I posted this at the tail end of a very long SCO thread, but it definitely bears repeating. (Since No-one will ever read post #1765 of a 7 page thread....)
A bit of op-ed/interesting facts from Netcraft.com... Two months ago SCO sent letters to 1500 of the largest companies globally warning them of risks involved in running Linux. Although SCO did not make the identities of these companies public, Chris Sontag described the list as "the Fortune 500 and effectively the global 2000. It ended up being about 1,500 top international companies". This makes it likely that the list of companies that received letters from SCO will be quite similar to the list of sites we use to study enterprises' web site technology choices.
At the time many analysts speculated that SCO's behaviour might deter enterprise companies from using Linux. However, this has not happened to date, at least in respect of their internet visible web sites. In the last two months Linux has made a net gain of over 100 enterprise sites; sites which have migrated to Linux including Royal Sun Alliance, Deutsche Bank, SunGard,T-online and most noteworthy, Schwab.
It may well be that although SCO has generated an enormous amount of attention from the media and the Linux evangelists, it does not presently have the attention of IT practitioners in large companies.
A bit of op-ed/interesting facts from Netcraft.com... Two months ago SCO sent letters to 1500 of the largest companies globally warning them of risks involved in running Linux. Although SCO did not make the identities of these companies public, Chris Sontag described the list as "the Fortune 500 and effectively the global 2000. It ended up being about 1,500 top international companies". This makes it likely that the list of companies that received letters from SCO will be quite similar to the list of sites we use to study enterprises' web site technology choices.
At the time many analysts speculated that SCO's behaviour might deter enterprise companies from using Linux. However, this has not happened to date, at least in respect of their internet visible web sites. In the last two months Linux has made a net gain of over 100 enterprise sites; sites which have migrated to Linux including Royal Sun Alliance, Deutsche Bank, SunGard,T-online and most noteworthy, Schwab.
It may well be that although SCO has generated an enormous amount of attention from the media and the Linux evangelists, it does not presently have the attention of IT practitioners in large companies.
Nope. I've been registered for more than a year. And downloads haven't worked in a while. as the main page STILL says" "15th Jul: Download terminated - Game currently over. We are doing all we can to re-enable downloads in some form." and the links will insist that the "page has been moved" or "The operation timed out when attempting to contact roms3.mame.dk"
US DOD: "Uhm... No.... We're aware that we just saved 90% by lauching one of our cold war nukes that needed testing on your location... There will be a cheque in the mail for $10,000 for complying with this testing, unfortunately you wont be alive to collect. We're sorry for any inconvience... "
If Slartibartfast were here, I'm sure his recorded voice would remind Darl: "It it most gratifying" says the recorded voice of the Magrathean recording "that your enthusiasm for this lawsuit continues unabated. And we would so like to assure you that the Cruise Missiles en route to your location are part of a special service we extend to all our more...excitable...clients. The fully armed Nuclear Warheads are merely a courtesy detail. We do not look forward to your patronage when you revert back to being 'Caldera' in future lives. Thank You."
Uh-oh. I found two. And they are by the Santa Cruz Organization
I tried to read it, but my eyes glazed over. If theres a patent lawyer on the forum right now, can they please read these and see if they are the ones SCO is using?
Bush, Gates, or Tom Ridge.
Hmmm this might make a good poll question. After adding a few more names.
Ultimate Force of Evil in the Universe
() George W Bush
() Freiza
() Bill Gates
() Perfect Cell
() John Ashcroft
() Maijin Buu
() Steve Ballmer
() The Evil CowboyNeal of the Antimatter Universe
Yeah, yeah, yeah...I know that #2,4,6,7 and possibly 8 are cartoon characters...
Unfortunately, probably a quarter of people in the US (probably mostly seniors citizens who vote)don't even know what that is, and consequently won't give a shit about another war on american people.
Well, actually, they would. Because the politican would phrase his debate thusly: "Think about the CHILDREN! They're getting PORN ROCK for FREE! And thats Communism! And we all know that Napsterclones are owned and operated by Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein....yadda yadda yadda...a threat to our way of life...blah blah blah...doing away with Napsterclones will reduce your taxes and get rid of contipation...yak yak yak...all these swooning bobbysoxers! Where's my Metamucil!"
In fact, I bet the first draft was the last 'fuck you gift' from withered talons of Strom Thurmond.
It's now a simple matter of waiting for Microsoft to painfully bleed to death. Just watch out for the flailing death throes.
Well, I'm sure folx have said the same about ILM and Apple in the past. I fear that Microsoft will exist in some form for at least another 100 years. And as long as the people controlling it have a "Pearly Gates and the Emballmer" mindset, Microsoft will remain a Lovecraftian horror.
Since when was the Lindows market huge?
The small size of the Lindows market is what makes this all the more creepy. It's as if Ballmer can't even tolerate the notion that.01% of his market isn't under *his* jackboot.
I'm amazed...this wasn't leaked to Eric S Raymond like the other 60 or so pieces of damning evidence.
Anyhow...Has ESR dissected this memo line by line yet?
Next you're going to tell me that 600 MB copy of LotR I downloaded isn't just as good as the original DVD!
Of course it isn't. If you have a large screen tv or very good eyesight you'll see artifacting and color problems. Rent the DVD and compare the picture on a big tv in a dark room and you'll see the appalling truth. Lossy Compression kills.
By pirating an mp3, you are getting CD-quality -- what you would be paying for in the store
Goddam, I am soooo sick of hearing this *MYTH* again and again and again.
Please stop with this...mp3 == digitial == exactly the same... nonsense. It bears absolutely no relation to actual reality.
MP3s are NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT CD quality. This is because mp3 is NOT an audio format...it's a very lossy compression algorhythm. Its job is strip data from a stream.
The mp3 encoder strips out 30-90% of the actual data out of the audio stream, flattens it at both ends, destroys alot of the stereo separation (actually, most mp3 have NO stereo separation.) and 10% of the mp3s out there are missing part of their outros.
Even a 236-bitrate MP3 is merely a pale shadow of CD quality sound! (Most mp3s are only 128-bitrate, and so they sound much less impressive.)
They would have to be INSANE to give up that revinue stream.
Maybe I'm being too much of a crystal-fondling hippee here, but I don't see why Microsoft -- and I mean everybody in the company -- couldn't just cash in their stock right this very instant and retire in luxury. Disburse those stored billion among their employees and close up shop.
I mean, if you were to view the entire industry as a game, then Microsoft has "won". And it would be a show of great sportsmanship to collect their gold medal, step off the podium and leave the playing field.
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and whats great about the SCO HMO is you don't have to go looking for a doctor. SCO Provides a doctor for you.
Mr Torvalds...Dr Kervorkian will see you now.
I posted this at the tail end of a very long SCO thread, but it definitely bears repeating. (Since No-one will ever read post #1765 of a 7 page thread....)
A bit of op-ed/interesting facts from Netcraft.com...
Two months ago SCO sent letters to 1500 of the largest companies globally warning them of risks involved in running Linux. Although SCO did not make the identities of these companies public, Chris Sontag described the list as "the Fortune 500 and effectively the global 2000. It ended up being about 1,500 top international companies". This makes it likely that the list of companies that received letters from SCO will be quite similar to the list of sites we use to study enterprises' web site technology choices.
At the time many analysts speculated that SCO's behaviour might deter enterprise companies from using Linux. However, this has not happened to date, at least in respect of their internet visible web sites. In the last two months Linux has made a net gain of over 100 enterprise sites; sites which have migrated to Linux including Royal Sun Alliance, Deutsche Bank, SunGard,T-online and most noteworthy, Schwab.
It may well be that although SCO has generated an enormous amount of attention from the media and the Linux evangelists, it does not presently have the attention of IT practitioners in large companies.
SCO Who?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
A bit of op-ed/interesting facts from Netcraft.com...
Two months ago SCO sent letters to 1500 of the largest companies globally warning them of risks involved in running Linux. Although SCO did not make the identities of these companies public, Chris Sontag described the list as "the Fortune 500 and effectively the global 2000. It ended up being about 1,500 top international companies". This makes it likely that the list of companies that received letters from SCO will be quite similar to the list of sites we use to study enterprises' web site technology choices.
At the time many analysts speculated that SCO's behaviour might deter enterprise companies from using Linux. However, this has not happened to date, at least in respect of their internet visible web sites. In the last two months Linux has made a net gain of over 100 enterprise sites; sites which have migrated to Linux including Royal Sun Alliance, Deutsche Bank, SunGard,T-online and most noteworthy, Schwab.
It may well be that although SCO has generated an enormous amount of attention from the media and the Linux evangelists, it does not presently have the attention of IT practitioners in large companies.
SCO Who?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
or (you gotta love this one) "Document Contains No Data"
Nope.
I've been registered for more than a year. And downloads haven't worked in a while.
as the main page STILL says"
"15th Jul: Download terminated - Game currently over. We are doing all we can to re-enable downloads in some form."
and the links will insist that the "page has been moved" or "The operation timed out when attempting to contact roms3.mame.dk"
1) First SCO Annoys You.
2) Then they Mock your Business Model.
3) Then they Sue you.
4) Then ???
The first Slashdotter to bark "5) Profit!" gets poked in the eye. The "Profit!" option ownly applies to stealing underwear.
US DOD: "Uhm... No.... We're aware that we just saved 90% by lauching one of our cold war nukes that needed testing on your location... There will be a cheque in the mail for $10,000 for complying with this testing, unfortunately you wont be alive to collect. We're sorry for any inconvience... "
If Slartibartfast were here, I'm sure his recorded voice would remind Darl:
"It it most gratifying" says the recorded voice of the Magrathean recording "that your enthusiasm for this lawsuit continues unabated. And we would so like to assure you that the Cruise Missiles en route to your location are part of a special service we extend to all our more...excitable...clients. The fully armed Nuclear Warheads are merely a courtesy detail. We do not look forward to your patronage when you revert back to being 'Caldera' in future lives. Thank You."
Problem #2: Didn't manage to download every rom I wanted before the ROM police shut down downloads at www.MAME.dk
Solution: ???
At this point, IBM is so pissed they'd rather go down in flames rather than buy SCO. Just out of spite.
Problem: the roms are illegal to possess if you have no boards to run them from.
Solution: I dunno. You tell me.
Uh-oh. I found two. And they are by the Santa Cruz Organization
I tried to read it, but my eyes glazed over. If theres a patent lawyer on the forum right now, can they please read these and see if they are the ones SCO is using?
---- 6,362,836 - Shaw , et al. - Filed: March 31, 1999 - Granted: March 26, 2002
---- 6,104,392 - Shaw , et al. - Filed: November 12, 1998 - Granted: August 15, 2000
Has the site been slashdotted or taken down?
I didn't think that MS would sit still while someone make monkeyed versions of their old software. Even ones they've end-of-lifed.
If I had Mod Points, I'd be hard pressed to choose whether to mod this as +1, Funny or +9, Psychotic
Yes, and Darl was also counting the blank spaces made by pushing the spacebar.
....just like the code that SCO wrote.
But what really got him indignant was how often those Linux hippies used this ()
We have been showing a portion of this code since early June.
Um...no you haven't. Nobody has seen this comparison but Darl McBride and his evil twin brother.
Bush, Gates, or Tom Ridge.
Hmmm this might make a good poll question. After adding a few more names.
Ultimate Force of Evil in the Universe
() George W Bush
() Freiza
() Bill Gates
() Perfect Cell
() John Ashcroft
() Maijin Buu
() Steve Ballmer
() The Evil CowboyNeal of the Antimatter Universe
Yeah, yeah, yeah...I know that #2,4,6,7 and possibly 8 are cartoon characters...
Unfortunately, probably a quarter of people in the US (probably mostly seniors citizens who vote)don't even know what that is, and consequently won't give a shit about another war on american people.
Well, actually, they would. Because the politican would phrase his debate thusly:
"Think about the CHILDREN! They're getting PORN ROCK for FREE! And thats Communism! And we all know that Napsterclones are owned and operated by Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein....yadda yadda yadda...a threat to our way of life...blah blah blah...doing away with Napsterclones will reduce your taxes and get rid of contipation...yak yak yak...all these swooning bobbysoxers! Where's my Metamucil!"
In fact, I bet the first draft was the last 'fuck you gift' from withered talons of Strom Thurmond.
At what point can someone countersue for Barratry?
It's now a simple matter of waiting for Microsoft to painfully bleed to death. Just watch out for the flailing death throes.
Well, I'm sure folx have said the same about ILM and Apple in the past. I fear that Microsoft will exist in some form for at least another 100 years. And as long as the people controlling it have a "Pearly Gates and the Emballmer" mindset, Microsoft will remain a Lovecraftian horror.
Since when was the Lindows market huge? .01% of his market isn't under *his* jackboot.
The small size of the Lindows market is what makes this all the more creepy. It's as if Ballmer can't even tolerate the notion that
I'm amazed...this wasn't leaked to Eric S Raymond like the other 60 or so pieces of damning evidence. Anyhow...Has ESR dissected this memo line by line yet?
Next you're going to tell me that 600 MB copy of LotR I downloaded isn't just as good as the original DVD! Of course it isn't. If you have a large screen tv or very good eyesight you'll see artifacting and color problems. Rent the DVD and compare the picture on a big tv in a dark room and you'll see the appalling truth. Lossy Compression kills.
By pirating an mp3, you are getting CD-quality -- what you would be paying for in the store ...mp3 == digitial == exactly the same... nonsense. It bears absolutely no relation to actual reality.
MP3s are NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT CD quality. This is because mp3 is NOT an audio format...it's a very lossy compression algorhythm. Its job is strip data from a stream.
Goddam, I am soooo sick of hearing this *MYTH* again and again and again.
Please stop with this
The mp3 encoder strips out 30-90% of the actual data out of the audio stream, flattens it at both ends, destroys alot of the stereo separation (actually, most mp3 have NO stereo separation.) and 10% of the mp3s out there are missing part of their outros.
Even a 236-bitrate MP3 is merely a pale shadow of CD quality sound! (Most mp3s are only 128-bitrate, and so they sound much less impressive.)
They would have to be INSANE to give up that revinue stream.
Maybe I'm being too much of a crystal-fondling hippee here, but I don't see why Microsoft -- and I mean everybody in the company -- couldn't just cash in their stock right this very instant and retire in luxury. Disburse those stored billion among their employees and close up shop.
I mean, if you were to view the entire industry as a game, then Microsoft has "won". And it would be a show of great sportsmanship to collect their gold medal, step off the podium and leave the playing field.
[PARANOID] How do we even know this is the real Source Code, eh?... [PARANOID]