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SCO.com Defaced

Posted by Hemos on from the stop-submitting-this dept.

A whole slew of readers wrote:"According to an Image on the SCO website they own all our code and we shall pay them all our money. (found at Heise online (german IT news). " Yes, I'm sure this will help the whole legal case; defacement has always been such a valued piece of input in court *cough*.

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  1. It may be defacement... by Anita+Coney · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... but at least it was tastefully done.

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    If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.
  2. that is elegant and leet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Changing only one image and in a way that it looks like it absolutely belongs...

    all I can say is that all you other ankle-biters out there need to learn from this....

    posting defacings that look like viagra adds and filled with shouts and greetZ only makes you look like a very silly child with only script-kiddie skillz.

    (oh and spelling that way makes you simply look like a wanna-be)

    congrats to whoever did it. they needed to make it a little more discreet to see if it would have stayed there for a week or more...

  3. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along by Saven+Marek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have often wondered, to myself, what if this is wrong sinking to their level? Someone defaces their site and its seen as a bad reflection on the linux communitys.

    But when it comes down to it, this is not, even remotely close to what SCO are doing! SCO are thieves. Scum. They are wishing to use the legal syste, to gain and ownership and control and misuse the code of thousands of programmers, to scum off them and make profit on what is not theirs, they wish to lie and cheat and deprive the real workers and people playing by the rules of the benefits of their work, and they send letters to senators saying to make open source and linux and GPL unconstitutional??? This is not just a case of a minor disagreement between people about code this is SCO a thieving company wishing to exploit the works already done by so many people. Lying, theft, unconsciounable deceipt and exploitation

    I think some graphics replaced on their website is really minor considering the filthy actions they are trying to do!!!. Really!!!

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  4. Only business by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Hey, it's only business.

    Don't take SCO's actions so personally.

    1. Re:Only business by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It's only business when someone burgles your house, too. Most of us still take it personally.

    2. Re:Only business by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The point is it's not business. It's extortion. It's "Those tools in your shed, that computer in your house, those toys your children have are mine. Bring them over here or I'll sue you".

      No matter whether you own the car or not, you end up involved in a legal squabble that costs you time and money.

  5. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think some graphics replaced on their website is really minor considering the filthy actions they are trying to do!!!

    You're right, but all that's besides the point:

    1. This doesn't hurt SCO, or those behind SCO, in any way at all.

    2. It doesn't help Linux, or those involved in Linux, in any way at all.

    3. It does harm the image of Linux users.

    4. It's illegal. Yeah, they're doing worse illegal stuff, so what? Vigilante justice is not the answer.

  6. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along by hendridm · · Score: 5, Insightful
    1. This doesn't hurt SCO, or those behind SCO, in any way at all.

    Well, it can't look good when the manufacturer of a commercial server operating system gets 0wned.