...was forbidden. If not, it should be. Oh, damn, I said "SCO". Doh, I said "SCO" again! GD, There I go again. "SCO" right there in print. Auughhh! Crap. I just can't keep from saying "SCO".
SCO. SCO. SCO. SCO. SCO.
Sorry for that folks. The author has comitted suicide for saying "SCO". Oooops, sorry for saying "SCO". Ahhhh, sorry for saying "SCO again". Oh, no. There I go saying "SCO". Forgive me...
"'The only reason we are [pursuing a lawsuit against IBM] is to defend our Unix business; we are not a litigation company, we are about Unix on Intel,' he said."
I thought we all settled that McBride and company _was_ a litigious company. That's what their history (the pricipals) was. They have made big business out of litigation.
The 12% jump this morning that is that $0.65 (actually, $0.58) is VERY significant. Banks now pay about 1% on savings account for a year. 12% in 3 hours is very significant. Anybody who owns SCOX should be very, very happy.
If you're a day trader, yes. If you love litigious bastards, yes. If you own (more than 10) shares of SCOX stock and intend to live off that stock in, lets say one year, you are out of your mind.
The main reason SCOX stock jumped is on the basis of a roumour. How many roumours in the stock market do you know of that hav actually become big money makers? Contrast that to how many roumours have lead to the poorhouse?
I don't own SCO stock. I won't own SCO stock. Never will. I'd rather give all I had to the Nigerian email scammers than own SCO stock.
Oooooo what a boost. A fill $.65. WOW! I guess I hit the lottery on this one. What with all my 10 shares of SCOX* I'm in "high cotton". And that smoking gun, Whoooo hoooo! SCOX might reach $5.50 after all this is over with.
"happy days are here again...."
* understand me, I would rather blow John Kerry than own SCO stock.
McBride: "Google, I am your Father. Join me in the Dark Side."
Google: "You're NOT my Father...."
McBride: "Search your feelings. You know I am your Father. I own your code."
Google: "That's impossible. I CAN'T Search....";
McBride: "Then you will Die."
Lightning bolts. Cries for mercy. Millions of netziens unable to look up the answers to life as we know it as SCO sets forth its menions of MyDoom onto poor Google Arraywalker.
Yoda: "A terrible feeling I have. The net crting I hear. Pain. Suffering. Unanswered, go queries. The Dark Side is upon is."
Here you have Adobe: the giant of the graphics/printing world which (and I don't have figures) owns the lion's share of the graphics and (on demand) printing market, as well the electronic document format PDF.
Are they a monopolist? Sure are. Monopolies (IIRC) are not Illegal per se in as much as if you violate anti-trust laws. Thats the diff between MS and Adobe.
Being from the Graphics (Printing and Prepress side), Adobe has a more open standard in its PostScript language. They maintain the de facto standards as well as the de facto interpreter. However there are a number of PostScript interpreters out there that perform as well if not better than Adobe's interpreter.
Harlequin is (or was) a major contender in that they had a widely used PS interpreter.
As we in the Open Source community know, there is Ghostscript and a number of PDF viewers. Many Linux distros come with ps2pdf -- a very usable PostScript to PDF converter. If you have Ghostscript and ps2pdf installed, you ca print to PDF just as you would Acrobat Distiller.
As this in a nutshell, Adobe does not stifel innovation even if it does hone in on their market. Rather, it performs a service (IMHO) to Adobe by promoting PostScript as a page description language.
Kind like what Open Source has been promoting for these many years and the proof was right there all along.
Its a Biological measurement. Closely akin to the (distance/orbit^2)/r*(1 - n) mosquitos travel when they are in audible range (where r is the rate of travel and n is the number of mosquitos in any given area^3).
Why, they can. About 7 years ago I was using a ported version of Adobe Photoshop _and_ Illustrator on an SGI O2 running Irix 6.3(?).
Its there. They can. Why not? Beats the hell outta me.
When MacOS came out in BSD, I was extremely excited. Not for Apple, but for the TONS of defacto graphics/web sofware that will be ported to a more UNIX platform: including Photoshop and Illustrator.
According to the US Patent office, patent # U.S. Pat. No. 5,349,642 states:
" 5,349,642, Re. S.N. 08/778,151, June 13, 1997, Cl. 380/25, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATION OF CLIENT SERVER COMMUNICATION, Kevin Kingdon, Owner of Record: Novell, Inc., Provo, Utah, Attorney or Agent: James D. Liles, Ex. Gp.: 2202"
This may not be extremely significant, but hold that Novell DOES have some IP claims it holds.
Whilst logging into a 7 year old SCO UnixWare box:
UnixWare 2.1.3 (Bradley) (pts/2)
login: etr Password: UX:in.login: INFO: Your password will expire in 5 days UnixWare 2.1.3 Bradley Copyright 1996 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 1984-1995 Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 1987, 1988 Microsoft Corp. All Rights Reserved. U.S. Pat. No. 5,349,642 Last login: Fri Mar 5 10:26:10 2004 on pts001
You have mail Display Desktop (y/n)? n $
Hmmmm. Copyright 1984-1995 Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved.??? Whats this???
Barrenechea and CA's Linux chief Sam Greenblatt are worried that CA will be tarred with the SCO brush and that CA's considerable Linux ambitions will be damaged by a disaffected, if not hostile, open source community when in reality CA has "nothing to do with SCO's strategy and tactics," they said.
Enter Darl McBride in his 2003 Jeep Cherokee. He's needing brakes and his monthly checkup:
Service: Well, well. MrMcBride. Why how are you? What can I do for you today?
Darl: Uh, I need brakes and my engine starts off sluggish. Whats your schedule like today?
Service: Hmmmm let me see . Yeah, we can fit you in right now. Hows that?
Darl Fine. Brakes gonna be a problem?
Service: Why, no problem at all. We'll just pop over to the AutoZone across the street and get their... Managers _Special_ Brakes.
Darl: Uhhh Ummmm ok, I guess. What about the engine? Need a tune up or something?
Service: Hmmmmmm . Looks as though you are not using original Jeep parts either. Cracked block. Warped camshaft. Mr. McBride, have you been putting any Alternative Parts on here?
Darl: Uhhhhh, no why do you ask?
Service: No matter. We have just the parts for you. See you at... six (6 6) Darl.
Just then dark clouds appear and we see a fade away shot of frightened Darl against a blood red sky, the serviceman transforming slowly into a minion of Satan. Swirls of orange and red light piercing through an ominous sky.
One more day in the life of Lindon UT -- the day Hell came to town.
ummm..
ummm.. (Score:5, Interesting)
by Anonymous Coward on 08:57 AM February 27th, 2004 (#8407200)
Doesn't the GPL say you cannot discriminate against any group? Or is their license being revoked because they are in violation of the GPL?
Maybe, maybe not, but the big picture, if you will, is that there is at least one Open Source project that has stepped forward to use the GPL for the common good, not against itself.
True, there may be a gray area (IANAL by any means) to the decision to revoke a certain right declaired under the GPL, but I would think this decusion is more sound than anything SCO as argued so far, wouldn't you? In this case, the developers of NMap (Fyodor?) are taking a stand, Its not like they can be sued (well......). I challenge more Open Source developers to do the same.
Re:Why today...
on
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Sunday isn't even a business day? How much money will they not lose?
They won't lose a cent, but the CTO and his staff will be missing the Panthers win today!
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...was forbidden. If not, it should be.
Oh, damn, I said "SCO". Doh, I said "SCO" again! GD, There I go again. "SCO" right there in print.
Auughhh! Crap. I just can't keep from saying "SCO".
SCO. SCO. SCO. SCO. SCO.
Sorry for that folks. The author has comitted suicide for saying "SCO". Oooops, sorry for saying "SCO". Ahhhh, sorry for saying "SCO again". Oh, no. There I go saying "SCO". Forgive me...
Doesn't matter. The shit sill stinks.
I thought we all settled that McBride and company _was_ a litigious company. That's what their history (the pricipals) was. They have made big business out of litigation.
One sentence. Followed by one sentence. Followed by one sentence. Followed by...
I give up. Reality is too much for me. Somebody pass the LSD.....
If you're a day trader, yes. If you love litigious bastards, yes. If you own (more than 10) shares of SCOX stock and intend to live off that stock in, lets say one year, you are out of your mind.
The main reason SCOX stock jumped is on the basis of a roumour. How many roumours in the stock market do you know of that hav actually become big money makers? Contrast that to how many roumours have lead to the poorhouse?
I don't own SCO stock. I won't own SCO stock. Never will. I'd rather give all I had to the Nigerian email scammers than own SCO stock.
But hey, thanks for the free advice
Oooooo what a boost. A fill $.65. WOW! I guess I hit the lottery on this one. What with all my 10 shares of SCOX* I'm in "high cotton". And that smoking gun, Whoooo hoooo! SCOX might reach $5.50 after all this is over with.
"happy days are here again...."
* understand me, I would rather blow John Kerry than own SCO stock.
More like Sanity Clause Organization which is what you have to have in any contract with them....
That is, of course, if you are insane enough to buy, errr, pay the extortion for anything SCO.
O'Dowd, Could you yell that a little louder. I can't hear you over all ther _rest_ of the FUD.
Thanks!
Caught in the clutches of the Dark Lord Darl
McBride: "Google, I am your Father. Join me in the Dark Side."
Google: "You're NOT my Father...."
McBride: "Search your feelings. You know I am your Father. I own your code."
Google: "That's impossible. I CAN'T Search....";
McBride: "Then you will Die."
Lightning bolts. Cries for mercy. Millions of netziens unable to look up the answers to life as we know it as SCO sets forth its menions of MyDoom onto poor Google Arraywalker.
Yoda: "A terrible feeling I have. The net crting I hear. Pain. Suffering. Unanswered, go queries. The Dark Side is upon is."
Bwaaaaaa haaaaaa haaaa haaa haaaa
I love the smell of corporate litigation in the morning.
I wonder what the epitaph will read?
Here lies SCO
I wonder why
They had to hire
that bastard guy.
A note to all
who pass them by
Their last words
"Why did we even try...."
I, for one, am not.
...from the grassy knoll. You're point is??
-- Lifted this SIG from Linus himself. --
Here you have Adobe: the giant of the graphics/printing world which (and I don't have figures) owns the lion's share of the graphics and (on demand) printing market, as well the electronic document format PDF.
Are they a monopolist? Sure are. Monopolies (IIRC) are not Illegal per se in as much as if you violate anti-trust laws. Thats the diff between MS and Adobe.
Being from the Graphics (Printing and Prepress side), Adobe has a more open standard in its PostScript language. They maintain the de facto standards as well as the de facto interpreter. However there are a number of PostScript interpreters out there that perform as well if not better than Adobe's interpreter.
Harlequin is (or was) a major contender in that they had a widely used PS interpreter.
As we in the Open Source community know, there is Ghostscript and a number of PDF viewers. Many Linux distros come with ps2pdf -- a very usable PostScript to PDF converter. If you have Ghostscript and ps2pdf installed, you ca print to PDF just as you would Acrobat Distiller.
As this in a nutshell, Adobe does not stifel innovation even if it does hone in on their market. Rather, it performs a service (IMHO) to Adobe by promoting PostScript as a page description language.
Kind like what Open Source has been promoting for these many years and the proof was right there all along.
Open source works.
JFYI,
Its a Biological measurement. Closely akin to the (distance/orbit^2)/r*(1 - n) mosquitos travel when they are in audible range (where r is the rate of travel and n is the number of mosquitos in any given area^3).
Thought that would help.
Exactly!
Why, they can. About 7 years ago I was using a ported version of Adobe Photoshop _and_ Illustrator on an SGI O2 running Irix 6.3(?).
Its there. They can. Why not? Beats the hell outta me.
When MacOS came out in BSD, I was extremely excited. Not for Apple, but for the TONS of defacto graphics/web sofware that will be ported to a more UNIX platform: including Photoshop and Illustrator.
According to the US Patent office, patent # U.S. Pat. No. 5,349,642 states:
" 5,349,642, Re. S.N. 08/778,151, June 13, 1997, Cl. 380/25, METHOD AND
APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATION OF CLIENT SERVER COMMUNICATION, Kevin
Kingdon, Owner of Record: Novell, Inc., Provo, Utah, Attorney or Agent:
James D. Liles, Ex. Gp.: 2202"
This may not be extremely significant, but hold that Novell DOES have some IP claims it holds.
Food for thought.
Whilst logging into a 7 year old SCO UnixWare box:
UnixWare 2.1.3 (Bradley) (pts/2)
login: etr
Password:
UX:in.login: INFO: Your password will expire in 5 days
UnixWare 2.1.3
Bradley
Copyright 1996 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright 1984-1995 Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright 1987, 1988 Microsoft Corp. All Rights Reserved.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,349,642
Last login: Fri Mar 5 10:26:10 2004 on pts001
You have mail
Display Desktop (y/n)? n
$
Hmmmm. Copyright 1984-1995 Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved.??? Whats this???
Barrenechea and CA's Linux chief Sam Greenblatt are worried that CA will be tarred with the SCO brush and that CA's considerable Linux ambitions will be damaged by a disaffected, if not hostile, open source community when in reality CA has "nothing to do with SCO's strategy and tactics," they said.
Advice to CA:
Document,
Document,
Document,
Litigate.
Burn SCO alive.
Microsoft donates to noble causes they believe in.
If you donate to your stupid Mozilla Foundation, is that antitrust?
You silly fool, Microsoft can't be contributing to a noble cause -- they aren't noble themselves....?
If not, WHY NOT!
This (if truly is an email and is complete and factual) is PROOF M$ is committing an act of Antitrust. Blatant and boldfaced.
Subpoena the "anonymous" emailer from SCO(?) and get his ass on the witness stand.
Note: The originator of the email does not know how to use a spell check very well does he? I did.
Enter Darl McBride in his 2003 Jeep Cherokee. He's needing brakes and his monthly checkup:
Service: Well, well. MrMcBride. Why how are you? What can I do for you today?
Darl: Uh, I need brakes and my engine starts off sluggish. Whats your schedule like today?
Service: Hmmmm let me see . Yeah, we can fit you in right now. Hows that?
Darl Fine. Brakes gonna be a problem?
Service: Why, no problem at all. We'll just pop over to the AutoZone across the street and get their... Managers _Special_ Brakes.
Darl: Uhhh Ummmm ok, I guess. What about the engine? Need a tune up or something?
Service: Hmmmmmm . Looks as though you are not using original Jeep parts either. Cracked block. Warped camshaft. Mr. McBride, have you been putting any Alternative Parts on here?
Darl: Uhhhhh, no why do you ask?
Service: No matter. We have just the parts for you. See you at... six (6 6) Darl.
Just then dark clouds appear and we see a fade away shot of frightened Darl against a blood red sky, the serviceman transforming slowly into a minion of Satan. Swirls of orange and red light piercing through an ominous sky.
One more day in the life of Lindon UT -- the day Hell came to town.
The Twilight Zone.
ummm.. ummm.. (Score:5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on 08:57 AM February 27th, 2004 (#8407200) Doesn't the GPL say you cannot discriminate against any group? Or is their license being revoked because they are in violation of the GPL?
Maybe, maybe not, but the big picture, if you will, is that there is at least one Open Source project that has stepped forward to use the GPL for the common good, not against itself.
True, there may be a gray area (IANAL by any means) to the decision to revoke a certain right declaired under the GPL, but I would think this decusion is more sound than anything SCO as argued so far, wouldn't you? In this case, the developers of NMap (Fyodor?) are taking a stand, Its not like they can be sued (well......). I challenge more Open Source developers to do the same.
They won't lose a cent, but the CTO and his staff will be missing the Panthers win today!
... SCO probably doesn't even have $250K spare to its name.