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SCO Terminates Darl McBride
bpechter writes "Linux Today reports SCO has terminated Darl McBride and linked to the SCO 8K SEC report. The report found also at the SCO site and states: 'the Company has eliminated the Chief Executive Officer and President positions and consequently terminated Darl McBride.'"
... to say Hahahahaha?
The guy gave us grief for years and no doubt socked away millions on what he got from kiting their stock. He and Ralph Yarro (the owner) get away scott free, and let's not forget that besides the money there are the two suicides connected with this case: Val Kreidl Noorda and Rob Penrose.
Bruce Perens.
He'll be back.
"The Company is also looking to raise additional funding and sell non-core assets"
Translation: The company is looking at further litigation, and selling off all software development divisions.
> "An armed body guard protected him at Harvard Law School when he gave a speech last month."
> So, did he ever get use that gun against the people who terminated him, I wonder?
I wonder more why anyone at Harvard law school would invite, and even listen to him?
Yes, it is of course just part of the wonders of modern society, where a sociopath can keep on messing up society via influential positions he gets via friends (i.e. fellow sociopaths). Isn't it great?
I guess the question is when is SCO going to die? I know it is close to Halloween but this is one zombie that needs a bullet in the head!!
I think they've already sold the door.
He's received millions in compensation during this whole pump-and-dump scam. I'm sure he's crying all the way to the bank.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
The good part of this is that he stuck around long enough to run the company into the ground!
kill -9 `pgrep darl_mc_bride`
Yes Francis, the world has gone crazy.
He tried to appropriate the hard work of the community, scam people and organisations out of protection^H^H^H^H license money and sully the name of FOSS in general. All the while raking in money hand over fist and obstructing the legal process at every turn.
I very much doubt he needs to fear for his own safety, but yes, he is actually a first degree asshole.
Guys like this always pop up again somewhere. We have not seen the last of Darl McBride's assholery ... not by a long shot.
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
You laugh, but asshattery of the Darl McBride variety has been rewarded more often than not.
How do people think that someone becomes CEO to begin with?
For all everyone's complaining here, did he really do anything that negatively impacted your lives?
No, but neither did any of those involved in the Rwandan genocide. One of the things about being a part of a society is that you are allowed to care about things that don't directly affect you personally.
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If they showed that on Pay-Per-View they might actually be able to raise enough money to repay (I'd originally written "pay off") everyone they owe.
Yes, it is of course just part of the wonders of modern society, where a sociopath can keep on messing up society via influential positions he gets via friends (i.e. fellow sociopaths). Isn't it great?
Sociopaths rule the world. It won't ever change. Get used to it.
Which is a pretty sad commentary.
What, that he thinks people are out to get him and that carrying a gun will make a difference if they are? That he thinks it's something to brag about?
The quoted text didn't indicate that he had any rational reason to take those actions.
I mean, really... I've had death threats from disagreeing with someone on Usenet about technical details of the process of creating new groups. This is the Internet, that kind of thing happens. You can't take it seriously.
Technically, that's not a grammar flame, that's a semantic flame. The sentence "I could care less" is grammatically correct - it's the content that's wrong. And for me, my biggest language pet peeve ever. I have to do mental gymnastics every time someone says it to make sure that the topic really isn't important to them, and that they didn't mean what the sentence means: that it matters an indeterminate amount.
And now, we return to your regular slashdot programming of flames, rants and internet fights.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, sue.
One Christian community's behaviour does not necessarily indicate how others will act, especially given the incredibly wide variety of "flavours" of Christianity.
It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
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Sad. But too often true. All one needs to do is read the book of Job (the one in the Bible, not Apple CEO), to see this.
As a congregational leader, it is tempting to sit in judgment when bad things happen to good people. It is also easy to marvel when good things happen to bad people.
However, I teach that these things are as much a test of character as anything. I'm not one who can judge another, because simply it is not my job description.
As tempting as it may seem, we should instead focus on what we can do with what we have, to build up and bless(Order, Peace, Joy) this world we live in; leaving it better than when we found it.
But hey, what do I know? I'm a wacko religious nutcase. ;)
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
Guys like this always pop up again somewhere. We have not seen the last of Darl McBride's assholery ... not by a long shot.
He has CEO on his resume and I'm sure there are some "benchmarks" that he hit as part of his contract; meaning, he was a good CEO by those people's definition. He'll get another job somewhere.
It must be nice being at the top.
It's NOT me! It's the meds! I'm on 1000mg of Fukitol.
In IBM's terms, the money involved for them to litigate SCO isn't terribly substantial. However, the damage they did to IBM's reputation and some of IBM's investments wasn't trivial. SCO has even claimed to be able to terminate IBM's rights in AIX. IBM isn't after a quick end to the litigation. They are after vindication and making an example out of SCO to deter any other pipsqueaks from peeing in their Wheaties. Buying them out even at this late degraded date only rewards them.
Strange. I always thought he was a giant fart.
Likely he will never be homeless.
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And most probably a policy of defending against legitimate IP suits as well, don't you think?
If the suit is legitimate the best strategy is to settle quickly for a reasonable royalty or an IP swap and small lump sum (for a little guy or a competing big guy respectively) rather than risk a large judgment and an injunction against shipping more product and supporting their user base.
I don't know that IBM follows this strategy. But I haven't seen any stories (or heard any rumors) in the last couple decades about IBM grinding a little guy down with big lawyers - or losing to one, either.
If the suit is legit and the potential damages are not chump change the little guys can get some big guns in court on a contingency basis. The law firm gets a sizable piece if they win it but the little guy gets even more. Or some up-and-coming lawyer gets maybe a third AND makes his rep as a giant-killer. No guarantee the court will render a correct judgement when the big guns are firing. But they try hard to get it right. The little guys certainly win enough that trying to crush them all is 'way risky.
Other companies HAVE such a public history. Recall Robert_Kearns, the guy who invented the intermittent windshield wiper, had it usurped by the auto companies, sued, and won big time. Or Sears, which was accused of stealing the design for a nifty folding carpentry workbench from its inventor but defended and won.
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