Here's a first: I got a Christmas Bullfrog. Details? I live in Florida. This year, I got a genuine South American Bullfrog. He's about 1 foot long(!), freakin' *shellacked* into a cowboy "ready-set-draw" pose. Did I mention it was dead? Complete with a cowboy hat, gun, holster, and poncho! The hat is *stapled* to the poor bastard's head! Not a clue why I got it. It's from my Mom, of all people. WTF am I supposed to do with a HUGE frog? Any suggestions?
I've seen thousands of posts recently re: SCO has no grounds, followed by the why of it.
However, I have an angle that no-one seems to consider: The courts back up the guy with the most $.
1) Microsoft raped people for years; the courts said so. Is M$ still persuing the same business strategy? Of course. Has the judgement changed anything? No. In the end, M$ paid the US Government millions and kept on in it's cute, illegal, monopolistic style.
2) The RIAA and DMCA show how the US courts run PURELY OFF THE $ GIVEN TO THEM. If you're a big business, the courts will stand up for you (ie: if you pay millions in taxes, you're assured a win against the little guy). That's how fascism works, people.
3) OSS developers are the little guy. There's no possible hope the courts will come down on our side. Don't believe me? Show me an injunction against SCO. ANYTHING that says the courts are moving to even CHECK THE VALIDITY of SCO's claims. You won't find it. Maybe Germany, but that's not Amerika. $ makes the courts go round.
My guess? SCO will not win against IBM, but the damage they have done to OSS is unrepairable and unrecoverable. Again, thank M$ for this.
Hey, didn't M$ pay SCO for "licenses" just before SCO announced their suit? Hmmm.
Feel free to attack....
now:)
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Here's a first: I got a Christmas Bullfrog. Details? I live in Florida. This year, I got a genuine South American Bullfrog. He's about 1 foot long(!), freakin' *shellacked* into a cowboy "ready-set-draw" pose. Did I mention it was dead? Complete with a cowboy hat, gun, holster, and poncho! The hat is *stapled* to the poor bastard's head! Not a clue why I got it. It's from my Mom, of all people. WTF am I supposed to do with a HUGE frog? Any suggestions?
I've seen thousands of posts recently re: SCO has no grounds, followed by the why of it. However, I have an angle that no-one seems to consider: The courts back up the guy with the most $. 1) Microsoft raped people for years; the courts said so. Is M$ still persuing the same business strategy? Of course. Has the judgement changed anything? No. In the end, M$ paid the US Government millions and kept on in it's cute, illegal, monopolistic style. 2) The RIAA and DMCA show how the US courts run PURELY OFF THE $ GIVEN TO THEM. If you're a big business, the courts will stand up for you (ie: if you pay millions in taxes, you're assured a win against the little guy). That's how fascism works, people. 3) OSS developers are the little guy. There's no possible hope the courts will come down on our side. Don't believe me? Show me an injunction against SCO. ANYTHING that says the courts are moving to even CHECK THE VALIDITY of SCO's claims. You won't find it. Maybe Germany, but that's not Amerika. $ makes the courts go round. My guess? SCO will not win against IBM, but the damage they have done to OSS is unrepairable and unrecoverable. Again, thank M$ for this. Hey, didn't M$ pay SCO for "licenses" just before SCO announced their suit? Hmmm. Feel free to attack.... now :)