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Did SCO Get Linux-mob Justice?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the look-everyone-kick-this-horse-corpse dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to Fortune's legal blogger Roger Parloff, "once in awhile a judicial ruling comes down that's so wrong at such a basic level that you're just left scratching your head". He claims that Judge Kimball's "102-page ruling (about SCO) was greeted with widespread rejoicing and I-told-you-so's", but "the problem is not that Judge Kimball's view of the facts is wrong". Was the ruling unfair?"

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  1. Don't forget... by SCO$699FeeTroll · · Score: 0, Funny

    ...to pay your $699 licensing fee you cock-smoking teabaggers.

    1. Re:Don't forget... by cooley · · Score: 5, Funny

      and we knew who we weeeeere then,
      trolls were trolls, and girls were men,
      you know we could use a man like CleverNickName again
      Everyone would moderate,
      then take a break to masturbate
      Gee, our old Slashcode ran great
      THOSE...WERE...THE...DAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYSSS

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  2. unfair? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Was the ruling unfair?

    Hmmm, I can't think of a more appropriate place to ask that question...

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  3. Nope by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 4, Funny

    SCO (and Darl in particular) didn't get enough mob justice. I'm thinking keelhauling is about right.

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    1. Re:Nope by confused+one · · Score: 2, Funny

      For keelhauling to be properly effective (as it was intended), you'd have to find an old ship with a barnacle encrusted hull.

    2. Re:Nope by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 2, Funny

      And the guy who chose that light grey font and white background on TFA's site, too.

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    3. Re:Nope by peragrin · · Score: 2, Funny

      give him? oh hell no those goggles cost $699 a pair to make. we can sell them at cost however.

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    4. Re:Nope by Basehart · · Score: 2, Funny

      Can we squeeze a thumbscrew and flogging in there while they're roasting his member on the brazier? There's really nothing else going on during that bit.

    5. Re:Nope by TheLinuxSRC · · Score: 2, Funny

      "give him? oh hell no those goggles cost $699 a pair to make. we can sell them at cost however."

      You sir, while I admire your bravado, are completely wrong. We do *not* sell anything. We license it. Having said that, we also license based on an arbitrary limit set by ourselves. In this case, the OPU (Ocular Processing Unit; a.k.a. eye). Now, being that Darl has 2 OPUs, we will need to license accordingly.

      To sum up; we will license the goggles to Darl based on the extremely affordable and justifiable flat rate of $699/OPU. Thank you :)

  4. Re:1st post by robot_love · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sure, you got it. Good job.

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  5. TACO??? by someone1234 · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you know it is a dead horse, who do you beat it?

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    1. Re:TACO??? by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 3, Funny

      who do you beat it?

      I am not understand you're question! :P

  6. Nyet by sacrilicious · · Score: 2, Funny
    An anonymous reader writes ... Was the ruling unfair?

    Hey anonymous reader, why don't you write down allllll your thoughts on this matter and mail them to five years ago when I might have cared.

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  7. Since when?... by msauve · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since Darl figured out how to create a slashdot account.

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    1. Re:Since when?... by trolltalk.com · · Score: 2, Funny

      Jurisprudence has settled that wilfull ignorance is not a defense. Besides, Boies et al should have asked for the decumentation that would allow them to legally prove SCO's case. When you go to see a lawyer, you bring your paperwork with you. Its like going to the shit-house - "The job ain't complete until the paperwork is done."

      Boies was lazy and/or incompetent. This isn't the first time, btw.

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    2. Re:Since when?... by Darl+MacBride · · Score: 2, Funny

      Come on, I have a SlashDot account for much longer than that already. :-)

  8. good point by taniwha · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's the BSD guys who have the pitchforks

  9. Re:No A$$hole Rule by glindsey · · Score: 3, Funny

    If all businesses followed the "No Asshole Rule" there would be nobody left to run Comcast, AT&T, Vivendi, News Corporation, Universal, BMG, Time-Warner, ExxonMobil, Halliburton, Microsoft, Paramount, Exelon... I could go on but I'm sure you get the idea.

  10. Re:No A$$hole Rule by AeroIllini · · Score: 3, Funny

    You seem to imply that would be a bad thing.

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