Any victories that SCO sees are going to take place in Utah courts. Utah is the most conservative and rigid state in the nation, and it is very plausible that SCO will get some breaks there. If the final rulings favor SCO, IBM will of course appeal to a higher court (which will pull even more money from SCO's dwindling coffers).
Bottom line: don't worry about anything that happens in the Utah federal court, because their rulings will likely be overturned in an appeal.
I speak for an incredibly large portion of the UNIX community in saying that "I support UNIX". Linux happens to be my personal favorite flavor. but I will root for UNIX until the end. I am always interested in the new offerings from SUN, and now, Apple, as well as the various BSD's. I have an objective view toward all varieties of UNIX and I can see that some UNIX's are better suited for situation X, while others are better suited for situation Y. Your claim that the "user" community, as you see it at least, is "down" on every other OS is pure ignorance. I hope you find the time to get to know the open source community better.
Most states allow for the expungement of an arrest record, often regardless as to whether the arrest was legitimate or not. Of course probably many individuals that are victims of a frivolous arrest are unaware of that option.
It seems to be commonplace to hear individuals arguing their way around these topics by making ludicrous comparisons, such as breaking the law by selling MOD chips to breaking the law by not carrying cash. It's always interesting to listen to people talk in circles as they justify their behavior. There must be some guilt there.
Me? I'll gladly and readily break a piracy law, as I have countless times in the past. Not because it's right or justified, but because I want to.
I really think it's important that people not be delusional about these things. I don't have the right, legally or morally, to rent or download a Playstation game, burn it, and then play it forever at home. That won't stop me from doing it, but at least I'll truly know in my heart what I have just done.
i.e. "I've just illegally and immorally acquired X and potentially deprived everyone involved in the creation of distribution of X of Y dollars. Ok, game on"
Heh, rehash. Anyway, yeah, I agree, those drug commercials are bull. Why don't they say "When you fill your gas tank, you're funding terrorism." That's much more accurate. Or they could say "When we stocked Iraq with arms in the 80's, we helped reinforce them as a Middle-east threat, and inadvertantly helped them kill one million in the region." or "People don't kill people, guns do". Same difference.
Other could be a variety of systems, PalmOS (I use google all the time on my PDA), WebTV, *BSD, Sprint PCS phones, you name it. Other can also simply be an unknown client. Look at any web log and you'll see a slew of "unknown"s
Several times I've downloaded ISO's at 56k (or 44k I guess). Assuming that you do sleep and work, you'll be away from your PC 16+ hours per day. Just start and resume the FTP downloads accordingly. A 44kbps connection can download around 20MB per hour. At 16 hours of downloading per day, your new two CD distro should arrive after about 4 days.
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Any victories that SCO sees are going to take place in Utah courts. Utah is the most conservative and rigid state in the nation, and it is very plausible that SCO will get some breaks there. If the final rulings favor SCO, IBM will of course appeal to a higher court (which will pull even more money from SCO's dwindling coffers).
Bottom line: don't worry about anything that happens in the Utah federal court, because their rulings will likely be overturned in an appeal.
I speak for an incredibly large portion of the UNIX community in saying that "I support UNIX". Linux happens to be my personal favorite flavor. but I will root for UNIX until the end. I am always interested in the new offerings from SUN, and now, Apple, as well as the various BSD's. I have an objective view toward all varieties of UNIX and I can see that some UNIX's are better suited for situation X, while others are better suited for situation Y. Your claim that the "user" community, as you see it at least, is "down" on every other OS is pure ignorance. I hope you find the time to get to know the open source community better.
Most states allow for the expungement of an arrest record, often regardless as to whether the arrest was legitimate or not. Of course probably many individuals that are victims of a frivolous arrest are unaware of that option.
It seems to be commonplace to hear individuals arguing their way around these topics by making ludicrous comparisons, such as breaking the law by selling MOD chips to breaking the law by not carrying cash. It's always interesting to listen to people talk in circles as they justify their behavior. There must be some guilt there.
Me? I'll gladly and readily break a piracy law, as I have countless times in the past. Not because it's right or justified, but because I want to.
I really think it's important that people not be delusional about these things.
I don't have the right, legally or morally, to rent or download a Playstation game, burn it, and then play it forever at home. That won't stop me from doing it, but at least I'll truly know in my heart what I have just done.
i.e. "I've just illegally and immorally acquired X and potentially deprived everyone involved in the creation of distribution of X of Y dollars. Ok, game on"
Heh, rehash. Anyway, yeah, I agree, those drug commercials are bull. Why don't they say "When you fill your gas tank, you're funding terrorism." That's much more accurate. Or they could say "When we stocked Iraq with arms in the 80's, we helped reinforce them as a Middle-east threat, and inadvertantly helped them kill one million in the region." or "People don't kill people, guns do". Same difference.
Other could be a variety of systems, PalmOS (I use google all the time on my PDA), WebTV, *BSD, Sprint PCS phones, you name it. Other can also simply be an unknown client. Look at any web log and you'll see a slew of "unknown"s
Several times I've downloaded ISO's at 56k (or 44k I guess). Assuming that you do sleep and work, you'll be away from your PC 16+ hours per day. Just start and resume the FTP downloads accordingly. A 44kbps connection can download around 20MB per hour. At 16 hours of downloading per day, your new two CD distro should arrive after about 4 days.