And as mentioned about 5 comments above this, show me a link where I can buy PowerDVD for Linux. All that is available on the site is Windows software.
Don't forget, Fred Langa conveniently forgets to mention a lot of detail. "Two versions of SuSE" could mean about any version.
On the forum he even quotes another reader as stating that that reader had the exact same problems. After that statement from Fred it gets a bit fuzzy however: when trying to install Red Hat 7 a year ago the reader ran into problems with the Promise ATA/66 disk controller [Could it be set up as a RAID controller...?]. Only later in the letter is it mentioned that on a certain SuSE install the user had the same problem.
It seems to me that the whole article is a lot of trumpet blowing on a minor detail: unspecified versions didn't work on unspecified hardware. Fred mentions the Windows versions he used, I guess it was too much trouble to find out if he used Slackware 5 or Slackware 10...
Dish is being equally retarded by not being up front about it and allowing the message to go by; how many calls have they got about the black scroll bar?
How many calls do you think they had from people who were not even under the threat of losing their channels, since they aren't Dish customers??
My wife happens to be a CSR for Dish network, and the Friday the message started appearing there were numerous calls from NON-Dish customers who saw the message. DirectTV, cable, you name it. This ties up the customer service phone lines, preventing regular customers with legitimate problems from being serviced.
To translate it to geekspeek, Viacom basically did a DDOS of Dish support. I wonder what kind of legal action Echostar will take - I can think of several of the top of my head (FCC, even the phone company).
Missing the point. You're arguing that Windows Update is free. The article mentions that you should upgrade. Not the same thing. That was what I was pointing out.
Too bad those advanced features didn't work for SCO when they keep getting shut down by DOS attacks.
That is because their websites were running Linux, which obviously is greatly inferior to UnixWare! That's why SCO ran their website on Linux instead of the much better UnixWare... err... or something like that. Damn, the flawed SCOlogic is getting to me...
The most interesting thing is that the article says the government basically said "No, we won't make our money harder to counterfeit (like they did in other countries), _you_ have to solve _our_ problem."
You just put the image of Satan and Saddam Hussein from the South Park movie in my mind. Thanks...:)
Satan: [Singing] But what if you never change? What if you remain a sandy little butthole?
Saddam Hussein: [Singing] Hey, Satan, don't be such a twit / Mother Teresa won't have shit on me.
I'm just surprised SCO isn't a member of the OSDL. After all, they're becoming famous for their inability to know what they are doing ("I din't tell you we were issueing subpoena's to certain people because I didn't know we were.").
Well, I think the girl is misrepresenting the facts. She didn't pay a $29.95 service fee, she paid $29.95 for a program. The PressPlay service on the other hand is a $9.95 service fee.
If this results in a class-action suit, it will be equally viable to sue Dell or HP for selling a computer without stating that it is illegal to do something illegal with it...
I didn't notice it until you pointed it out... it's in the small print ain't it.
However, if you actually go to the article it says that "...The SCO Group, which has terminated IBM's right to sell its AIX operating system and wants $3b in damages, is not seeking to go to the Justice Department..." and "But, if required, we may take our case to the Senate".
Basically, this is the same FUD they've been spreading for a while now. Anyone received one of their invoices yet?
I especially love the part that says "Postal Inspectors investigate any crime in which the U.S. Mail is used to further a scheme, whether it originated in the mail, by telephone or on the Internet. The use of the U.S. Mail is what makes it a mail fraud issue." So a scheme (e.g. making money by making unsubstantiated claims about, oh, intellectual property) that then uses the US Mail (e.g. to send invoices for said IP) could wind up being investigated, as long as a sufficiently large number of the people affected register a complaint with the USPS.
>>We view IBM's counterclaim filing today as an effort to distract attention from its flawed Linux business model.
Flawed business model? Relative to what - SCO's ingenious strategy of using rediculous claims of IP infringement to pump and dump their shares while refusing to publicly disclose what the IP infringement actually is? Yup - SCO knows all about flawed business models.
I couldn't agree with you more, on this and on the other issues. The whole wording of the SCO reply indicates to me that their only purpose of this whole charade is to bring the GPL to court. This reeks distinctly of Microsoft pulling some strings and using SCO as a puppet to see what happens if the GPL is tested in court.
Normally I'm not into conspiracy theories, but I think we got one right here...
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And as mentioned about 5 comments above this, show me a link where I can buy PowerDVD for Linux. All that is available on the site is Windows software.
On the forum he even quotes another reader as stating that that reader had the exact same problems. After that statement from Fred it gets a bit fuzzy however: when trying to install Red Hat 7 a year ago the reader ran into problems with the Promise ATA/66 disk controller [Could it be set up as a RAID controller...?]. Only later in the letter is it mentioned that on a certain SuSE install the user had the same problem.
It seems to me that the whole article is a lot of trumpet blowing on a minor detail: unspecified versions didn't work on unspecified hardware. Fred mentions the Windows versions he used, I guess it was too much trouble to find out if he used Slackware 5 or Slackware 10...
Don't the doors only open when you make the "Shh" sound? Or was that just Airplane 2?
My wife happens to be a CSR for Dish network, and the Friday the message started appearing there were numerous calls from NON-Dish customers who saw the message. DirectTV, cable, you name it. This ties up the customer service phone lines, preventing regular customers with legitimate problems from being serviced.
To translate it to geekspeek, Viacom basically did a DDOS of Dish support. I wonder what kind of legal action Echostar will take - I can think of several of the top of my head (FCC, even the phone company).
Missing the point. You're arguing that Windows Update is free. The article mentions that you should upgrade. Not the same thing. That was what I was pointing out.
And if you stick your head in the sand long enough, all the bad things in the world will be gone.
If you don't want to read the article all the way through, here are the last two paragraphs:
Sounds kinda backwards to me.
What? Edgar Rice Burrough wrote fiction??? Hmm. Never mind then.
Satan: [Singing] But what if you never change? What if you remain a sandy little butthole?
Saddam Hussein: [Singing] Hey, Satan, don't be such a twit / Mother Teresa won't have shit on me.
How about just one keystroke (ALT-F4)? Or just one mouse click (click on the X in the top right)? I haven't even begun to be negative yet! :)
I'm just surprised SCO isn't a member of the OSDL. After all, they're becoming famous for their inability to know what they are doing ("I din't tell you we were issueing subpoena's to certain people because I didn't know we were.").
For anyone not seeing the humor:
How does 8 years of VB programming qualify AC as an expert on server systems?
Apparently other Unixes are not serious either (only Windows 98/NT/2K apparently)
Apache is developed by weekend hackers
Keep them coming! :)
If this results in a class-action suit, it will be equally viable to sue Dell or HP for selling a computer without stating that it is illegal to do something illegal with it...
However, if you actually go to the article it says that "...The SCO Group, which has terminated IBM's right to sell its AIX operating system and wants $3b in damages, is not seeking to go to the Justice Department..." and "But, if required, we may take our case to the Senate".
Basically, this is the same FUD they've been spreading for a while now. Anyone received one of their invoices yet?
I especially love the part that says "Postal Inspectors investigate any crime in which the U.S. Mail is used to further a scheme, whether it originated in the mail, by telephone or on the Internet. The use of the U.S. Mail is what makes it a mail fraud issue." So a scheme (e.g. making money by making unsubstantiated claims about, oh, intellectual property) that then uses the US Mail (e.g. to send invoices for said IP) could wind up being investigated, as long as a sufficiently large number of the people affected register a complaint with the USPS.
Do you see a pattern here?
1) Pump
2) Pump
3) Pump
4) DUMP!
5) Profit!
Only if you forget to take them off. Jeez. :)
That's the technology he's talking about. RTFA.
Flawed business model? Relative to what - SCO's ingenious strategy of using rediculous claims of IP infringement to pump and dump their shares while refusing to publicly disclose what the IP infringement actually is? Yup - SCO knows all about flawed business models.
I couldn't agree with you more, on this and on the other issues. The whole wording of the SCO reply indicates to me that their only purpose of this whole charade is to bring the GPL to court. This reeks distinctly of Microsoft pulling some strings and using SCO as a puppet to see what happens if the GPL is tested in court.
Normally I'm not into conspiracy theories, but I think we got one right here...
It's the interesting use of bold script in the whole message...