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SCO readies new Linux licensing program
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| July 18, 2003
| Robert McMillan
Posted on 07/19/2003 6:36:21 PM PDT by amigatec
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I bet SCO makes a lot of money with this STUPID idea!!
But Darl McBride isn't to smart anyway, I guess if you can't sell your crappy product, you cam always claim something that isn't your and charge for it. MS has been stealing from others for years.
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posted on
07/19/2003 6:36:21 PM PDT
by
amigatec
To: rdb3
Ping the Penguins!!!
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posted on
07/19/2003 6:37:01 PM PDT
by
amigatec
(There are no significant bugs in our software... Maybe you're not using it properly.- Bill Gates)
To: amigatec
Now look here. That's red meat for Slashdot, and they won't take kindly to you cross posting, especially if you post it here first.
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posted on
07/19/2003 6:39:55 PM PDT
by
dr_who_2
To: amigatec
I bet SCO makes a lot of money with this STUPID idea!! I doubt it. At least not until they publicly show something vaguely resembling evidence of their claims.
To: amigatec
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Pay for Linux? Never. They can have my hard disk when they pry it from my cold, dead server. I've worked with and on linux since the slackware distro was 5 floppies and minix was the available filesystem.
SCO can embrace that which is behind me.
/john
To: amigatec
They are starting to read the tea-leaves that tell them:"Forget it!"
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posted on
07/19/2003 6:50:44 PM PDT
by
capt. norm
(For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.)
To: amigatec
Actually, this may end up being a successful, if unethical,
strategy.
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posted on
07/19/2003 6:56:11 PM PDT
by
The Duke
To: John Robinson; B Knotts; stainlessbanner; TechJunkYard; ShadowAce; Knitebane; AppyPappy; jae471; ...
The Penguin Ping.
Wanna be Penguified? Just holla!
The Gimp can run on Windows, too. Click to try it now.
Got root?
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posted on
07/19/2003 7:04:50 PM PDT
by
rdb3
(Nerve-racking since 0413hrs on XII-XXII-MCMLXXI)
To: amigatec
Well, I'm so glad to hear that my currently unlicensed Linux box can finally be "legal". I look forward to looking over SCO's licensing terms and then ignoring them because SCO is so clearly full of it.
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posted on
07/19/2003 7:11:35 PM PDT
by
Dimensio
(Sometimes I doubt your committment to Sparkle Motion!)
To: Dimensio
Yes I can hardly wait, I have my checkbook in hand I want to be the first with a brand new SCO license.
Is HELL freezing over yet??
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posted on
07/19/2003 7:16:26 PM PDT
by
amigatec
(There are no significant bugs in our software... Maybe you're not using it properly.- Bill Gates)
To: rdb3
Gimps got a really clean (and stable) interface, but the way you do some things on it is kind of odd. I almost wish I had more of a reason to draw pretty pictures with it so that I could use it more. Back when it was new though, it was the big killer open source app going up against the big killer shareware app (paint shop pro) going up against whatever Adobe or Microsoft's offerings were. Microsoft probably does have a point about the harm that open source software poses to the industry as they know it, but that's sort of like the stand the Luddites took a century or two ago. Once drawing programs and fancy web browsers become common place and you've achieved the holy grail of highly portable, highly distributable software, the thing to do is search for another holy grail.
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posted on
07/19/2003 7:25:58 PM PDT
by
dr_who_2
To: amigatec
The SCO Group is preparing a new Linux licensing program that it claims will allow users of the open-source operating system to run Linux without fear of litigation. It is time for the courts to move on this nonsense. It's been great fun for the trade journalists, but here we see them selling protection against unproven claims. This is outrageous. It is like a guy waving a gun the street, demanding money from people. This "gun" does not exist, except for the fact that the court has not yet ruled on the validity of SCO's claim that linux contains its property. That claim is being litigated. For them to solicit money on the basis of that claim, using "more litigation" as a threat, is extortion. And for Boies & Co., it's Barratry. Let SCO prove its claim that linux contains its property. Then they can ask money for the use of what is rightfully theirs. For now, this is a circus act with the clowns using the court system as a toy. And now they are using their toy to extort money from people. Enough! |
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posted on
07/19/2003 7:32:30 PM PDT
by
Nick Danger
(The liberals are slaughtering themselves at the gates of the newsroom)
To: amigatec
Even if this IP lawsuit BS runs out of steam (and I hope that it will), I think the best penguin zealots can hope for is that Linux continues to nip at Microsoft's heals after 2003 is released, then desktop Linux/GNU/XFree86/FreeBSD will likely have more catching up to do. But that situation is probably the best of both worlds. A large number of people get neatsy-keen graphics and gui features "right now", a smaller clique gets neatsy-keen open source versions of the same a little later. Unfortunately, there will probably still be an even larger number of people who still have dos or windows3.1 on their machines and won't know the difference.
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posted on
07/19/2003 7:34:56 PM PDT
by
dr_who_2
To: amigatec
I think it's time for an FTC complaint against SCO.
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posted on
07/19/2003 7:42:19 PM PDT
by
B Knotts
To: amigatec
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posted on
07/19/2003 7:44:54 PM PDT
by
B Knotts
To: amigatec
screw_david_b
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posted on
07/19/2003 7:49:59 PM PDT
by
pointsal
To: Nick Danger
There are at least 4 stable Linux kernel trees (1.2, 2.0, 2.2, and 2.4).
SCO has not specified which of these infringe.
Does someone running Linux kernel version 1.2.something need to pay SCO for "protection"?
To: Nick Danger
I was going to suggest this was an extortion attempt if no one else did.
Luckily, I tend to read all comments first.
Well said, I agree completely.
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posted on
07/19/2003 10:11:11 PM PDT
by
Drammach
To: amigatec
I bet SCO makes a lot of money with this STUPID idea!!The Nigerian email scam makes loads of money too. Never underestimate the power of stupid.
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posted on
07/20/2003 12:00:04 AM PDT
by
Redcloak
(All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
To: amigatec
But Darl McBride isn't to smart anyway...
McBride has a lawsuit pending against IBM for $1 billion -- and a reasonable shot of winning. You're posting tripe on a website. Gee... who's smarter...
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posted on
07/20/2003 2:44:35 AM PDT
by
Bush2000
(R>)
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