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SCO Announces Q2 2005 Results

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-be-awhile-since-we-talked-about-sco dept.

gaijincory writes "SCO announced it's second quarter results Wednesday. Their net loss came in at just under $2 million. Revenue was $9.2 million (down from $10.1 million in the same quarter of the prior year). The decrease in revenue was "...primarily due to continued competitive pressures on the Company's UNIX products and services.""

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  1. 9 *million*? by ecklesweb · · Score: 4, Funny

    How in the WORLD did SCO manage to sell 9 *million* dollars in software? That says to me you could have a monkey on the stree selling AOL CDs and rake in a couple million...

  2. Down with SCO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can we drop the SCO thing yet... This is like standing on the side lines watching someone get beat to death by an angry mob and cheering for more blood.

  3. Present tense by HangingChad · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're dead, Jim.

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    1. Re:Present tense by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 3, Funny
      They're dead, Jim.

      You grab the code, I'll get the servers.

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    2. Re:Present tense by EMH_Mark3 · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yes, but has netcraft confirmed it?

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    3. Re:Present tense by TykeClone · · Score: 2, Funny
      You grab the code, I'll get the servers.

      Don't you know that the contest now becomes who can leave the building with the most copper wire?

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    4. Re:Present tense by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 2, Funny
      You grab the code

      tar cvzf sco.tar.gz /usr/src/linux

      Cheers,
      Darl

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  4. Patents to the rescue? by null+etc. · · Score: 2, Funny
    The decrease in revenue was "...primarily due to continued competitive pressures on the Company's UNIX products and services.

    This is just the kind of crap that will happen when you take away a company's ability to innovate using patents and patent infringement lawsuits.

    For those of you who are uninformed, that was a sarcastic statement.

    Make my day. Mod this as Score:5, Insightful

  5. SCO has a strong Plan of Action by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. Steal code from open source and pretend it's theirs.
    2. Sue open source. ...
    4. Profit!

    Ok, so it's the same as the Gnomes Underwear Plan on South Park, but it's TWICE as EFFECTIVE!

    0 x 2 = 0

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    1. Re:SCO has a strong Plan of Action by suitepotato · · Score: 2, Funny

      This is similar to Steven Wright's joke that he tried using his car key to unlock his house and it started up so he took it for a spin. Then he parked it on the highway and told everyone to get the hell off his driveway. Of course, Wright was joking. SCO seemed to think this sort of thing could work which is hugely bizarre.

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  6. well, they earned it by brickballs · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Their net loss came in at just under $2 million."

    And they earned every penny of it.

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  7. Re:LOL by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm sorry I just can't stop ROTFLMFAO....

    Do you have a keyboard down there?

  8. No, they're stronger than Slashdot by NineNine · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, they're still better off financially than the corporation that owns this web site.

  9. Hypocrite. by halivar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can we drop the SCO thing yet... This is like standing on the side lines watching someone get beat to death by an angry mob and cheering for more blood.

    You clicked the "Read more" link, too.

  10. it's simple, really... by Alakaboo · · Score: 2, Funny

    alt.sco.die.die.die

  11. Alternatively by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Not only does it mean F'n ____, but it means "Fine."
    So, Read The Fine Manual, or The Fine Artical.

    Since first encountering the acronym RTFM in the eighties, I've always understood the "F" to stand for "Forgotten"

  12. Re:Anyone who knows about stock markets... by _KiTA_ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Netcraft hasn't confirmed it, so, I just donno...

  13. Re:A little bit beyond dead... by mikael · · Score: 2, Funny

    "...It's life Jim, but not as we know it..."

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