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SCO's "Least Supported Idea Yet"

Posted by Zonk on from the another-shipment-from-crazy-town dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Unsurprisingly, all of SCO's creditors have objected to the plan to reimburse York for the failed 'emergency' deal. Novell's tiny seven page objection (PDF) is hilarious and very readable. They don't hold back at all, saying that 'all that happened is that the Debtors spent money needlessly on a proceeding that was, to all intents and purposes, stillborn had it not been for the stubbornness of the Debtors' management and the avarice of York,' and that it was 'another really bad deal they have chased in ceaseless pursuit of their dreams of a litigation bonanza.' They top it off by concluding with the line, 'for the reasons explained above, the Court should deny the Motion as the Debtors' worst and least supported idea yet in these cases.' One can only wonder how SCO will respond to this."

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  1. SCO to hire more lawyers by Malevolent+Tester · · Score: 5, Funny

    Commentators note this is the first example of vermin joining a sinking ship.

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  2. SCO's response? by Bieeanda · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's easy. They'll sue Novell for defamation!

  3. Re:kill -9 by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    And what if that fails to work? Will we have to reboot the world?

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  4. If I weren't already a registered Slashdotter... by Tsar · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I'd want "The Avarice of York" as my alias. Who'll bet that it's taken by the end of the day?

  5. It's Shakespeare (almost) by Kupfernigk · · Score: 5, Funny
    SCO: Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York.

    Novell: Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty case from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time.

    IBM: SCO's but a walking shadow.

    Groklaw, chorus of Slashdot readers and industry analysts: Out, out brief candle!

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  6. Re:If I weren't already a registered Slashdotter.. by The+Avarice+of+York · · Score: 5, Funny

    orly?

  7. Re:kill -9 by domatic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Killing the parent process will get rid of a zombie. The problem here is that the system has been pwned and the hidden parent process is "msdirtytricks".

  8. Re:kill -9 by Volanin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just use kill -NERFGUN [zombie process] ... if your OS doesn't ban it, of course.

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  9. Re:If I weren't already a registered Slashdotter.. by Nimey · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must be new here.

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  10. Re:kill -9 by Trigun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Surprised there's no silver-bullet gun utility to go alongside with kill. Or that kill doesn't have a --wooden-stake option.

    That would be for vampire processes. --fire or --headshot would be a better option.
    Thank heaven that there are no Basilisk processes.