Quote"The ten patents initially cited as problematic by the EFF Patent Busting Project are: [snip] pop-up windows"
In my opinion the patent owner of this should make ALL popup ad site pay them a very large some of money for using them! That should help slow down the perliferation of this PAMA (PopUp Ads of Mass Annoyance)...
A press spokesman for microsoft declared that Microsoft 7 year undisputed record, and title of "Biggest Pisstakers of The Year" had finnaly gone.
"We just could compete with the SCO Board" He was heard to say "Their tactics have been unbelievable! There are a lot of people, here at Microsoft, who are very unhappy - with alrights we should have thought of this"
His comments were into SCO latest tactic in the We-are-on-a-loser-but-our-share-options-are-rising -so-we-can-bail plan. The reason Microssoft is unhappy is becuase of SCO's tactic of getting developers to do all the work for them, with out paying, and the altering the licensing so apparently claiming the work as there own. Intersting in any other case this would be simply called "theft".
As the Microsoft spokesman summed up the anger and frustration many people at Microsoft feel, "why could we think of that - it was shear brilliance! Think of all the money we could save. Heads will role because of this"
Also today the Microsoft announced their latest offering. "In the world of computing", the spokesman said "there is a need for reliable, effective, cheap, stable, secure computing. It has to be said that our latest offering have fell a little way short. So it our pleasure to announce the release of 'Mircosoft Lin++'. It is a fully compatible Linux operating system, that only costs $129 per user licence".
....but is't the US the country whose President actually received less votes that the loser - try telling the people who voted for the "loser" that their votes matter!
See the _main_ problem is the graffetti undertaken by the polar bears. Some of it is really good - the trouble is they can only get their paws on white, cfc based, spray paint.
If you check out the Nasdaq stock report for sco the following shareholders with >5% is shown:
Ralph Yarro
Darcy Mott
Canopy Group Inc
John Wall
If you then check out The Canopy Group website you will see the following as board members
Ralph Yarro - CEO & Presedent
Darcy Motto - Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
This gives the Canopy group at least a 15% stake in SCO, possibly more.
If you look at SCO's board and then have a look at their share trading, you see the following:-
Charles BROUGHTON (VP world ops) sold about 120,000 USD worth of shares in the last two months
Robert BENCH (CFO) sold about 120K USD in last few months
Jeff HUNSAKER (s. VP)sold about 120K USD in last few months
Other than McBride (CEO) most of the board have ofloaded shares in the last month or two. To give you an idea of the "peak" of share selling. According to the Nasdaq the number of "insider" trades (i.e. board members) in the last 12 months was 15, and 12 (all of which were sales) of those were in the last 3 months (or as its know just after the Linux thing).
According to the Beeb and their article once on a "...machine the malicious program also launches an attack against the Microsoft site that holds a software patch that keeps the worm out."
.... that users of SCO products shouldn't be deprived the right to use things like GCC. It's not the person at the sharp end (e.g. fellow geeks, techs, developers) that would suffer NOT SCO.
What _may_ be affective (if its possible) is to, for the time being initially, revoke the GCC licence for use of SCO - so SCO cannot package it up on their systems (nor use it inside SCO to copmile products - i.e. stopping development at SCO until a new "GCC" style compiler has been written that _DOESN'T_ use FSF/GCC code), but allow individuals to do this.
Also, if SCO release ANY product, state that they _must_ be using copyrighted code illegally, and report them to the appropraite people and then, possibly, sue them!
...what would happen if we tried "attacking" SCO the best way we know how - ignore them!
Treat them the same way you'd treat an abnoxious, rude kid that is throwing a tantrum - walk away. When the kid sees there isn't an audiance they normally stop.
All that this sort of reporting does is create more FUD - and/. is falling into the trap of making a point of the amount of smoke the SCO is generating - and (accepting the golden rule about managers being sheep and not thinking for themselves) managers believe that where there's smoke....
All/.'ers and the press are doing is pumping this information up and ramping up the share price of a company that was very near to having death throws not so long back.
Until the Judge that hears the prelim falls about laughing before chucking the case out, there is nothing we (linux community,/.'ers, the general populas) can do.
So sit back, relax and when people go "What about SCO' case" go "BAH", wave them away with the words "shoo shoo" and then go back to making a difference.
And remember, you can't spell Scoundrels with out the letters s c o
Come on! How disgusting is that! I am horrified. As a specialist chip make my firm needs the US market. If it can do it to Korea what about the rest of the world.
Here in the uk we product some of the finest chips in the world. They are made with tender loving care and are always of a high quality.
Our firm use only the finest potatos! Do you know how hard it is to grow good quality potatos!!!
1) Create a, or be an established, pissant little company that cannot survive in the current Marketplace.
2) Make a massive press release stating MS has stolen some of your code.
3) Refuse to show said code to anyone without first getting them to sign a gagging order, preferably using their family as collateral.
4) Get an injunction from a court to make MS destroy all copies of their Windows software anywhere in the world, siting SCO v's IBM as case history
5) Wait until the trial to have a bit of code that goes:-
// variable definitions
int a;
char *c;
6) When the court asks why they cannot find the above lines of code in this style in MS's code, claim, with a totally straight face that "well you don't think MS would be stupid enough not to split the lines up"
What a totally brilliant idea! Using the same ideas as the USB light you can have a cup that keeps your coffee warm, rather than, in my case, returning to said cup of coffee after a long code session to discover its cold!
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Quote"The ten patents initially cited as problematic by the EFF Patent Busting Project are: [snip] pop-up windows"
In my opinion the patent owner of this should make ALL popup ad site pay them a very large some of money for using them! That should help slow down the perliferation of this PAMA (PopUp Ads of Mass Annoyance)...
[Ponders]
Wonder if I can patent spam ??
With tongue firmly in cheek
Jaj
.... we can select a receipt of the net, click "order", have to food delivered to us and then enjoy it
:-]
Oh wait a minute I forgot my primay source of food and non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks....
Must get a life....
Anyone know the relevant URL?
Jaj
Mircosoft HQ Redmond
g -so-we-can-bail plan. The reason Microssoft is unhappy is becuase of SCO's tactic of getting developers to do all the work for them, with out paying, and the altering the licensing so apparently claiming the work as there own. Intersting in any other case this would be simply called "theft".
A press spokesman for microsoft declared that Microsoft 7 year undisputed record, and title of "Biggest Pisstakers of The Year" had finnaly gone.
"We just could compete with the SCO Board" He was heard to say "Their tactics have been unbelievable! There are a lot of people, here at Microsoft, who are very unhappy - with alrights we should have thought of this"
His comments were into SCO latest tactic in the We-are-on-a-loser-but-our-share-options-are-risin
As the Microsoft spokesman summed up the anger and frustration many people at Microsoft feel, "why could we think of that - it was shear brilliance! Think of all the money we could save. Heads will role because of this"
Also today the Microsoft announced their latest offering. "In the world of computing", the spokesman said "there is a need for reliable, effective, cheap, stable, secure computing. It has to be said that our latest offering have fell a little way short. So it our pleasure to announce the release of 'Mircosoft Lin++'. It is a fully compatible Linux operating system, that only costs $129 per user licence".
More details of MS Lin++ to follow shortly"
Jaj
With tongue firmly in his cheek
....but is't the US the country whose President actually received less votes that the loser - try telling the people who voted for the "loser" that their votes matter!
Jaj
[runs and hides in flame prove shelter]
Maybe we need to start using more aerosols.
See the _main_ problem is the graffetti undertaken by the polar bears. Some of it is really good - the trouble is they can only get their paws on white, cfc based, spray paint.
Jaj
If you check out the Nasdaq stock report for sco the following shareholders with >5% is shown:
Ralph Yarro
Darcy Mott
Canopy Group Inc
John Wall
If you then check out The Canopy Group website you will see the following as board members
Ralph Yarro - CEO & Presedent
Darcy Motto - Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
This gives the Canopy group at least a 15% stake in SCO, possibly more.
If you look at SCO's board and then have a look at their share trading, you see the following:-
Charles BROUGHTON (VP world ops) sold about 120,000 USD worth of shares in the last two months
Robert BENCH (CFO) sold about 120K USD in last few months
Jeff HUNSAKER (s. VP)sold about 120K USD in last few months
Other than McBride (CEO) most of the board have ofloaded shares in the last month or two. To give you an idea of the "peak" of share selling. According to the Nasdaq the number of "insider" trades (i.e. board members) in the last 12 months was 15, and 12 (all of which were sales) of those were in the last 3 months (or as its know just after the Linux thing).
Yarro and Mott both also sit on the board of SCO.
Does that stink or is it just me?
Jaj
....is undertaken by consultants with the the letters "I" and "Q" and the number 25!
Consultants with too much time on their hands!!!
Suppose we should be greatful they ain't breading
:-]
Jaj
...that ramping share prices (e.g. via "dubious" lawsuits) before flogging your shares was illegal!.....
Oh wait I forgot this is SCO we are talking about... Normal laws appear to not apply as strongly as they should with them.
Jaj
According to the Beeb and their article once on a "...machine the malicious program also launches an attack against the Microsoft site that holds a software patch that keeps the worm out."
Nice twist of fate
Jaj
The Cert advisory can be found here
.... that users of SCO products shouldn't be deprived the right to use things like GCC. It's not the person at the sharp end (e.g. fellow geeks, techs, developers) that would suffer NOT SCO.
What _may_ be affective (if its possible) is to, for the time being initially, revoke the GCC licence for use of SCO - so SCO cannot package it up on their systems (nor use it inside SCO to copmile products - i.e. stopping development at SCO until a new "GCC" style compiler has been written that _DOESN'T_ use FSF/GCC code), but allow individuals to do this.
Also, if SCO release ANY product, state that they _must_ be using copyrighted code illegally, and report them to the appropraite people and then, possibly, sue them!
Might have an effect.
JaJ
...what would happen if we tried "attacking" SCO the best way we know how - ignore them!
/. is falling into the trap of making a point of the amount of smoke the SCO is generating - and (accepting the golden rule about managers being sheep and not thinking for themselves) managers believe that where there's smoke....
/.'ers and the press are doing is pumping this information up and ramping up the share price of a company that was very near to having death throws not so long back.
/.'ers, the general populas) can do.
Treat them the same way you'd treat an abnoxious, rude kid that is throwing a tantrum - walk away. When the kid sees there isn't an audiance they normally stop.
All that this sort of reporting does is create more FUD - and
All
Until the Judge that hears the prelim falls about laughing before chucking the case out, there is nothing we (linux community,
So sit back, relax and when people go "What about SCO' case" go "BAH", wave them away with the words "shoo shoo" and then go back to making a difference.
And remember, you can't spell Scoundrels with out the letters s c o
Jaj
"I'm not sure exactly where Thurrott gets the 80% figure"
As Vic Reeves would say "86.5% of statistics are made up on the spot".
Jaj
....they have picked between metric and/or imperial to give measurements in so they don't park the thing at high velocity into Mars.
Remeber...... Faster, Better, Cheaper
Please delete as applicable.
bright yellow knob ends sticking out of the sea
In Devon and cornwall they're called "Holiday makers", or "Tourists".
Jaj
Come on! How disgusting is that! I am horrified. As a specialist chip make my firm needs the US market. If it can do it to Korea what about the rest of the world.
:-]
Here in the uk we product some of the finest chips in the world. They are made with tender loving care and are always of a high quality.
Our firm use only the finest potatos! Do you know how hard it is to grow good quality potatos!!!
Jaj
Storing all AOL/YM for 3 years!!!! If someone has to wade thought that crap! Please pity them
Two hundred million AOL/YM - 95% of them porn.
Wow RSI with no typing involved. That hasn't occured since the Cindy Crawford work out video
:^]
Jaj
In stead of "Scientists Grow Decaffeinated Coffee Plants" I want ot see headlines like...:-
Scientists Grow caffeinated Coffee Plants with 50% more Caffine
or
Scientist grow a Jolt Cola Plant
or
Scientist grom a Caffine/Pizza combo plant
Why _less_ caffine??
Jaj
Netscape planned release, codenamed "buffy"
Buffy the IE slayer...... Hummm doesn't quite work.
Although the 'destroying the undead whose goal it is to reign the earth and bring pain, misery and fear to all' analogy may have some distance to run
:-]
Jaj
The beeb have released a Real audio file here. May be of interest
Jaj
Hold to screw MS in 7 easy stages....
// variable definitions
1) Create a, or be an established, pissant little company that cannot survive in the current Marketplace.
2) Make a massive press release stating MS has stolen some of your code.
3) Refuse to show said code to anyone without first getting them to sign a gagging order, preferably using their family as collateral.
4) Get an injunction from a court to make MS destroy all copies of their Windows software anywhere in the world, siting SCO v's IBM as case history
5) Wait until the trial to have a bit of code that goes:-
int a;
char *c;
6) When the court asks why they cannot find the above lines of code in this style in MS's code, claim, with a totally straight face that "well you don't think MS would be stupid enough not to split the lines up"
7) "Prove" your case and destory MS.
How stupid does this sound....... Ask SCO!
Jaj
I just thought that Boeing was numbering planes in Hex: 727, 737, 757, 767, 777, 7e7, and so on.
:^]
Ya know what that is silly enough to be true!
Please note I assume you are being sarcastic!
Jaj
7E7?? Wow, 7e7 being 70000000 :-]
:-]
So we have a choice of large number or bad porn film rip-off of the Love Boat (DreamLiner).
Jaj
2. the usb coffee mug
What a totally brilliant idea! Using the same ideas as the USB light you can have a cup that keeps your coffee warm, rather than, in my case, returning to said cup of coffee after a long code session to discover its cold!
Genius!
According to this article in the Beeb, corruption is costing Nigeria 1billion usd per year....
:^]
Makes you wonder how many of these scams are true
Jaj