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SCO to Unix developers, We want you back

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the buying-friends dept.

NoGuffCheck writes "CRN is reporting that Darl McBride is looking to get Unix developers back onboard with cash incentives for completing training in SCO's new mobile application kit; EdgeBuilder. It doesn't stop there; there's a 12-cylinder BMW or $100,000 dollars for the development of the best wireless application."

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  1. Ring Tones? by neonprimetime · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "SCO has gone through some rocky times. It's been a real roller coast ride the last few years," McBride said. But SCO is now focused on making mobile business transactions easier to implement. Ring tones for cell phones has become a $1 billion market, McBride noted.

    So they go from something meaningful to Ring Tones? That's one crazy roller coaster.

    1. Re:Ring Tones? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I think this really shows McBride's level of understanding of the business he runs.

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  2. Re:What a waste by tomstdenis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dude, most people will do anything for a buck. It's why we have shitty products on the shelves, crap service at every turn, etc, etc. I'm certain SCO could score an entire division of developers within weeks if they simply offer cash money.

    that doesn't mean we have to buy what SCO is selling though!

    Tom

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  3. Sorry SCO by Mancat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not 1994 anymore. Nobody uses UnixWare or OpenServer. Those that do, probably want out as fast as possible. Your products are obsolete: Your hardware support sucks. Standards implementation sucks. Didn't you just get USB support in UnixWare a couple of years ago? Nobody is even worrying about whether or not their software will compile on your operating systems these days. You've alienated the entire Unix market systematically.

    You're DEAD. Get over it. File chapter 11 and liquidate those assets already.

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  4. Re:Ah, but there's a catch... by Goblez · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Hahaha, this is the truth right here. Who else read this title and thought (In the words of the great Borat) "F*#k To You". Alienate the whole *nix community, and then try to bribe them back. That'll ensure you get the 'right' people on your team.

    Well . . . maybe right for SCO

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    - Kal`Goblez
  5. Re:Not worth it. by brilliant-mistake · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You'd never see the 100k anyhow. They're a bunch of con artists. They'd take your work and turn around and sue you probably.

  6. Where's the upside? by CodeMasterPhilzar · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Let me see...

    I suppose I could develop an app on either my Red Hat or Suse boxes, then port it over to SCO. But you know, I'll just bet I'd have to pay about $700 for that "privilege."

    Then I'd submit it... I'll bet buried in the "contest" rules somewhere is a clause about their getting rights to use or expand on any or all submissions. So my IP would essentially become theirs.

    The only even remotely "up" side of this is that I'll bet my app would stand a fair chance of winning just 'cause there'll be so few entries.

    On second thought, maybe I'll just go buy $695 worth of lottery tickets and a six pack...

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    --- Just another Code-Monkey
  7. 3 E-Z steps to SCO ressurection - serious by davidwr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Step 1: drop silly lawsuits
    Step 2: apologize
    Step 3: Entire executive team and anyone else who supported the lawsuits resign and disgourge yourself from any lawsuit-related profits, such as profits from short-selling.

    Do that, and I'll consider helping them out. Until then, they are blackballed.

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