Judge accepts expanded SCO lawsuit

CNET News.com via ZDNet ^ | February 27, 2004, 5:42 PM PT | Stephen Shankland

[Nick Danger]

You're basically just a chickensh!t blowhard.

Thugs. Feh.

[TheEngineer]

"Nick Danger"???

... More like the "Gutless Gumshoe"!

[Nick Danger]

More like the "Gutless Gumshoe"!

You are in an Internet forum, on one of those interminable "OS wars" threads, and you are talking like some 17-year-old punk in a biker bar. What, you gonna "call me out?"

You see why it's so easy to characterize Microsoft partisans as thugs? It's because you act like a bunch of thugs.

[RJL]

I'll bet you... let's say $50K... that I don't work for Microsoft... don't receive a paycheck from them... don't consult for them.

It's your claim. Why not back it up?

PS. Last time you made the claim that I'm paid to post by Microsoft, I offered you this same opportunity to back up your BS... But you didn't put your money where your mouth is.

You're basically just a chickensh!t blowhard.

Engineer, anyone can spout nonsense. Are you ready to "put your money where your mouth is"?

I volunteer to hold the money. When you and/or Bush2000 get your $50K cash or money order, I'll let you know where to send it.

[TheEngineer]

You see why it's so easy to characterize Microsoft partisans as thugs? It's because you act like a bunch of thugs.

You've accused me of posting for Microsoft as a job. I've called you on it. You can either retract or back it up. You choose neither.

And you're surprised you don't get "respect"?

[Nick Danger]

You've accused me of posting for Microsoft as a job.... You can either retract or back it up.

You don't seem to realize that that is occurring entirely in your head. There is no objective reality in which I stated that "The Engineer is posting for Microsoft as a job."

Essentially, what I did was remark that there exist thieves. That you now jump up to say, "How dare you call me a thief" is amusing, and I am sitting here chuckling watching you do it. But it is not my problem.

[D-fendr_2]

Everyone with a brain knew that this was a copyright case, yet until now it wasn't even in the lawsuit.

No, this case is actually only really about a contract dispute

Trade secrets, no, copyright, no contract dispute...

Doesn't it seem odd to you that SCO can't seem to get their own claim right? Or is this another instance of their secret superior lawyering skills?

[Bush2000]

Trade secrets, no, copyright, no contract dispute... Doesn't it seem odd to you that SCO can't seem to get their own claim right? Or is this another instance of their secret superior lawyering skills?

Fortunately, I don't have to decide on that issue: The judge and/or jury does.

[Bush2000]

You don't seem to realize that that is occurring entirely in your head. There is no objective reality in which I stated that "The Engineer is posting for Microsoft as a job."

Oh, puh-lease. When you say "Microsoft sends out its thugs" or "Microsoft sends out its Munchkins" into Internet forums, the implication is obvious to the average person: You're accusing me, TheEngineer, Golden Eagle -- and practically anybody who opposes your point of view -- of being shills for MS. No, you don't specifically call us out by name -- but it's clear that that is your intention. So drop your attempts at sophistry: You're not that clever or subtle.

[Nick Danger]

You're accusing me, TheEngineer, Golden Eagle [exaggeration deleted] of being shills for MS.

Main Entry: shill
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps short for shillaber, of unknown origin
1 : one who acts as a decoy (as for a pitchman or gambler);
also : one who makes a sales pitch

As a horrible thing to be accused of, how do you suppose that stacks up against, "You're smoking crack" or "you and the other OSS morons"? You have an awfully thin skin for a guy who has no trouble hurling insults right and left. Do you believe that you can be as rude and insulting as you want, but that we'll call in the lawyers and "have a talk with Mr. Robinson" if someone says something that offends you? I'm sorry, but you have to learn how to play well with others. To start with, you can't call people every name in the book and then whine about it if somebody shoots back.

[TheEngineer]

...how do you suppose that stacks up against, "You're smoking crack" or "you and the other OSS morons"?

...and don't forget 'chickensh!t'!

[Bush2000]

To start with, you can't call people every name in the book and then whine about it if somebody shoots back.

Facts should be considered insults, Nicky boy.