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SCO's McBride Testifies "Linux Is a copy of UNIX"

eldavojohn writes "Here's a short update on the Novell Vs. SCO case we've been following. Our good friend Darl McBride made some interesting comments in court yesterday. He stated (under oath): 'Many Linux contributors were originally UNIX developers... We have evidence System V is in Linux... When you go to the bookstore and look in the UNIX section, there's books on "How to Program UNIX" but when you go to the Linux section and look for "How to Program Linux" you're not gonna find it, because it doesn't exist. Linux is a copy of UNIX, there is no difference [between them]." This flies directly in the face of what SCO found in extensive investigations in 2002 and contradicts what SCO Senior Vice President Chris Sontag had just finished testifying earlier that day (testimony that McBride did not hear)."

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  1. This should be good by IHawkMike · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unfolds chair. Grabs popcorn.

    1. Re:This should be good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not Steve Balmer's chair I hope.

    2. Re:This should be good by doti · · Score: 5, Funny

      Linux is NOT Unix. You got it wrong. It's GNU that is not Unix.
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      factor 966971: 966971
    3. Re:This should be good by E+IS+mC(Square) · · Score: 4, Funny

      >> Linux is NOT Unix.
      Only 20%. See this proof - http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Image:SCO_proof.png

  2. Re:There's more Linux books than Unix books by ari_j · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I'm sorry, your honor. I wasn't clear. I was referring to a 1980 bookstore."

  3. Linux a copy of Unix? That's cool... by teamhasnoi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Darl is a copy of an asshole.

  4. The Passion of McBride by happyemoticon · · Score: 4, Funny

    We must believe that Unix is a part of Linux on faith alone. This is what we refer to as a "religious mystery," ala the Holy Trinity. Thus, to ask how can Unix and Linux be one in the same is equivalent to asking how the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit can be one, yet distinct. I, for one, need no other proof than the Divinely Inspired testimony of McBride, and anticipate the coming day of His own Passion.