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IBM asks for Linux ban on SCO ( SCO soon to be crushed like a bug )
CNET ^
| August 19, 2004, 10:13 AM PDT
| David Becker
Posted on 08/19/2004 12:55:10 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: ShadowAce; rdb3; Nick Danger; shadowman99; RadioAstronomer
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posted on
08/19/2004 12:57:56 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Anyone who sues IBM is taking a nail file to a gunfight.
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posted on
08/19/2004 12:58:33 PM PDT
by
js1138
(In a minute there is time, for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. J Forbes Kerry)
To: js1138
Maybe this will slow down the extortion games many lawyers are playing.
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:03:32 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
... the judge may very likely follow after IBM's request, which they would NOT have made, were they convinced in any way, that they might lose.
it's looking like game, set, match, nail and coffin for the microsoft/sco proxy war against IBM-LINUX.
what will "willie the gates" do?
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:04:13 PM PDT
by
Robert_Paulson2
(the madridification of our election is now officially underway.)
To: John Robinson; B Knotts; stainlessbanner; TechJunkYard; ShadowAce; Knitebane; AppyPappy; jae471; ...
The Penguin Ping.
Wanna be Penguified? Just holla!
Got root?
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:12:24 PM PDT
by
rdb3
("The Republican Party is the ship and all else is the sea." ---Frederick Douglass)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Excellent.
SCO are the lowest pond scum in the business world.
They have the ethics of Kenneth Lay, Richard Scrushy and Bernie Ebbers BUT, unlike Lay, Scrushy and Ebbers they have not be able to significantly profit from their criminal activity.
They are incompetent scam artists.
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:12:29 PM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: wideawake
"They are incompetent scam artists."
They are lawyers...
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:22:10 PM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:25:07 PM PDT
by
JOAT
To: rdb3
That's some cheery news for today...
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:26:00 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
From what I have read, their suckass unix product does not work without gpl software. If they can be banned from distributing all gpl'ed software for violating the gpl, their unix business will tank...er...tank more. This will still leave them free to practice their core business, litigation, but at least they won't be able to operate under the pretense of being a software company anymore.
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:26:23 PM PDT
by
Salo
To: wideawake
IBM used to be a more honorable company, though.
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:39:32 PM PDT
by
Styria
To: Styria
IBM used to be a more honorable company, though. And they are dishonorable because...???
If you are going to say outsourcing, just move on.
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:41:11 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
To: Styria
IBM used to be a more honorable company, though.What do you mean by that statement?
That IBM is being mean?
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:43:17 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: DB
>>"They are incompetent scam artists."
>"They are lawyers..."
Stop repeating. :-)
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:45:20 PM PDT
by
NJ_gent
(Conservatism begins at home. Security begins at the border. Please, someone, secure our borders.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"Maybe this will slow down the extortion games many lawyers are playing."
Are you kidding? The lawyers are the only ones getting anything out of this whole thing. SCO's lawyers are draining every penny the company has, and IBM's lawyers are likely well paid as well.
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:46:35 PM PDT
by
NJ_gent
(Conservatism begins at home. Security begins at the border. Please, someone, secure our borders.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
.. SCO has renounced, disclaimed and breached the GPL, and therefore the GPL does not give SCO permission or a license to copy and distribute IBM's copyrighted works."
Everybody who has contributed their copyrighted code to GNU/Linux under the GPL should file similar lawsuits against SCO.
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posted on
08/19/2004 1:56:29 PM PDT
by
TechJunkYard
(http://scaryjohnkerry.com/)
To: TechJunkYard
Everybody who has contributed their copyrighted code to GNU/Linux under the GPL should file similar lawsuits against SCO. Fyodor, the author of Nmap, already told SCO to cease and desist. It's been six months with no word, but I don't know if SCO has backed down or if he's just not rich enough to afford justice.
To: TechJunkYard
Good idea, get some of the money back from the lawyers "running" the company!
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posted on
08/19/2004 3:02:29 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Excellent news. Glad to see the scumbag lawyers from SCO are getting a dose of their own poison.
(I know, I know..."scumbag lawyer" is redundant...like crapping on the New York Times.)
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posted on
08/19/2004 3:22:45 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(Democrats. They want to have their cake and eat yours too.)
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