Form 10-Q for SCO GROUP INC

SCO ^ | 09/15/03 | SCO

[Nick Danger]

Foreign competition

Linux is not a company. The closest thing linux has to a "headquarters" is in Beaverton, OR.

That is where you will find the Open Source Development Labs, which employs Linus Torvalds. OSDL is a non-profit corporation supported by a who's who of the computer industry (minus of course Microsoft).

Linux is no more "foreign" than is Microsoft Office, which was architected by Charles Simonyi, a furriner from a communist country who at one one time was the Chief Architect of the Microsoft Corporation.

[Coral Snake]

CSBITAIALMAO!!!

If Microsoft doesn't stop that Lexmark machine in their accounting office then the Chinese won't HAVE TO compete. All they will have to do is buy up all this bad paper that laughingly goes by the name of M$ stock and it's RED FLAG WINDOWS TIME!!!

[Golden Eagle]

Danger said "Linux is no more foreign than is Microsoft Office"

Argentina

GNU/Linux Ututo
http://www.ututo.org/
A distribution does seem to be there. Also news and comments.

Brazil

Console Linux
http://www.console.com.br/centro.htm
A general purpose distribution in Portuguese.
TechLinux
http://www.techlinux.org/
Tech Ltda Computer science launched TechLinux 2.0 on July 16, 2001. This general purpose Linux OS is entirely in Brazilian Portuguese.

Britain

Eridani Linux
http://www.eridani.co.uk/
Eridani Linux is currently at version 6.3, which builds upon Red Hat Linux 6.2, Red Hat Linux 7.0 and Eridani Linux 6.2 to continue to bring you the very latest release of the Linux Operating System and additional software, while maintaining an affordable price.

China

BluePoint Linux http://www.bluepoint.com.cn/english/info/index.htm
BluePoint claims to be China's leading Chinese localized Linux software company.


Chinese 2000 Linux
http://chinese2000.sniic.com/index.php
Chinese 2000 Linux comes from Hong Kong.

COSIX
http://linux.cosix.com.cn/
Distribution and website are in Chinese.

Happy Linux
http://www.happylinux.com.cn/
The Chinese website appears current.

Red Flag
http://www.redflag-linux.com/
Red Flag also claims to be the leading Linux OS provider in China.

Tom Linux
http://www.linuxaid.com.cn/
Distribution and website are in Chinese.

XTeamLinux
http://www.xteamlinux.com.cn/
Distribution and website are in Chinese.

France

Mandrake
http://www.mandrake.com

Linux/MNIS
http://www.mnis.fr/home/logiciel/SXLinux.html
Slackware and Debian based versions available. Support for Intel, Sparc, Alpha and Motorola platforms.

PingOO Linux
http://www.pingoo.org/
This a Debian based distribution intended for servers.

Germany

SuSe
http://www.suse.com

Go!Linux
http://www.golinux.de/
Comes with PC!Linux magazine. German.

Halloween Linux
http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/work/outputexpert?id=3c63b810a711f&frame=no
&flag=jfl&menupic=yes&mode=viewone&titnr=210015369&linkcol=005c21
&stich=halloween+&katalog=255
Halloween Linux is a German localized version of Red Hat.

Lanthan Linux
http://www.lanthan-linux.de/
A German Linux distribution for Windows-PCs with revolutionary concept of installation.

Italy

Bad Penguin Linux
http://www.badpenguin.org/
An Italian distribution, currently at version 0.99.5.

J-LINUX
http://www.j-linux.it/en/index.html
An Italian distribution based on Mandrake. Full support of the Italian language both at the operating system and at a documentation and installation level, with an English language version of the web site.

Madeinlinux
http://www.madeinlinux.com/
Looks like Italian. Distro at 4.0; site is also news and comments in Italian.

Vedova Linux
http://www.vedova.org/
Vedova Linux is currently at version 3.0, and Vedova Software also has Mandrake 8.1 and DemoLinux 3.0 available in boxed sets. Presumably in Italian.

Japan

Good-Day GNU/Linux HA Server
http://gnulinux.good-day.net/index.html
http://gnulinux.good-day.net/index_en.html
Good-Day GNU/Linux HA Server is a Debian-based distribution, which uses only free software. It is developed by Good-Day Inc. (in Japan). They say that their distribution features high availability, and is for Web applications. The folks at Good-Day Inc. also make a "real-time backup utility for PostgreSQL" named "Usogres" ("Uso" is a Japanese word for "fake") available before the PostgreSQL team made replication available.

HOLON Linux
http://www.holonlinux.com/
HOLON Linux is aimed at mass consumers. It is developed by HOLON Inc. (in Japan). They did a TV commercial, which was (and is) an unprecedented promotion in Japan. Their server version received a "Good Design Award" by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in Japan. Their desktop version product includes 2.8GB of commercial and multimedia applications.

LASER5
http://www.laser5.co.jp/
Originally based on Red Hat Linux.

Linux MLD
http://www.mlb.co.jp/
There appears to be a full distribution from Media Lab. There is also a mini-distribution, as well as other Linux products.

Miracle Linux
http://www.miraclelinux.com/products/product_info/index-e.html
Miracle Linux is a high reliability, scalability and availability server OS for the enterprise market, according to MIRACLE LINUX CORPORATION, the developer of the distribution. MIRACLE LINUX CORPORATION was originally founded by Oracle Corporation Japan. (Currently Oracle Japan owns about 60% of MIRACLE LINUX.) They offer not only "MIRACLE LINUX with Oracle," but also "MIRACLE LINUX for Samba" and "MIRACLE LINUX for PostgreSQL."

Omoikane GNU/Linux
http://www.omoikane.co.jp/ogl.html
This appears to be a Debian based distribution translated to Japanese.

Plamo Linux
http://www.linet.gr.jp/~kojima/Plamo/
This looks like a Slackware based distribution.

Vine Linux
http://www.vinelinux.org/index-en.html
http://www.vinelinux.org/index.html
"The Supreme Linux Distribution with Integrated Japanese Environment for Your Desktop PCs and Notebooks." Multiple platforms seem to be supported. The Japanese version of the site seems to be more up-to-date than the English version.

Korea

WOWLinux
http://www.wowlinux.com/
The site appears current.

Poland

PLD
http://www.pld.org.pl/
PLD is a Linux distribution made mainly in Poland and by Poles. It has many interesting features. Some of the web site is in English.

Russia

Black Cat Linux
http://www.asplinux.ru/ru/blackcat/
English: http://www.asp-linux.com/en/blackcat/
Black Cat is a Russian distribution now owned by ASPLinux.

Linux Cyrillic Edition
http://www.usoft.spb.ru/Graphic/English/Products/products.html
UrbanSoft created the Linux Cyrillic Edition, Red Hat in Russian.

Spain

Linux ESware
http://www.esware.com/
Box sets are available, with a desktop edition and server edition. Support, classes and other services are available.

HispaFuentes
http://www.hispafuentes.com/
HispaFuentes is a Red Hat compatible distribution. Version 8.0 contains Ximian 1.4, KDE 2.1, CUPS and much more.

Taiwan

Linpus Linux
http://www.linpus.com.tw/
English: http://www.linpus.com.tw/en/
Comes in Desktop, Server or Internet appliance editions.

Thailand

Kaiwal Linux
http://www.kaiwal.com/
KW Linux 4.0 from Kaiwal Consulting. Looks like box sets and training and other Linux stuff in Thai.

Thai Linux Extension
http://linux.thai.net/linux-tle/

[Golden Eagle]

OSDL is a non-profit corporation...

This is not a point you need to make to me, I assure you.

[mikegi]

Why bother with these Linux kiddies? I saw the same frothing-at-the-mouth loons singing the praises of DR-DOS, Apple, OS/2, NeXT, Netscape, Java, etc. Over the years I've found that a sure sign of the impending failure of these campaigns is the claims that a Vast Microsoft Marketing Conspiracy, VMMC(TM), is what's keeping them down.

After a few years, they're usually viewed as the weird uncle no one talks about.

[Golden Eagle]

Why bother with these Linux kiddies?

Because I've had enough of their vile hatred of anyone who charges money for software, which happens to be my business. And they're such easy targets of course, not even realizing how ridiculous most of their commments look to the well established.

After a few years, they're usually viewed as the weird uncle no one talks about.

LMAO, if you want to see a really mixed up guy, check out 'Coral Snake'. I haven't figured out if he really is that psychotic, or just does his act for attention. Probably both.

Anyway, feel free to join in, I've scored enough points for one night anyway. Cheers.

[Coral Snake]

Come to think of psychotics have you EVER gotten a load of that one that dances like a monkey, acts like a crazy idiot and sweats like a pig that Bill (Combover) Gates put in the Microsoft CEO SEAT.

Steve (Monkey Boy) Ballmer

[Coral Snake]

The old dissapearing act Huh. Usually this means:

Tux Wins Again!!!

[Liberal Classic]

Putting aside the SCO controversy, Unix sales are down due to competition not theft. You conviently seem to ignore Microsoft's success in the desktop and midrange segments, and you won't seem to admit that other companies benefit when trends change against the favor of others. The tide turned against IBM with the PC boom in favor of Microsoft. This is not stealing, it's business. In the future, I guarantee that some other technology will supplant what we use today. Market conditions change. Companies that don't adapt to chaning market conditions lose market share.

You never seem to miss a chance to question someone's loyalties and patriotism. :/

[Liberal Classic]

Oh, do I remember some OS/2 nuts who would make these threads look tame. :)

[FreedomCalls]

Mr. Gates is both corporately and personally shoveling cash into SCO, while that company engages in activities which are quite beneficial to Microsoft, but almost guaranteed to destroy SCO.

That would account for someone else's post earlier stating that there is a flurry of insider trading as the major SCO insiders apparently are continuing to dump SCO stock at a furious pace. I haven't followed up to be sure that that is true. Does anyone know of the current status of SCO insider trading?

[Coral Snake]

Just Been over to Yahoo Finance. Most execs are still dumping but Darl McBride, (I think he intends on being the last rat to leave the sinking ship.)
The stock has been pumped almost up to current Microsoft levels. Wouldn't buy any though. It has been comming off a LEXMARK MACHINE lately just like Microsoft's too and they don't have anything to sell but frivolous lawsuits anyway.

[Nick Danger]

Does anyone know of the current status of SCO insider trading?

click.

[Coral Snake]

Here is an even more interesting list I founds by clicking on the SCOX Insider's roster:

SCO Insider Roster

This actually shows the amount of stock currently OWNED by each SCO Executive, (again except for Darl McBride for some reason) and clearly shows that toe of them are already COMPLETELY CASHED OUT.

[Golden Eagle]

Putting aside the SCO controversy, Unix sales are down due to competition not theft.

Yeah and Ray Ban and Oakley face competition from cheap fakes made down in Mexico which probably keep their price down too. Music and movies are facing tough competition from Kazaa which is hosted over in Indonesia or somewhere. Likewise Linux is a cheap rip off of Unix and I choose not to support it. I support American products, designed and built in America. Some don't, but I'll never agree with them. And I'm not about to apologize for it.

[ShadowAce]

"Linux is no more foreign than is Microsoft Office"

You missed one--ShadowLinux (out of Virginia), based on LFS, another American group.