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SCO Demands Linux 2.7 Information
dr_d_19 writes "According to Groklaw, SCO is now demanding IBM to turn over 'all documents concerning IBM's contributions to the Linux 2.7 kernel, including development work'. Of course, there is no 2.7 kernel and no plans at all to create one."
IBM just hasn't released it yet. Bastards.
Note to mods: I'm probably being sarcastic.
Everyone knows that linus is going "corporate", and playing the version game.
Next linux versions according to the roadmap:
Lets hope that biff, darl, and kevin don't read slashdot, or the jig is up!
...either that, or a empty box.
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"Your Honour, we propose that there may be a Linux 2.7 kernel in... you know... that other dimension where Spock has a beard."
Trolling is a art,
The way I see it, IBM has two very easy answers to SCO's request.
1) Hand them a blank piece of paper.
2) Attach a bell and a whistle to a CD containing the source for the latest 2.6 kernel.
Oh, a lesson in history from Mr. I'm my own grandpa.
...they should get copies of the patents for that perpetual motion machine.
This way to the egress...
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"We are all geniuses when we dream"
- E.M. Cioran
Its my turn to threaten legal action against the company of SCO if they don't immediatly hand over any remaning quantities of what they're smoking and the phone number of the guy they got it from.
Is it sad that I am more likely to recognize you and your posts by your sig than your name or UID?
I have posted before wondering why IBM would allow such a stupid suit by SCO to continue for years. But maybe this unmitigated autodiscredit is the payoff. IBM's lawyers have worked hard for years on tough stuff. Maybe this gig is just a payoff, an IBM lawyer's wet dream.
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I am now convinced that someone at SCO has flipped their lid and become a paranoid schizophrenic. Either that, or they are aiming at a career on the Comedy Channel once SCO sinks without trace.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
More evidence of the giant corporation stonewalling justice.
:)
They have to write SCO System VI somehow.
Grokster had the 2.7 kernel code for download...
Kind of off-topic, but your signature is also a bit embarassing:
Last I looked, Referrer is spelled with 4 "r"s, not one OR 2.
R - e - f - e - R - R - e - R
(capitalized/capitalised* so you can't miss them)
*spelling varies depending on continent :-)
Linus has a notes about Linux 2.7 on a few bar napkin. Many are just pictures of a penguin pissing on a grave stone with SCO carved in it.
Someone hinted that it'd be damned cool if Linus went and sent out an email, announcing 2.7, with the content in a file or the email to the effect of: "This Release Intentionally Left Blank" and then release 2.8/2.9.
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Most of us have been keeping this a secret, but the 2.7 series source is on a HD-DVD disk hanging from a sky-hook in the basement of the Alamo.
In this new motion, SCO is not only saying that she really did order IBM to produce Linux code, but adds a new version (which they also have not previously mentioned) to the list. They're telling Kimball that Wells misunderstood her own orders.
With the cajones on these guys, it's a wonder they can walk.
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SCO announced that it has appointed a new CEO, Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf, to carry on with the lawsuits against IBM. You may remember Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf from his former position as the Iraqi Information Minister.
http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/
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Shouldn't this whole thing be under the "From the Mysterious Future" department?
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All your talk of sandboxes and proving that one DOESN'T have something is giving me flashbacks to 2002.
Next SCO will be taking made-up pictures and satellite photos of filled-in dirt holes to the UN and saying that it's conclusive proof that IBM is evil and must be invaded.
...to the demand with a single page containing the words "THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK".
What's there to crush about this demand? It's like demanding that Iran reveal all its plans to build a nuclear reactor on Neptune.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
... it is reported that SCO have subpoened an individual named John Titor, in the belief that he may have a copy of the 2.7 release or later, although lawyers are unsure where to send the letter as the address does not exist yet.
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The complete lack of evidence that a 2.7 kernel exists and IBM has contributed to it is just further proof that IBM has hidden not just their own contributions but everyone else's as well. The obvious solution is then to demand more "fact discovery" and sanctions against IBM for so effectively hiding this evidence.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty.
Ben
...I think there's just no place stupider for SCO to go, somehow - they surprise me. Every time. Maybe IBM should just ship a cd full of the
Solaris 10 source code and see what happens next...
Ladies and gentlemen of the supposed jury, IBM's attorney would certainly want you to believe that his client wrote "The 2.7 Linux kernel" ten years ago. And they make a good case. Hell, I almost felt pity myself!
But ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider: Ladies and gentlemen, this [pointing to a picture of Chewbacca] is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE! Why would a Wookiee--an eight foot tall Wookiee--want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!
But more important, you have to ask yourself, what does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense.
Look at me, I'm a lawyer from SCO, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense!
And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberating and conjugating Linux source code... Does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense.
If Chewbacca lived on Endor, you must convict IBM! The prosecution rests.
...with two followups taking me seriously, and one 'Informative' mod, I was thinking I was going to have to give up sarcasm completely, and switch to slapstick.
..." -- no, wait, that's somebody else's sig.
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