That's the sound of SCO's stock falling tomorrow.
Now that we've seen the code, their case is clearly baseless. It's downright laughable that they would even try to claim ownership of BSD code and ancient Unix archives.
I believe that Linux will get through this. It's a setback, no question, but based off of the facts we have SCO has about as much of a chance of winning their lawsuits as Gary Coleman has of landing himself as the next governer of California. I think most of us already knew this, but these new findings just solidify it.
The real question here is how long will SCO be allowed to continually extort people without any real reprocussions?
First there was no more new standalone Internet Explorer clients, and now there's no more Outlook Express. I see this as being a pretty good thing overall. The initial impact will be more users switching to other alternative non Microsoft software. At least that's what I'll be hoping to see.
Nikki Hemming, CEO of KaZaA, says, "Sharman Networks would like to formally extend its offer to the entertainment industry to assist in the capture and conviction of suspected music pirates. We will be cooperating in every way with the proper authorities, so long as we become the official content distributor for the entertainment industry." Our contact at the RIAA did not wish to comment at this time.
There turn out to be no lawsuits. Has anyone considered the possibility that this is just a scare tactic? Surely they know suing their customers will bring their sales down.
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SPEWS probably only had about 2 or 3 IPs left that weren't blacklisted anyway.
Of course they want a settlement. Their case has NO merit. Here's to hoping IBM castrates these fools.
That's the sound of SCO's stock falling tomorrow. Now that we've seen the code, their case is clearly baseless. It's downright laughable that they would even try to claim ownership of BSD code and ancient Unix archives. I believe that Linux will get through this. It's a setback, no question, but based off of the facts we have SCO has about as much of a chance of winning their lawsuits as Gary Coleman has of landing himself as the next governer of California. I think most of us already knew this, but these new findings just solidify it. The real question here is how long will SCO be allowed to continually extort people without any real reprocussions?
First there was no more new standalone Internet Explorer clients, and now there's no more Outlook Express. I see this as being a pretty good thing overall. The initial impact will be more users switching to other alternative non Microsoft software. At least that's what I'll be hoping to see.
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There is no such thing as fair use. Just ask the RIAA.
How will this affect the development of Word of Warcraft? Were these guys a part of those teams?
I believe thats a quote from "The Italian Job" where Seth Green claims to have actually invented Napster.
There turn out to be no lawsuits. Has anyone considered the possibility that this is just a scare tactic? Surely they know suing their customers will bring their sales down.
What do you think?
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