There is only One Company in the whole world the SCO lawsuit helps. Hint: It isn't SCO. Arguing about the minutiae of SCO's claims misses the point. SCO is noting but a tool. The real question is how far will the One Company go?
Why did SCO get 50 million bucks in new investment? Does anyone think SCO will ever sell anything again? Everyone that would ever buy their kind of product hates them. They needed the money to pay lawyers. They also need to pay big salaries to the people at SCO who will be poison in the industry. Would you hire any of them? If you can buy Senators and the Justice Department you can certainly buy the little piss-ants at SCO. It isn't called bribery it's called investment.
As an example of what money can do; Why do you think the DMCA was passed? Because the Senators and Congressmen care so much about intellectual property rights that they made criminals of 100 million Americans? No they were paid by the RIAA. It isn't called bribery it's called campaign contributions.
The One Company must be quaking. Everyday it seems major governments are supporting open-source projects and products. Everyday it seems new announcements are made of products moving away from the One Companies products to open-source. Today the Army's Land Warrior project announced that they are moving to Linux. A better product CAN win and is winning. The One Company will lose on a fair playing field. But don't expect a fair playing field. They will buy whoever it takes to keep what they have. It isn't called bribery it's called influencing the public debate.
Start prophesy:
IBM lawyers will dig out the connection between the One Company and SCO and it will turn out to be even more disgusting than you can imagine.
Several Senators will introduce a bill that subtly or not so subtly attacks the GPL while ostensibly propping up American intellectual property rights.
Since neither Bush nor the Democratic candidates understand, or care for that matter, about open-source any bill the One Company cares to have passed will be signed into law.
Only Americans will get screwed. The rest of the world will tell the One Company to get stuffed.
End prophesy
Did you think it would ever get to the point where the RIAA would sue 12 year old girls? How far will the One Company go? From their past history there any limit?
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There is only One Company in the whole world the SCO lawsuit helps. Hint: It isn't SCO. Arguing about the minutiae of SCO's claims misses the point. SCO is noting but a tool. The real question is how far will the One Company go?
Why did SCO get 50 million bucks in new investment? Does anyone think SCO will ever sell anything again? Everyone that would ever buy their kind of product hates them. They needed the money to pay lawyers. They also need to pay big salaries to the people at SCO who will be poison in the industry. Would you hire any of them? If you can buy Senators and the Justice Department you can certainly buy the little piss-ants at SCO. It isn't called bribery it's called investment.
As an example of what money can do; Why do you think the DMCA was passed? Because the Senators and Congressmen care so much about intellectual property rights that they made criminals of 100 million Americans? No they were paid by the RIAA. It isn't called bribery it's called campaign contributions.
The One Company must be quaking. Everyday it seems major governments are supporting open-source projects and products. Everyday it seems new announcements are made of products moving away from the One Companies products to open-source. Today the Army's Land Warrior project announced that they are moving to Linux. A better product CAN win and is winning. The One Company will lose on a fair playing field. But don't expect a fair playing field. They will buy whoever it takes to keep what they have. It isn't called bribery it's called influencing the public debate.
Start prophesy:
IBM lawyers will dig out the connection between the One Company and SCO and it will turn out to be even more disgusting than you can imagine.
Several Senators will introduce a bill that subtly or not so subtly attacks the GPL while ostensibly propping up American intellectual property rights.
Since neither Bush nor the Democratic candidates understand, or care for that matter, about open-source any bill the One Company cares to have passed will be signed into law.
Only Americans will get screwed. The rest of the world will tell the One Company to get stuffed.
End prophesy
Did you think it would ever get to the point where the RIAA would sue 12 year old girls? How far will the One Company go? From their past history there any limit?