SCO's failing case against IBM

CNET ^ | March 9, 2004, 4:00 AM PT | Bruce Perens

[chilepepper]

So?

democrats and socialists and castro also endorse champagne and cigars... you may be foolish enough to give up a good thing, and you have every right to do so. if you are so foolish to take bill gates as the poster boy free enterprise and capitalism, be my guest. i'll define my version of capitalism according to george gilder, not john d. rockefeller.

i know a good thing when i see one...and a bad one. your buddies at microsoft are the puppet masters trying to take down linux using the oh so predictable tactics so typical of a predatory (and badly wounded) monopoly such as microsoft that has oh such a track record of innovation and "value" for the customer, but guess what -- it is just free publicity for linux and the snowball is going to start rolling faster and faster...

why don't you go play with your group policy or install some service packs or something? you can always play with microsofts big security invention called 'kerberos' -- whoops -- they stole that too.

[Golden Eagle]

I've said repeatedly on the SCO threads that the ATT newsletter SINKS the claims of SCO.

We'll have to see, but instead of continually claiming this how about providing the exact language of this newsletter for us? I haven't seen it since it was only recently made available, but sounds like you might have.

According to SCO, the letter when judged on top of the license doesn't change anything, since the original contract itself granted 'ownership' of derivative code to IBM (et al), although it still restricted distribution to outside parties. Therefore if the distribution restrictions aren't even addressed in this letter, it seems it might have no effect on IBM's right to give the code away (to China).

[Golden Eagle]

So?

So? Most Freepers don't support the Democrats, which is what brought many of us to this site in the first place. If you're just now figuring that out, I don't have time to further explain it. Maybe "RightWingConspirator" can better help you out.

[chilepepper]

only a moron would continue to accuse a linux supporter of being a socialist...

i accuse YOU of being a marxist sympathizer because you support the totalitarian approach to software embodied in the predatory monopoly foisted on the unsuspecting public by bill gates.

go check on who your poster boy in washington state supports for senator...

[Golden Eagle]

I think that their lawsuit against DaimlerChrysler was the beginning of the end of them.

Lest we forget you've been prematurely predicting the end of them for months now. First you said they wouldn't ever even announce a price for their Linux licenses, then that they wouldn't ever sell them online, you were probably even one of the many predicting the case was going to be thown out after the first hearing on discovery, what a laugh you guys have been so far.

I'd suggest you finally put your cracked Magic-8 ball up for a while. There's several of these cases ongoing and they're all going to be appealed, this isn't over by a long shot.

[Nick Danger]

Linux is heavily endorsed by the Democrats

Oh no... it's the "Democrats use linux" troll. That must mean that this thread's lead article does not serve the interests of the Microsoft Corporation.

Well, rather than have you disrupt things with this tired old trick -- what's this, the 4th or the 5th time you've tried to derail a thread with this turkey? -- I think I'd rather ask you what you think the market's reaction was to that "End User Lawsuit" that SCO filed against DaimlerChrysler.

Did you know that SCO sued Chrysler for failing to file a report on time? Yeah, the lawsuit had nothing to do with linux. They were just suing a customer so they could say they had filed a lawsuit against a big end user. Imagine that.

[Golden Eagle]

i accuse YOU of being a marxist sympathizer because you support the totalitarian approach to software

LOL, exhibit A from the Linux crowd, folks.

go check on who your poster boy in washington state supports for senator

I don't have a poster boy. If you're refering to Microsoft or Bill Gates, I've heard they donate equally if not more generously to Republicans, if you have proof to the contrary which I'm almost sure you don't please provide it.

But at least Gates is American and generates jobs and taxes for America. Your poster boy, using a phrase you seem familiar with, Linus (Linux) Torvalds is the son of a noted European communist, and has partnered with other extremists like Richard Stallman who wrote the legally questionable Linux license. Check into stallman.org if you want to see some real far out fanaticism.

[Arthalion]

Actually Linux is heavily endorsed by the Democrats

A quick visit to Netcraft can be quite enlightening:

www.freerepublic.com: Linux Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) (Red-Hat/Linux) mod_gzip/1.3.26.1a 12-Mar-2003 209.157.64.200

Linux is endorsed (and used) by as many conservatives as liberals.

[chilepepper]

Check into stallman.org if you want to see some real far out fanaticism

don't have to... i just check your postings. by the way, i've asked this before -- by is your moniker "golden eagle" and not "bald eagle"??? the golden eagle is the symbol of Imperial Rome, Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and Tsarist Russia... do you have some perverse admiration for totalitarianism and rigid doctrine??

maybe you should read some eric hoffer along with george gilder...

[Golden Eagle]

Oh no... it's the "Democrats use linux" troll.

Looks like you are denying it. Which would make sense because 1)denying is mainly what you do, and 2)you are usually wrong.

I'm only pointing out the facts, as usual:

Netcraft: democrats.org

And just wouldn't you know it, wonder what RNC.org is running?

Netcraft: rnc.org

Of course now you'll give us one of those rambling long soliquies about how none of this matters, none of the other info I've posted is relevant, neglect the countless times you've been wrong on your predictions, and end up still believing that Linux is supported more by Republicans and conservatives than it is by worldwide liberals. Ready, set, go.

[Golden Eagle]

Wonder what post #27 was, probably some foaming at the mouth fanatic if I had to guess.

[chilepepper]

Betsy Stark explained: "Billionaire George Soros, billionaire Warren Buffett, several Rockefellers, and other icons of American wealth are telling George Bush, ‘Thanks, but no thanks.' They are running this newspaper ad saying they want to pay estate taxes because not to do so ‘would be bad for our democracy, our economy, and our society.' Leading the charge, William Gates, Sr, father of Microsoft mogul Bill Gates, the richest man in the world."

[Salo]

Here's the $ echo newsletter. There also links to Novell's website to see it, or you can google "$ echo."

We'll have to see, but instead of continually claiming this how about providing the exact language of this newsletter for us?

[Golden Eagle]

At least his dad isn't a noted communist from over in Europe like Linus (Linux) Torvalds dad is. And do you ever have a legitimate source link, or just more questionable material that could have just as easily come off some anonymous message board?

[MarkL]

And now, back down to $9.50 and soon to $0.00 as litigation expenses bury Caldera. Any wonder why the short interest in this stock is approaching 30% of the float?

You know, when Caldera actually wrote software, their Linux installation was the most fun of any... IIRC, Caldera Linux 1.3 actually brought up a game of Tetris for you while it was copying files... The problem was that when the file copy was finished, it would immediately halt the game. That led to a number of upset telephone calls... When (I believe) v2.x was released, you were notified when the file copy was finished, but allowed to continue playing!

Mark

[Snuffington]

I'm only pointing out the facts, as usual:

My gosh... Democrats use Linux. Free Republic uses Linux. Therefore... um.. you finish that one for me. I have a feeling you won't make it a lesson about growing market share.

[chilepepper]

The reference came from

Some Want to Keep the 'Death Tax' Alive

By Glenn Kessler and Dan Morgan Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, February 18, 2001; Page A08

By the way -- some of the most honest people i know down here in Chile are communists. I challenge you to show how Linus Torvald's father's beliefs are as dangerous as Gate's father who sides with George Soros and the Rockefellers...

[flashbunny]

Yeah, and free republic runs on linux and apache, two open source giants. I guess that makes jimrob a communist, eh?

Your kung fu is weak. The same old lines, spewed over and over again. No logic, just hatred for the people that appreciate open source software. Your beloved SCO gets knocked down a notch or two every week. Yet you still put for the same lines for everyone else to debunk time and time again.

What are you going do when a republican adminstration goes after SCO for their pump and dump scheme? As Darl is being led on the perp walk, are you going to call the SEC a tool of the democrats and socialists????

[flashbunny]

I think caldera was one of the few major linux distros I didn't buy or download. Luckily I didn't, because they'd probably try to sue me now.