The problem is that in the consolidation of Caldera and SCO into the SCO Group, SCO has forgotten the ideals of the free software movement. They've turned their backs on Linux and open source software and at the same time benefitted by using open source software in their own distribution of Linux.
While they're allowed to come out with their own distribution and charge for the copies of it (as Red Hat, Mandrake, and other distributions can), they fail to realize how Red Hat, Mandrake, et al. stay in business... by adding value to their product in the field of reputation and support services.
This is why Autozone left SCO for Red Hat if I understand the Autozone developer correctly. It had nothing to do with taking SCO developed libraries and files, but more so an upgrade in Autozone's system where Red Hat was willing to offer support along with the 30+ developers at Autozone to migrate their system.
It's also funny to note that SCO is already claiming in print that they own the UNIX copyrights without the judgement in the IBM case. This is noted in their webpage for the Autozone case:
LAS VEGAS, Mar 3, 2004/PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX), the owner of the UNIX(R) operating system and a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions, today announced it has filed suit against AutoZone, Inc., for its alleged violations of SCO's UNIX copyrights through its use of Linux.
I find this claim (to put it in George Bush's terms) to be "troublesome" or "ill-advised" considering that they're claiming they have a copyright that they have not been deemed entitled to carry and as a result Autozone could countersuit and argue that SCO is making claims on a copyright they have not acquired until the IBM case is over.
To me, I think that SCO is now on the warpath of former SCO customers who migrated over from SCO to other Linux distributions. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the new target for their FUD campaign. You have to think that before Autozone left SCO, they had a relationship where SCO knew how many systems Autozone had running Linux.
To prove it, here's the houses that Jeremy Jaynes owns.. bling bling..
As a fellow NC resident of Cary and a worker in Raleigh, I'm happy to see Virginia root out the Raleigh Spamming Gang out of my community and workplace.
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For Christmas, I lose my job on Dec 31st.
My company just went thru a merger. My company name is being changed to the other company's name(which means that we get the shaft).
I would estimate that at 3/4 of the employees at my company will be unemployed by the end of the year. The company has about 800 employees currently.
Instead of migrating employees over to the new company, our own employees have to reapply for positions at the new company. They will also get about 1/3 less in pay IF they get hired.
Think of it this way...
You can collect unemployment and work doing something on the side.
I'm in North Carolina, so I plan on looking for other jobs, but if that doesn't pan out, I can immediately collect unemployment if I'm in school. I just have to be enrolled. This includes online courses:) In order to keep receiving my checks, I have to send out 2 resumes a week. I've been sending out resumes for the past year, so I don't think that I'll have a problem with that. You can work at a part time job AND still collect unemployment.
With the severance, retention pay and vacation time accrued, I'm looking at 10 weeks of pay after I leave my company.
This gives me ample time to:
1. take a vacation
2. look for a job
3. do computer consulting on a part time basis.
Hopefully if your HR department is a good one and they can help you with this transition.
You can also find help at the Employment Security Commission for your state. They might offer you instant unemployment money for taking some classes like NC does.
The economy is also starting to look better, so maybe job hunting won't be so bad.
Best of luck and enjoy your freedom while you can. Enjoy not having to tell the boss everything you do and have your suggestions fall on deaf ears. Spend time with your family and friends.
I always thought that Linux was like a friend.. you know, you help me out (free OS) and I'll help you out (open source contributions).
I should have learned like everyone else that you can trust M$. They do have that Trustworthy Computing Initiative to back up that they can be trusted... They work very close with all the virus companies so that when I do get a virus, I can remove it and then patch all of my machines. I like that they are very proactive once the virus spreads.
You can also help the economy by laying off half of your company. That way disgruntled employees can complain to M$ all they want that you have unlicensed copies of the software. Little to they know that you only bought half of what you needed originally and the half of company is now gone, so you have just the right amount of licenses now:)
M$ is very close to releasing Office (whatever year it is) pretty soon. I took a look at their product line. InfoPath and OneNote look promising, but I have no clue what they do. They help my company by doing stuff that I don't have to, so that I can make money or something...
I'm off to my meeting with the Underpants Gnomes (ref. South Park) to get approval for all these new programs.
I think this is a secret government plot for large corporations to take over the world.
This all started with the Axis of Evil speech by George Bush. I just think that Stratton Scalvos (CEO of Verislime)and Darl McBride (CEO of SCO) really believe that if people are dumb enough to believe Bush and that there are WMD's in Iraq, then they're dumb enough to believe Verislime and SCO propaganda... so without delay, here is the...
Internet's Axis of Evil:
1. Other root servers
Verisign should control all root servers because we can't leave these open to several private and public organizations for security reasons. Someone could blow up all 13 of them with a truck bomb at the SAME TIME!
2. Linux
We have huge government contacts with Microsoft because they run 95% of all computers in the whole world. I just have to patch all of my machines everyday and they promise I'll be ok. Linux is for hobbyists, nerds and Microsoft playa haters. How can the contribution of a few million people working on Linux for nothing do any more than Microsoft? They pay their people to write the best, most secure software code in the world.
3. IBM
We thought they were on our side, well they were back in the days, but they have defected to the dark side. Don't they understand that arbitrarily negating a contract (like SCO did) is just business and they shouldn't take it personally. That's what they deserve for taking in those open source freaks. IBM and Linux stole SCO's code... they should just take SCO's word for it. I'll think I'll invest millions in SCO because they obviously found a way to make money from all those Linux freeloaders. Why are all the SCO execs cashing in their stocks while I put money into their company??
Are people really this stupid not to realize what's going on?
How can people who barely speak the English language get elected into office (...speaking of Bush and Arnold)!
If Clinton were in office, all mistyped websites would be redirected to http://www.whitehouse.com
Why do I have a manager at work that has no damn clue what I do!?
Are all people destined for great responsiblity supposed to be this damn stupid?
I'm going to go bang my head for a while, drink a beer and try to kill some brain cells, so I too can aspire to be in great positions of power and financial prosperity.
I think you left out the amount of TCP 135 and ICMP traffic from machines infected with... well... whatever worms and/or virii that came out this month.
P2P DNS would not work...
1. People would get too many requests and stop the sharing option. We see this already where people are unwilling to share files, but had no problem downloading them. The hops to get the records might vary as well. It's more efficient to get the records from your ISP and have their name servers contact the TLD's if they don't have a cached copy of the zone record already.
2. Possible DNS poisoning/outdated records. Someone could point you to the wrong DNS servers for resolution or just set up some redirection site (like Verislime's SiteFinder). Plus, do you really trust Micro$oft workstations to provide you with the correct DNS information? I can see the article now... "millions of zombie P2P machines supply wrong DNS information to millions of other Windows machines... local man wants to know when consumptionjunction.com will be up again..."
A better solution is to open the doors for other private and public institutions to host root servers. Why not open them up to more universities and private companies in the Americas, Europe and Asia? The growth of internet traffic should call for a growth in the number of root servers available to use.
Giving Verislime COMPLETE CONTROL to the root servers would be a grave mistake. There are no checks and balances to keep them or anyone else in line.
How could Verislime afford to house all of these DNS servers? What is their Return Of Investment (ROI). In other words, how are they going to make a profit from this? I question their business model and the plans they have in the future.
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The problem is that in the consolidation of Caldera and SCO into the SCO Group, SCO has forgotten the ideals of the free software movement. They've turned their backs on Linux and open source software and at the same time benefitted by using open source software in their own distribution of Linux.
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/PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX), the owner of the UNIX(R) operating system and a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions, today announced it has filed suit against AutoZone, Inc., for its alleged violations of SCO's UNIX copyrights through its use of Linux.
While they're allowed to come out with their own distribution and charge for the copies of it (as Red Hat, Mandrake, and other distributions can), they fail to realize how Red Hat, Mandrake, et al. stay in business... by adding value to their product in the field of reputation and support services.
This is why Autozone left SCO for Red Hat if I understand the Autozone developer correctly. It had nothing to do with taking SCO developed libraries and files, but more so an upgrade in Autozone's system where Red Hat was willing to offer support along with the 30+ developers at Autozone to migrate their system.
It's also funny to note that SCO is already claiming in print that they own the UNIX copyrights without the judgement in the IBM case. This is noted in their webpage for the Autozone case:
http://ir.sco.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=129
LAS VEGAS, Mar 3, 2004
I find this claim (to put it in George Bush's terms) to be "troublesome" or "ill-advised" considering that they're claiming they have a copyright that they have not been deemed entitled to carry and as a result Autozone could countersuit and argue that SCO is making claims on a copyright they have not acquired until the IBM case is over.
To me, I think that SCO is now on the warpath of former SCO customers who migrated over from SCO to other Linux distributions. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the new target for their FUD campaign. You have to think that before Autozone left SCO, they had a relationship where SCO knew how many systems Autozone had running Linux.
You were going to give them your email address?
:)
Just forge the headers and the return email address when you send out the message.
Just remember to put the opt out link at the bottom of your message.
To prove it, here's the houses that Jeremy Jaynes owns.. bling bling..
As a fellow NC resident of Cary and a worker in Raleigh, I'm happy to see Virginia root out the Raleigh Spamming Gang out of my community and workplace.
Here's an article from my local paper.
For Christmas, I lose my job on Dec 31st.
My company just went thru a merger. My company name is being changed to the other company's name(which means that we get the shaft).
I would estimate that at 3/4 of the employees at my company will be unemployed by the end of the year. The company has about 800 employees currently.
Instead of migrating employees over to the new company, our own employees have to reapply for positions at the new company. They will also get about 1/3 less in pay IF they get hired.
Think of it this way...
You can collect unemployment and work doing something on the side.
I'm in North Carolina, so I plan on looking for other jobs, but if that doesn't pan out, I can immediately collect unemployment if I'm in school. I just have to be enrolled. This includes online courses :) In order to keep receiving my checks, I have to send out 2 resumes a week. I've been sending out resumes for the past year, so I don't think that I'll have a problem with that. You can work at a part time job AND still collect unemployment.
With the severance, retention pay and vacation time accrued, I'm looking at 10 weeks of pay after I leave my company.
This gives me ample time to:
1. take a vacation
2. look for a job
3. do computer consulting on a part time basis.
Hopefully if your HR department is a good one and they can help you with this transition.
You can also find help at the Employment Security Commission for your state. They might offer you instant unemployment money for taking some classes like NC does.
The economy is also starting to look better, so maybe job hunting won't be so bad.
Best of luck and enjoy your freedom while you can. Enjoy not having to tell the boss everything you do and have your suggestions fall on deaf ears. Spend time with your family and friends.
I always thought that Linux was like a friend.. you know, you help me out (free OS) and I'll help you out (open source contributions).
I should have learned like everyone else that you can trust M$. They do have that Trustworthy Computing Initiative to back up that they can be trusted... They work very close with all the virus companies so that when I do get a virus, I can remove it and then patch all of my machines. I like that they are very proactive once the virus spreads.
You can also help the economy by laying off half of your company. That way disgruntled employees can complain to M$ all they want that you have unlicensed copies of the software. Little to they know that you only bought half of what you needed originally and the half of company is now gone, so you have just the right amount of licenses now :)
M$ is very close to releasing Office (whatever year it is) pretty soon. I took a look at their product line. InfoPath and OneNote look promising, but I have no clue what they do. They help my company by doing stuff that I don't have to, so that I can make money or something...
I'm off to my meeting with the Underpants Gnomes (ref. South Park) to get approval for all these new programs.
Step 1: buy M$ products
Step 3: PROFIT!!
This all started with the Axis of Evil speech by George Bush. I just think that Stratton Scalvos (CEO of Verislime)and Darl McBride (CEO of SCO) really believe that if people are dumb enough to believe Bush and that there are WMD's in Iraq, then they're dumb enough to believe Verislime and SCO propaganda... so without delay, here is the...
Internet's Axis of Evil:
1. Other root servers
Verisign should control all root servers because we can't leave these open to several private and public organizations for security reasons. Someone could blow up all 13 of them with a truck bomb at the SAME TIME!
2. Linux
We have huge government contacts with Microsoft because they run 95% of all computers in the whole world. I just have to patch all of my machines everyday and they promise I'll be ok. Linux is for hobbyists, nerds and Microsoft playa haters. How can the contribution of a few million people working on Linux for nothing do any more than Microsoft? They pay their people to write the best, most secure software code in the world.
3. IBM
We thought they were on our side, well they were back in the days, but they have defected to the dark side. Don't they understand that arbitrarily negating a contract (like SCO did) is just business and they shouldn't take it personally. That's what they deserve for taking in those open source freaks. IBM and Linux stole SCO's code... they should just take SCO's word for it. I'll think I'll invest millions in SCO because they obviously found a way to make money from all those Linux freeloaders. Why are all the SCO execs cashing in their stocks while I put money into their company??
Are people really this stupid not to realize what's going on?
How can people who barely speak the English language get elected into office (...speaking of Bush and Arnold)!
If Clinton were in office, all mistyped websites would be redirected to http://www.whitehouse.com
Why do I have a manager at work that has no damn clue what I do!?
Are all people destined for great responsiblity supposed to be this damn stupid?
I'm going to go bang my head for a while, drink a beer and try to kill some brain cells, so I too can aspire to be in great positions of power and financial prosperity.
I think you left out the amount of TCP 135 and ICMP traffic from machines infected with... well... whatever worms and/or virii that came out this month.
P2P DNS would not work... 1. People would get too many requests and stop the sharing option. We see this already where people are unwilling to share files, but had no problem downloading them. The hops to get the records might vary as well. It's more efficient to get the records from your ISP and have their name servers contact the TLD's if they don't have a cached copy of the zone record already. 2. Possible DNS poisoning/outdated records. Someone could point you to the wrong DNS servers for resolution or just set up some redirection site (like Verislime's SiteFinder). Plus, do you really trust Micro$oft workstations to provide you with the correct DNS information? I can see the article now... "millions of zombie P2P machines supply wrong DNS information to millions of other Windows machines... local man wants to know when consumptionjunction.com will be up again..." A better solution is to open the doors for other private and public institutions to host root servers. Why not open them up to more universities and private companies in the Americas, Europe and Asia? The growth of internet traffic should call for a growth in the number of root servers available to use. Giving Verislime COMPLETE CONTROL to the root servers would be a grave mistake. There are no checks and balances to keep them or anyone else in line. How could Verislime afford to house all of these DNS servers? What is their Return Of Investment (ROI). In other words, how are they going to make a profit from this? I question their business model and the plans they have in the future.