We're impressed by this maneuver and in the light of Bruce Perens' admission, we are examining similar opportunities for SCO to capitalize on the violation of its own intellectual property.
This morning, we took our first steps with the deployment of SCObully, also headed up by Chris Sontag, and already the program is a success. A 14 year-old boy was spotted outside our offices with a Linux-based PDA and was pushed down repeatedly until forfeiting his lunch money, and a young girl of 8 was seen with an MP3 player that rhymes with Linux and so was rightfully divulged of the remainder of her candy necklace.
I'll have you know I'm moderated Insightful and Interesting just as much as I'm moderated Troll. Have a heart if I play games now and then -- there's absolutely nothing else to do in Utah. I mean, what am I gonna do -- go bowling on the salt flats with my mormon buddies? They don't even drink!!!
An interesting thing happens when you repeat a lie often enough and loud enough. Not only do you begin to sway the masses, you begin to believe it yourself.
Let's just hope that two years of non-stop blustering and pumping don't set people's mindsets to what degree of wrong was done rather than whether anything was done wrong. If this continues clear through the trial date and a few politicians and major press sources have succumb by then, this could get pretty damned ugly.
If you have sigs on (or look at the URL for my home page) you'll know this is a gag account. If you even thought -other- people would be fooled by this, then you're a bit more gullible than most.
Loosen up, friend. Relax a little and have some fun.
As far as I know, the MW announcement was the first.
If you're inclined, you can return it within the first 10 business days after receiving it. I thought about it a while and opted not to myself, as the bigger drive model is an unknown quantity. For all I know, those could turn out to have problems or have a bit less battery life. Better to stick with the well-tested model and let others test for future reference.:)
I promise you that Darl McBride knows not to release one record too many. Darl McBride is nothing if not a showman. Damnit, Darl McBride is nothing BUT a showman!
Have 1,000 shares, on the house. And welcome to your place under the Angel Investors umbrella.
Actually, GNU/Debian is suspending Hurd development for a while, owing to expanding license concerns tied to the SCO case. This is already in the slashdot submission queue.
Is there a toll free 800 number that I can call to talk to a salesman about getting a license? I would certainly like to. I would suggest that maybe the next SCO story de jour be posted early in the business day and include an an SCO 800 number that we can all call and get more information on this wonderful SCO offering.
A while ago, someone noted that the estimated number of Linux users is roughly equivalent to the number of dollars SCO is presently holding.
If each Linux user could do something that would cost SCO $1, then unless they can find a large investor with a death wish, SCO would rapidly vanish.
Calling an 800 number would certainly be a start. This would, however, be hiiiiiighly immoral. Mmm hmm. Bad dog. *stroke pet pet*
And by that I mean the coders (if they have any left)?
You've pretty much answered your question in the parenthesis. SCO has laid off most of its development staff, and there have been a few high-profile people quitting as well. What's left at SCO is mostly the legal team and a handful of salespeople.
If you visit SCO's website and look at the hiring page, you'll presently find no open positions. I think this means SCO are pretty much digging in and wagering the entire future of the company on this lawsuit.
but SCO seems to be hell bent on causing anarchy and getting brought out by IBM
You can be sure as hell that this is one thing that will not happen. IBM is well aware that if they capitulate on this one, there will be a dozen or more copycat suits of varying degrees of merit. It's better to obliterate a case like this and to make it an expensive mistake for SCO's investors than it is to negotiate.
All kidding aside, at this point the most favorable outcome for SCO (whether they know it yet or not) would be for IBM to dig deeply enough to scare SCO into dropping the case and retiring to a quiet corner to expire without any of the principals doing time for fraud.
What if you called SCO and told them that you have X copies of linux (non SCO) and asked them to send you an invoice. If they then actually invoiced you for a product you never bought from them could you then charge them with fraud?
SCO are being quite careful about ensuring that people know this is not a Linux license, but rather a license for any IP that may be contained in Linx. They've even gone as far as to make a part of the license contract be an agreement that they don't owe anything in return, even if it's found that there is no SCO IP present.
If SCO were flat-out licensing Linux to you, you would have a case. But it's a bit more blurry (though that doesn't mean it's entirely legal) with the way they're handling it.
You can be sure that SCO's laywers have been hammering on this for quite a while, and while the broad strategies SCO have been using seem pretty strange, SCO isn't going to hang itself when it comes to collecting cash instead of just spewing bizarre quotes to the press.
$699 for a single CPU license? What makes them think they can get that amount of money from anyone, even if they win the case[s]?
NOBODY expects the SCO License Audit! Our chief weapon is suprise... surprise and fear... fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise... and a littany of grandiose claims in press releases.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and grandiose claims... and an almost fanatical devotion to the UNIX license.... Our *four*... no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry... are such diverse elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again. (Exit and exeunt)
Darl here, with another fine Fr1st P0st. After all -- SCO did everything first, and the rest of the responses to this story will owe their
heritage to a foundation built on SCO's staff of talented programmers.
We aren't answering the phones because we're too busy celebrating our newest business partner. Rather than explaining it myself, I'll let our formal
press release do the talking. Take it away, Mr. Reuters...
LINDON, Utah, Sept. 8/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX - News), the owner and licensor of the core
UNIX operating system source code, today announced its second Fortune 500 clent for the SCO Linux IP license, the GNAA (Nasdaq: RHAT - News),
developer of fine Slashdot trolls on #gnaa irc.efnet.net, also well-known for revolutionizing small business development with its "Step 2. ??????"
profit model. The availability
of the SCO Intellectual Property License for Linux affords Linux deployments to come into compliance with international law for
the use of all 2.4 and future kernels. The run-time license permits the use of SCO's intellectual property, in binary form only,
as contained in Linux distributions.
By purchasing a SCO Intellectual Property License, customers avoid infringement of SCO's
intellectual property rights in Linux 2.4 and Linux 2.5 kernels and assure Darl financial security for the purchase of his second home.
Because the SCO license authorizes run-time use only, customers
also comply with the General Public License, under which Linux is distributed. Source may still be distributed under the terms of
the GPL, however source distributors are held accountable for all violation of SCO's IP. Indemnification is provided for customers
of runtime clients only. Read that twice, dirty hippy. You're not in the clear yet.
GNAA spokesperson penisbird said of the licensure, "coming into compliance affords us a new competitive advantage with the other
Slashdot authors. By being in the right, we can thumb down our noses at not only the Windows users and the BSD-thieving Mac Users,
but also the unwashed Linux hippies running stolen code on their parents' PCs." VP of anus enlargement goat-see added, "fr1st p0st?
damn i miss. how do i next story?"
Mr. Darl McBride concurred with GNAA's analysis, adding "We soon hope to convince additional clients such as Trollklore and Cabal of
Logged In Trolls of the benefits of licensing SCO's valuable IP. Also, I <3 GNAA bunny. (@.@)" JesuitX clarified the nature of the SCO and GNAA alliance, adding "We're
more than just a licensing client. We're also going to be helping to bring these other potential licensors into compliance. We can break
them in little by little as paying sublicensors. The alternative is
pretty horrible. Our lawyers can take a reticent client from virgin to
hello.jpg [figure 2] in under an hour,
and believe me -- it is not pleasant."
Commander Taco was unavailable for comment, however Cowboy Kneel was said to ask for a print of [figure 2] for his basement apartment.
Simoniker remained British and unable to spell "color," while Timothy responded by posting the same story six times, and Hemos reposted a seventh
time, the submission differing only from his application of that damned Einstein icon.
LINDON, Utah, Sept. 8/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX - News), the owner and licensor of the core
UNIX operating system source code, today announced its second Fortune 500 clent for the SCO Linux IP license, the GNAA (Nasdaq: RHAT - News),
developer of fine Slashdot trolls on #gnaa irc.efnet.net, also well-known for revolutionizing small business development with its "Step 2. ??????"
profit model. The availability
of the SCO Intellectual Property License for Linux affords Linux deployments to come into compliance with international law for
the use of all 2.4 and future kernels. The run-time license permits the use of SCO's intellectual property, in binary form only,
as contained in Linux distributions.
By purchasing a SCO Intellectual Property License, customers avoid infringement of SCO's
intellectual property rights in Linux 2.4 and Linux 2.5 kernels and assure Darl financial security for the purchase of his second home.
Because the SCO license authorizes run-time use only, customers
also comply with the General Public License, under which Linux is distributed. Source may still be distributed under the terms of
the GPL, however source distributors are held accountable for all violation of SCO's IP. Indemnification is provided for customers
of runtime clients only. Read that twice, dirty hippy. You're not in the clear yet.
GNAA spokesperson penisbird said of the licensure, "coming into compliance affords us a new competitive advantage with the other
Slashdot authors. By being in the right, we can thumb down our noses at not only the Windows users and the BSD-thieving Mac Users,
but also the unwashed Linux hippies running stolen code on their parents' PCs." VP of anus enlargement goat-see added, "fr1st p0st?
damn i miss. how do i next story?"
Mr. Darl McBride concurred with GNAA's analysis, adding "We soon hope to convince additional clients such as Trollklore and Cabal of
Logged In Trolls of the benefits of licensing SCO's valuable IP. Also, I <3 GNAA bunny. (@.@)" JesuitX clarified the nature of the SCO and GNAA alliance, adding "We're
more than just a licensing client. We're also going to be helping to bring these other potential licensors into compliance. We can break
them in little by little as paying sublicensors. The alternative is
pretty horrible. Our lawyers can take a reticent client from virgin to
hello.jpg [figure 2] in under an hour,
and believe me -- it is not pleasant."
Commander Taco was unavailable for comment, however Cowboy Kneel was said to ask for a print of [figure 2] for his basement apartment.
Simoniker remained British and unable to spell "color," while Timothy responded by posting the same story six times, and Hemos reposted a seventh
time, the submission differing only from his application of that damned Einstein icon.
I just bought a 30g iPod, and Apple made me wait 4 weeks for shipping because they were drop-shipping from out of country. The phone representative said it was really unusual and she wasn't sure why they were doing it this way.
Guess I know now. They were clearing out the 30s to be replaced by the 40s at the same price. Ah well. It holds more than enough music to keep me engaged.
Out of curiosity though, did anyone get lucky and order a 30, then get notice that they'd receive a 40 at the same price? That they aren't selling the 30 at all right after the announcement makes me think they waited until they'd completely exhausted inventory before the release.
Progressives ride the wave of the future, while conservatives get drudged up in the past.
Just because it sounds catchy doesn't make it true. This kind of weak-minded gamesaying is the foundation of liberalism, and will be the downfall of this country if we don't put a stop to it.
Yes, we've come a long way by stomping out the repression of minorities, and going back to a time when women didn't abdicate their responsibility to their husbands and children doesn't mean we have to put everything back the way it was.
Slashdot Mirror
We're impressed by this maneuver and in the light of Bruce Perens' admission, we are examining similar opportunities for SCO to capitalize on the violation of its own intellectual property.
This morning, we took our first steps with the deployment of SCObully, also headed up by Chris Sontag, and already the program is a success. A 14 year-old boy was spotted outside our offices with a Linux-based PDA and was pushed down repeatedly until forfeiting his lunch money, and a young girl of 8 was seen with an MP3 player that rhymes with Linux and so was rightfully divulged of the remainder of her candy necklace.
I think I <3 you.
I'll have you know I'm moderated Insightful and Interesting just as much as I'm moderated Troll. Have a heart if I play games now and then -- there's absolutely nothing else to do in Utah. I mean, what am I gonna do -- go bowling on the salt flats with my mormon buddies? They don't even drink!!!
Let's just hope that two years of non-stop blustering and pumping don't set people's mindsets to what degree of wrong was done rather than whether anything was done wrong. If this continues clear through the trial date and a few politicians and major press sources have succumb by then, this could get pretty damned ugly.
Loosen up, friend. Relax a little and have some fun.
UnixWare. On the house.
If you're inclined, you can return it within the first 10 business days after receiving it. I thought about it a while and opted not to myself, as the bigger drive model is an unknown quantity. For all I know, those could turn out to have problems or have a bit less battery life. Better to stick with the well-tested model and let others test for future reference. :)
I promise you that Darl McBride knows not to release one record too many. Darl McBride is nothing if not a showman. Damnit, Darl McBride is nothing BUT a showman!
Have 1,000 shares, on the house. And welcome to your place under the Angel Investors umbrella.
Actually, GNU/Debian is suspending Hurd development for a while, owing to expanding license concerns tied to the SCO case. This is already in the slashdot submission queue.
A while ago, someone noted that the estimated number of Linux users is roughly equivalent to the number of dollars SCO is presently holding.
If each Linux user could do something that would cost SCO $1, then unless they can find a large investor with a death wish, SCO would rapidly vanish.
Calling an 800 number would certainly be a start. This would, however, be hiiiiiighly immoral. Mmm hmm. Bad dog. *stroke pet pet*
And by that I mean the coders (if they have any left)?
You've pretty much answered your question in the parenthesis. SCO has laid off most of its development staff, and there have been a few high-profile people quitting as well. What's left at SCO is mostly the legal team and a handful of salespeople.
If you visit SCO's website and look at the hiring page, you'll presently find no open positions. I think this means SCO are pretty much digging in and wagering the entire future of the company on this lawsuit.
And just what in the hell makes you think we'd offer you the same terms we gave our token Fortune 500 client?!
-- Darl
You can be sure as hell that this is one thing that will not happen. IBM is well aware that if they capitulate on this one, there will be a dozen or more copycat suits of varying degrees of merit. It's better to obliterate a case like this and to make it an expensive mistake for SCO's investors than it is to negotiate.
All kidding aside, at this point the most favorable outcome for SCO (whether they know it yet or not) would be for IBM to dig deeply enough to scare SCO into dropping the case and retiring to a quiet corner to expire without any of the principals doing time for fraud.
SCO are being quite careful about ensuring that people know this is not a Linux license, but rather a license for any IP that may be contained in Linx. They've even gone as far as to make a part of the license contract be an agreement that they don't owe anything in return, even if it's found that there is no SCO IP present.
If SCO were flat-out licensing Linux to you, you would have a case. But it's a bit more blurry (though that doesn't mean it's entirely legal) with the way they're handling it.
You can be sure that SCO's laywers have been hammering on this for quite a while, and while the broad strategies SCO have been using seem pretty strange, SCO isn't going to hang itself when it comes to collecting cash instead of just spewing bizarre quotes to the press.
NOBODY expects the SCO License Audit! Our chief weapon is suprise... surprise and fear... fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise... and a littany of grandiose claims in press releases.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and grandiose claims... and an almost fanatical devotion to the UNIX license.... Our *four*... no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry... are such diverse elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again. (Exit and exeunt)
We aren't answering the phones because we're too busy celebrating our newest business partner. Rather than explaining it myself, I'll let our formal press release do the talking. Take it away, Mr. Reuters...
LINDON, Utah, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX - News), the owner and licensor of the core
UNIX operating system source code, today announced its second Fortune 500 clent for the SCO Linux IP license, the GNAA (Nasdaq: RHAT - News),
developer of fine Slashdot trolls on #gnaa irc.efnet.net, also well-known for revolutionizing small business development with its "Step 2. ??????"
profit model. The availability
of the SCO Intellectual Property License for Linux affords Linux deployments to come into compliance with international law for
the use of all 2.4 and future kernels. The run-time license permits the use of SCO's intellectual property, in binary form only,
as contained in Linux distributions.
By purchasing a SCO Intellectual Property License, customers avoid infringement of SCO's intellectual property rights in Linux 2.4 and Linux 2.5 kernels and assure Darl financial security for the purchase of his second home. Because the SCO license authorizes run-time use only, customers also comply with the General Public License, under which Linux is distributed. Source may still be distributed under the terms of the GPL, however source distributors are held accountable for all violation of SCO's IP. Indemnification is provided for customers of runtime clients only. Read that twice, dirty hippy. You're not in the clear yet.
GNAA spokesperson penisbird said of the licensure, "coming into compliance affords us a new competitive advantage with the other Slashdot authors. By being in the right, we can thumb down our noses at not only the Windows users and the BSD-thieving Mac Users, but also the unwashed Linux hippies running stolen code on their parents' PCs." VP of anus enlargement goat-see added, "fr1st p0st? damn i miss. how do i next story?"
Mr. Darl McBride concurred with GNAA's analysis, adding "We soon hope to convince additional clients such as Trollklore and Cabal of Logged In Trolls of the benefits of licensing SCO's valuable IP. Also, I <3 GNAA bunny. (@.@)" JesuitX clarified the nature of the SCO and GNAA alliance, adding "We're more than just a licensing client. We're also going to be helping to bring these other potential licensors into compliance. We can break them in little by little as paying sublicensors. The alternative is pretty horrible. Our lawyers can take a reticent client from virgin to hello.jpg [figure 2] in under an hour, and believe me -- it is not pleasant."
Commander Taco was unavailable for comment, however Cowboy Kneel was said to ask for a print of [figure 2] for his basement apartment. Simoniker remained British and unable to spell "color," while Timothy responded by posting the same story six times, and Hemos reposted a seventh time, the submission differing only from his application of that damned Einstein icon.
I have a confused fan :)
By purchasing a SCO Intellectual Property License, customers avoid infringement of SCO's intellectual property rights in Linux 2.4 and Linux 2.5 kernels and assure Darl financial security for the purchase of his second home. Because the SCO license authorizes run-time use only, customers also comply with the General Public License, under which Linux is distributed. Source may still be distributed under the terms of the GPL, however source distributors are held accountable for all violation of SCO's IP. Indemnification is provided for customers of runtime clients only. Read that twice, dirty hippy. You're not in the clear yet.
GNAA spokesperson penisbird said of the licensure, "coming into compliance affords us a new competitive advantage with the other Slashdot authors. By being in the right, we can thumb down our noses at not only the Windows users and the BSD-thieving Mac Users, but also the unwashed Linux hippies running stolen code on their parents' PCs." VP of anus enlargement goat-see added, "fr1st p0st? damn i miss. how do i next story?"
Mr. Darl McBride concurred with GNAA's analysis, adding "We soon hope to convince additional clients such as Trollklore and Cabal of Logged In Trolls of the benefits of licensing SCO's valuable IP. Also, I <3 GNAA bunny. (@.@)" JesuitX clarified the nature of the SCO and GNAA alliance, adding "We're more than just a licensing client. We're also going to be helping to bring these other potential licensors into compliance. We can break them in little by little as paying sublicensors. The alternative is pretty horrible. Our lawyers can take a reticent client from virgin to hello.jpg [figure 2] in under an hour, and believe me -- it is not pleasant."
Commander Taco was unavailable for comment, however Cowboy Kneel was said to ask for a print of [figure 2] for his basement apartment. Simoniker remained British and unable to spell "color," while Timothy responded by posting the same story six times, and Hemos reposted a seventh time, the submission differing only from his application of that damned Einstein icon.
I am proud of each and every one of SCO's partners.
This FIRST POST! brought to you by the GNAA.
This is for upping the iPod 10g two weeks after I got mine, Apple beeyotches!
Thank you very much.
Moderated at:
-1 Doesn't Reaffirm My World View
You're not still ripping at 128kbit, are you?
I rip at 192-384vbr, which makes for only about 150 CDs on the 30g unit, but which sounds absolutely beautiful.
Guess I know now. They were clearing out the 30s to be replaced by the 40s at the same price. Ah well. It holds more than enough music to keep me engaged.
Out of curiosity though, did anyone get lucky and order a 30, then get notice that they'd receive a 40 at the same price? That they aren't selling the 30 at all right after the announcement makes me think they waited until they'd completely exhausted inventory before the release.
I haven't played the new Mario Sunshine yet, however I'm pretty sure that they mentioned the movie on which it was based on EFNet IRC #gnaa.
Just because it sounds catchy doesn't make it true. This kind of weak-minded gamesaying is the foundation of liberalism, and will be the downfall of this country if we don't put a stop to it.
Yes, we've come a long way by stomping out the repression of minorities, and going back to a time when women didn't abdicate their responsibility to their husbands and children doesn't mean we have to put everything back the way it was.