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SCO Includes OS Products In OpenServer 6

Posted by Zonk on from the use-it-if-its-good dept.

William Robinson writes "In a bid to be friendly with Open Source, SCO has included 7 OS products in their Unix product. Among the included packages are MySQL, PostgreSQL, Samba, Apache, Tomcat, and FireFox. SCO's position is consistent, spokesman Blake Stowell argued. 'We don't necessarily have issues with open source, we just have an issue with open-source technology that includes intellectual property it shouldn't' he said."

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  1. Really... by ch0p · · Score: 5, Funny

    "In a bid to be friendly with Open Source, SCO..." Just stop reading there.

  2. parasites by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Has anyone else noted that the sco/caldera logo looks a lot like Pennicilliun mould growing on a blood-agar culture plate?

    SCO - a LOW blood-sucking parasite!

  3. Re:Does anybody take SCO seriously? by adrianbaugh · · Score: 3, Funny

    Come on now, I think you're being unfair.

    I think this story will be of great interest to both SCO's remaining users.

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    "'I pass the test,' she said. 'I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel.'"
    - JRR Tolkien.
  4. My interpretation by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 3, Funny

    "We're trying to save money, OF COURSE we're consistent! What do you think we've been doing the last couple of...

    Hey look! A three headed monkey!" (runs away)

  5. Re:"friendly" by spun · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, they pet every open source program on the head and say, "Who's a good boy? You are! Yes you are, yes you! Give me a kiss." before they ship it.

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    - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
  6. What a relief by digidave · · Score: 2, Funny

    *whew*

    Now I can start liking SCO again. I'm off to the SCO Store to buy some of whatever it is they try to sell.

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    The global economy is a great thing until you feel it locally.
  7. Re:McDonalds is a Customer by Trollstoi · · Score: 3, Funny

    I believe I've spent my last dollar at McDonalds.

    So, you're out of money now?

  8. Alternate story title... by Shads · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... "SCO pulls more inane bullshit out of their ass"

    What a bunch of hypocrits.

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    Shadus
  9. Would it be legal... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Would it be legal to have a provision in such licenses barring a specific company such as, oh, let's say SCO, from being able to use a product without paying a $699 per-license fee?

    I mean hypothetically, of course.