool it IBM.
IBM: There's no ransom if you don't have a fucking hostage. That's what ransom is. Those are the fucking rules.
DARL: Zere ARE no ROOLZ!
IBM: NO RULES! YOU CABBAGE-EATING SONS- OF- BITCHES--
SCOLAWYER1: His girlfriend gafe up her toe! She sought we'd be getting million dollars! Iss not fair!
IBM: Fair! WHO'S THE FUCKING NIHILIST HERE! WHAT ARE YOU, A BUNCH OF FUCKING CRYBABIES?!
NOVELL: Hey, cool it IBM. Listen, pal, there never was any money. The big SCObowski gave me an empty briefcase, man, so take it up with him.
IBM: AND I'D LIKE MY UNDIES BACK!
We apologise for the fault in this post. Those responsible have been sacked. -- Signed RICHARD M. NIXON
SCOwned!!!
not all Utah software companies are idiots
Some of them are smart enough to relocate to Massachusetts (or at least their corporate headquarters):
Novell Corporate Headquarters and Principal Executive Offices
404 Wyman Street, Suite 500
Waltham, MA 02451
Main: 781-464-8000
But folks, I have to tell yout in the bullshit department a businessman can't hold a candle to a clergyman. Because when it comes to bullshit. Big-time, major-league bullshit. You have to stand in awe -in awe!- of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims: religion. No contest. ..he just can't handle money. Religion takes in billions of dollars, pays no taxes, and somehow always needs a little more. Now you talk about a good bullshit story. _Holy shit!
Religion -easily- has the Greatest Bullshit Story Ever Told! Think about it: religion has actually convinced people -many of them adults- that there's an invisible man who lives in the sky and watches everything you dot every minute of every day. And who has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do.
And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to remain and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry, forever and ever, till the end of time. But he loves you!
He loves yout and he needs money! He always needs money. He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, but somehow.
THE BOVINE FECES TRILOGY
E Pluribus Bullshit
Every time you're exposed to advertising in America you're reminded that
this country's most profitable business is still the manufacture, packaging,
distribution, and marketing of bullshit. High-quality, grade-A, prime-cut,
pure American bullshit.
And the sad part is that most people seem to believe bullshit only comes
from certain predictable sources: advertising, politics, salesmen, and
lawyers. Not true. Bullshit is everywhere. Bullshit is rampant. Parents are
full of shit, teachers are full of shit, clergymen are full of shit, and law
enforcement is full of shit. This entire country is completely full of
shit-and always has been. From the Declaration of Independence to the
Constitution to the "Star Spangled Banner," it's nothing more than one big,
steaming pile of red-white-and-blue, all-American bullshit.
Think of how it all started: America was founded by slave owners who
informed us, "All men are created equal." All "men," except Indians,
niggers, and women. Remember, the founders were a small group of unelected,
white, male, land-holding slave owners who also, by the way, suggested their
class be the only one allowed to vote. To my mind, that is what's known as
being stunningly-and embarrassingly-full of shit. And everybody bought it.
All Americans bought it.
And those same Americans continue to show their ignorance with all this
nonsense about wanting their politicians to be honest. What are these
cretins thinking? Do they realize what they're wishing for? If honesty were
suddenly introduced into American life, everything would collapse. It would
destroy this country, because our system is based on an intricate and
delicately balanced system of lies.
And I think that somehow, deep down, Americans understand this. That's why
they elected -and reelected- Bill Clinton. Because given a choice, Americans
prefer their bullshit right out front, where they can get a good, strong
whiff of it. Clinton may have been full of shit, but at least he let you
know it. And people like that.
In '96, Dole tried to hide his bullshit, and he lost. He kept saying, "I'm a
plain and honest man." People don't believe that. What did Clinton say? He
said, "Hi folks! I'm completely full of shit, and how do you like that?" And
the people said, "You know what? At least he's honest. At least he's honest
about being completely full of shit."
The company rarely has everything in the same system for anything - source control, document management, personnel databases, whatever you can imagine, they aren't doing it consistently.
Dude...just because you work for the phone company doesn't mean the rest of us do...
Given a choice between free speech and free beer, most people will take the beer.
Haha - you make funny - but here on
Don't believe me? I'm not saying that SCO isn't slimey evil, just that it sounds like your smoking the good stuff.
"Nokia is not a country, it's the capital of Finland!" -Moderated "Informative". Yeesh.
Of course, that's just good lawyering, and they do have good lawyers.
Score: -1, Oxymoron
Ah, arrogance and stupidity, all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari
That's right. He said "Mission accomplified!".
Now watch this drive!
I've sat in on some long meetings, but this one takes the cake!