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SCO Loses
An anonymous reader writes "The one summary judgement that puts a stick into SCO's spokes has just come down. The judge in the epic SCO case has ruled that SCO doesn't own the Unix copyrights. With that one decision, a whole bunch of other decisions will fall like dominoes. As PJ says, 'That's Aaaaall, Folks! ... All right, all you Doubting Thomases. I double dog dare you to complain about the US court system now. I told you if you would just be patient, I had confidence in the system's ability to sort this out in the end. But we must say thank you to Novell and especially to its legal team for the incredible work they have done. I know it's not technically over and there will be more to slog through, but they won what matters most, and it's been a plum pleasin' pleasure watching you work. The entire FOSS community thanks you for your skill and all the hard work and thanks go to Novell for being willing to see this through."
A million Redmond developers cried out in pain!
...furniture stores report chair shortages all over Washington State.
blow your mind already
Turns out that SCO owns the copyright on the "Duke Nukem Forever" code.
The case is expected to be settled just before the universe dies a heat-death.
Not heck of lot.
"better ways of doing things eventually just replace the inferior things" - Linus Torvalds 09-08-07
Who do I make this check for $699 out to now?
An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
You forgot the billions of hours slashdot posters used to create countless amout of SCO rants and flames.
Now the entire house of cards will come down like a stack of dominoes! Checkmate...
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
I paid $699 and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.
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~ In Trust, We Trust ~
Don't F*** with the PENGUIN!
You can send them feedback from here.
I wrote this:
Subject: You have an error on your website...
Message: It says, "SCO owns the core UNIX operating system, originally developed by AT&T/Bell Labs and is the exclusive licensor to Unix-based system software providers."
NO, YOU DON'T! HA! HA!
Now get those lies off your website.
Cheers!
And then I got the message: Thank you for your feedback.
And in smaller print: You will be hearing from us soon.
Do you think that was a threat?
Ignore this signature. By order.
What more be said?
"needs to"?
I have this mental picture of a bleak rocky plain. Darl McBride lies sprawled on his back, dead eyes frozen in unspeakable horror. In his chest is a smoking hole. Looming over him, coiled in black mist, the terrible shadowy black robed figure of a Nazgul. In one skeletal hand the Nazgul holds Darl's still-beating heart and in the other a black Valextra briefcase.
None of them can see the clouds; The polished wings don't care.
And in smaller print: You will be hearing from us soon.
Do you think that was a threat?
The way things are going, it looks like just another lie.
Blank until
I'm gettin' a pro bono just thinkin' about it!!
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Yin and Yang. In all good there is some evil, in all evil there is some good. Now come to me without disturbing the rice paper.
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Otherwise, they'll just move on to another company, to do mostly the same.
Shit, Darl & co. would be lucky to get jobs as janitors in the Tech Industry, let alone anything of any consequence or responsibility. They're pretty much as attractive as a 600lb woman suffering from Tourettes' Syndrome and downing Mezcal by the case.
(well, Maybe Microsoft's hiring or something, but...)
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
I wouldn't worry.
Assassins cost money.
But then again, I could be wrong.
Circumcision is child abuse.
Some smartass here discovered my real identity, so I decided that posting under an alias shouldn't be necessary anymore...