While on this tack, I must repeat
that Microsoft is a *drag* on the economy
because the Windows machines are so easily
infected and even the non-Microsoft users
still have to put up with it and waste
time/money dealing with the crap that flows
over the Internet from Microsoft machines.
So, since SCO is *not* lying,
this event (SCO *not* lying) begs the question,
was this event (SCO *not* lying),
was it (SCO *not* lying),
intentional or just a mistake?
You DO NOT own the work you hold copyright on - it is the property of society, whose resources you used to create it.
This is *THE BIG LIE* folks. This is SCO's position
in a nutshell.
s/society/corporations/
What *you* personally create is *yours*
to control. If *you* wish to control it via GPL,
that is *your* god-given right. If *you* wish to make
it public domain, that is *your" god-given right also.
It is not some other entities right to say
what you can or can't do with your own creations.
I must add, if you disassemble binary code,
besides the fact that it could be illegal,
what would it really accomplish at this stage?
Non-Open Source is dying. Plain and simple.
There really is no payback, because IBM ultimately
will be better off not supporting non-Linux anyway. At some point,
depending upon how long this mess drags out,
IBM could certainly consider not worrying about
losing some 'Trade Secrets' to the world.
Especially if those 'Trade Secrets' have decreasing
monentary value to IBM.
But, that's the problem. In the BP (Big Picture),
companies the size of SCO are foot soldiers to
a company the size of MS. MS doesn't give a damn
if SCO dies and millions of dollars are lost, the FUD generated will be worth it to MS.
You're dreaming. IBM has wasted too much time
and money dealing with this mess to just let it
drop. What would it buy them? Nada. SCO would
just fire up the FUD machine again, and twist
the story to make it look like they won, and
that IBM lost. Plus, what's to stop SCO from
just filing another bullshit lawsuit?
When you have really nasty pests hanging
around, you exterminate them.
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Well, sure, it works fine now, it's the weekend, when many here actually try to get *real* work done.
But wait until you have a hot story during the middle of the week, and everyone is at their job. Then they have time to read Slashdot.
While on this tack, I must repeat that Microsoft is a *drag* on the economy because the Windows machines are so easily infected and even the non-Microsoft users still have to put up with it and waste time/money dealing with the crap that flows over the Internet from Microsoft machines.
Oh, wait, nevermind.
ISTM that some things *CAN* be done about it. The upstream dudes can monitor very closely to determine the nature of the beast.
Possibly, preventing the attack, and/or discovering the attacker.
FOSS can actually play a positive role here.
Use the tools Luke.
OMFG, I just had a really, really, nasty, bad thought.
It's so scary I must refrain from mentioning who the who might be.
I believe the attacker would make a slight mod to your scenario.
So, since SCO is *not* lying,
this event (SCO *not* lying) begs the question,
was this event (SCO *not* lying),
was it (SCO *not* lying),
intentional or just a mistake?
Using the code from 'false', we should be able to reverse engineer the code in violation of the DMCA, and determine what the bug was.
And now that you posted it on Slashdot, ;-)
it's no longer 'UNPUBLISHED'.
They keep saying that the 5 day forecast is just as in-accurate as before, but now, they know this fact with more accuracy than ever before.
BTW, it's 'wasted', not 'waisted'.
Not according to the XEROX(tm) commercials.
This is *THE BIG LIE* folks. This is SCO's position in a nutshell. s/society/corporations/
What *you* personally create is *yours* to control.
If *you* wish to control it via GPL, that is *your* god-given right.
If *you* wish to make it public domain, that is *your" god-given right also.
It is not some other entities right to say what you can or can't do with your own creations.
Don't buy into *THE BIG LIE*.
Forwarded? Where do you think it originated? Not every spammer hides their stains well.
Really. Mirrored and ready for the /. effect.
qbznl fvugnl chnl!!!
BTW, nice troll.
Non-Open Source is dying. Plain and simple. There really is no payback, because IBM ultimately will be better off not supporting non-Linux anyway. At some point, depending upon how long this mess drags out, IBM could certainly consider not worrying about losing some 'Trade Secrets' to the world. Especially if those 'Trade Secrets' have decreasing monentary value to IBM.
Not likely. There is plenty of money around to prop up a stock like this. Think BP (Big Picture).
History suggests otherwise.
I'm sure the writer meant Linux.
But, that's the problem. In the BP (Big Picture), companies the size of SCO are foot soldiers to a company the size of MS. MS doesn't give a damn if SCO dies and millions of dollars are lost, the FUD generated will be worth it to MS.
When you have really nasty pests hanging around, you exterminate them.
Better, spool the sysout to 9-track tape.
So was mine .