While I'm really enjoying watching this circus, I think it really is time to put Darl out of his misery. He's obviously suffering some sort of beri-beri brain-eating disease. Let's be humane and compassionate. He has suffered enough.
I agree. It's been fun to watch so far but it's time for everyone to collectively turn their back on SCO and just let them yell until they are blue in the face. It's like SCO is holding a handgrenade and people are slowly moving away from the madman so as not to make him blow you up to. As an aside, I wonder if slashdot could get an interview from the original SCO owners and get their take on the whole thing.
Ah, yes, but other companies won't take heed if SCO isn't replaced with a stinking hole in the ground where even the heartiest weed won't grow.
SCO must be crushed, the open source community and its allies (namely, those who enjoy free development from some really smart folks) must make an example out of this little maggot so that other companies are afraid to follow in SCO's footsteps in the near future.
Have you read the IBM reply and counterclaims. Four separate patent claims nicely covering all of SCO's products, trademark, copyright, breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, and a few others I've never heard of.
Don't worry, SCO is dead.
I honestly have no idea how such lunatics could get to run a company. "Don't get involved in a land war in Asia" probably is 2nd to "Don't get involved in litigation with IBM".
The only possible rational I can think of for what SCO is doing is that MS subversively
SCO: So, it is down to you, and it is down to me...if you wish Linux dead, by all means keep moving forward. IBM: Let me explain... SCO: There's nothing to explain. You're trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen. IBM: Perhaps an arrangement can be reached? SCO: There will be no arrangements...and you're killing Linux. IBM: But if there can be no arrangement, then we are at an impasse. SCO: I'm afraid so. I can't compete with you physically, and you're no match for my brains. IBM: You're that smart? SCO: Let me put it this way: Have you ever heard or Kernighan, Ritchie, Torvalds? IBM: Yes. SCO: Morons! IBM: Really! In that case, I challenge you to a battle of wits. SCO: For the kernel? To the death? I accept! IBM: Good, then untar the source code. [SCO# tar -xvfz code] Inhale this but do not touch. SCO: [taking a vial from IBM] I smell nothing. IBM: What you do not smell is our patent portfolio. It is odorless, tasteless, and dissolves instantly in source code and is among the more deadly portfolios known to man. SCO: [shrugs with laughter] Hmmm. IBM: [turning his back, and adding the patents to one of the code trees] Alright, where are the patents? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both compile - and find out who is right, and who is dead. SCO: But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine it from what I know of you. Are you the sort of company who would put the patents into his own source code or his enemies? Now, a clever man would put the patents into his own goblet because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool so I can clearly not choose the code in front of you...But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the code in front of me. IBM: You've made your decision then? SCO: [happily] Not remotely! Because Linux's SMP code originally came from England(1). As everyone knows, England is entirely peopled with criminals. And criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me. So, I can clearly not choose the code in front of you. IBM: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect. SCO: Wait 'till I get going!!...where was I? IBM: England. SCO: Yes! AH! And you must have suspected I would have known the source code's origin,so I can clearly not choose the code in front of me. IBM: You're just stalling now. SCO: You'd like to think that, wouldn't you! You've beaten my giant, which means you're exceptionally strong...so you could have put the patents in your own code trusting on your strength to save you, so I can clearly not choose the code in front of you. But, you've also bested my Spaniard, which means you must have studied...and in studying you must have learned that Man is mortal so you would have put the patents as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the code in front of me! IBM: You're trying to trick me into giving away something. It won't work. SCO: It has worked! You've given everything away! I know where the patents are! IBM: Then make your choice. SCO: I will, and I choose...[pointing behind IBM] What in the world can that be? IBM: [turning around, while SCO switches goblets] What?! Where?! I don't see anything. SCO: Oh, well, I...I could have sworn I saw something. No matter. [SCO laughs] IBM: What's so funny? SCO: I...I'll tell you in a minute. First, lets compile, me from my code and you from yours. [They both compile] IBM: You guessed wrong. SCO: You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched branches when your back was turned! Ha ha, you fool!! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia; and only slightly less well known is this: Never go in against SCO, when intellectual property is on the line!
SCO: HA-HAHA-HAHA AH-HAHA-HAHA (!!) (THUD!)
[IBM removes the blindfold from Linux]
Linux: Who are you? IBM: I'm no one to be trifled with. That is all you'll ever need know. Linux: And to think, all that time it was your code that was patented. IBM: They were both patented. I spent the last few years building up an impressive patent portfolio.
(1) smp.c /*
2 * Intel SMP support routines.
3 *
4 * (c) 1995 Alan Cox, Building #3
5 * (c) 1998-99, 2000 Ingo Molnar
6 *
7 * This code is released under the GNU General Public License version 2 or
8 * later.
9 */
Anyone have the script to the "To The Pain" section? That sounds more like what IBM is going to be doing to SCO.
I can see it now...
IBM: First, I'll drive down the value of your stock. Then, I'll raid your entire patent portfolio...
SCO: Yes, then you'll drive us into bankruptcy...
IBM: No, your company I shall leave intact so that every business who worked with you can stare upon your hideousness and say, "My god, what a hideous company"...
IBM lies as before, not a muscle has moved, his head is still on the headboard, Yellin's sword at his side. Linux is alongside the bed; her eyes never leave his face.
Linux: Oh, IBM, will you ever forgive me?
IBM: What hideous sin have you committed lately?
Linux: I got 0wn3d. I didn't want to. It all happened so fast.
IBM: It never happened.
Linux: What?
IBM: It never happened.
Linux: But it did. I was there. Darl said, "All your code are belong to us."
I thought Alan lives in Wales (Swansea?), not England. It's certainly the impression one gets from his diary [linux.org.uk]..
It is important to note (for non-British/.ers) that Wales is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island, as is England, and thus, Wales cannot be part of England.
This distinction is something that has been fought over for many hundreds of years.
Your statement does not make sense. If one fights over something important, it hardly makes sense to then disregard it, regardless of time period.
You also make the assumption that I take issue with the distinction between Welsh and English nationality. I do not. Despite being born in England, I consider myself British, not English, as that is what it says on my passport.:)
They shoot horses, don't they? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:They shoot horses, don't they? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:They shoot horses, don't they? (Score:5, Insightful)
SCO must be crushed, the open source community and its allies (namely, those who enjoy free development from some really smart folks) must make an example out of this little maggot so that other companies are afraid to follow in SCO's footsteps in the near future.
SCO is a blessing: they're an easy example.
"Fire at will, commander."
Re:They shoot horses, don't they? (Score:5, Interesting)
Don't worry, SCO is dead.
I honestly have no idea how such lunatics could get to run a company. "Don't get involved in a land war in Asia" probably is 2nd to "Don't get involved in litigation with IBM".
The only possible rational I can think of for what SCO is doing is that MS subversively
OT: (You forgot the best part....) (Score:5, Funny)
IBM: Let me explain...
SCO: There's nothing to explain. You're trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen.
IBM: Perhaps an arrangement can be reached?
SCO: There will be no arrangements...and you're killing Linux.
IBM: But if there can be no arrangement, then we are at an impasse.
SCO: I'm afraid so. I can't compete with you physically, and you're no match for my brains.
IBM: You're that smart?
SCO: Let me put it this way: Have you ever heard or Kernighan, Ritchie, Torvalds?
IBM: Yes.
SCO: Morons!
IBM: Really! In that case, I challenge you to a battle of wits.
SCO: For the kernel? To the death? I accept!
IBM: Good, then untar the source code. [SCO# tar -xvfz code] Inhale this but do not touch.
SCO: [taking a vial from IBM] I smell nothing.
IBM: What you do not smell is our patent portfolio. It is odorless, tasteless, and dissolves instantly in source code and is among the more deadly portfolios known to man.
SCO: [shrugs with laughter] Hmmm.
IBM: [turning his back, and adding the patents to one of the code trees] Alright, where are the patents? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both compile - and find out who is right, and who is dead.
SCO: But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine it from what I know of you. Are you the sort of company who would put the patents into his own source code or his enemies? Now, a clever man would put the patents into his own goblet because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool so I can clearly not choose the code in front of you...But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the code in front of me.
IBM: You've made your decision then?
SCO: [happily] Not remotely! Because Linux's SMP code originally came from England(1). As everyone knows, England is entirely peopled with criminals. And criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me. So, I can clearly not choose the code in front of you.
IBM: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
SCO: Wait 'till I get going!!
IBM: England.
SCO: Yes! AH! And you must have suspected I would have known the source code's origin,so I can clearly not choose the code in front of me.
IBM: You're just stalling now.
SCO: You'd like to think that, wouldn't you! You've beaten my giant, which means you're exceptionally strong...so you could have put the patents in your own code trusting on your strength to save you, so I can clearly not choose the code in front of you. But, you've also bested my Spaniard, which means you must have studied...and in studying you must have learned that Man is mortal so you would have put the patents as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the code in front of me!
IBM: You're trying to trick me into giving away something. It won't work.
SCO: It has worked! You've given everything away! I know where the patents are!
IBM: Then make your choice.
SCO: I will, and I choose...[pointing behind IBM] What in the world can that be?
IBM: [turning around, while SCO switches goblets] What?! Where?! I don't see anything.
SCO: Oh, well, I...I could have sworn I saw something. No matter. [SCO laughs]
IBM: What's so funny?
SCO: I...I'll tell you in a minute. First, lets compile, me from my code and you from yours. [They both compile]
IBM: You guessed wrong.
SCO: You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched branches when your back was turned! Ha ha, you fool!! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia; and only slightly less well known is this: Never go in against SCO, when intellectual property is on the line!
SCO: HA-HAHA-HAHA AH-HAHA-HAHA (!!) (THUD!)
[IBM removes the blindfold from Linux]
Linux: Who are you?
IBM: I'm no one to be trifled with. That is all you'll ever need know.
Linux: And to think, all that time it was your code that was patented.
IBM: They were both patented. I spent the last few years building up an impressive patent portfolio.
(1) smp.c
2 * Intel SMP support routines.
3 *
4 * (c) 1995 Alan Cox, Building #3
5 * (c) 1998-99, 2000 Ingo Molnar
6 *
7 * This code is released under the GNU General Public License version 2 or
8 * later.
9 */
Re:OT: (You forgot the best part....) (Score:2)
Re:OT: (You forgot the best part....) (Score:2)
Re:OT: (You forgot the best part....) (Score:2)
Re:OT: (You forgot the best part....) (Score:1)
Re:OT: (You forgot the best part....) (Score:5, Funny)
Re:OT: (You forgot the best part....) (Score:3, Funny)
Brilliant, put I think the other part... (Score:4, Funny)
Anyone have the script to the "To The Pain" section? That sounds more like what IBM is going to be doing to SCO.
I can see it now...
IBM: First, I'll drive down the value of your stock. Then, I'll raid your entire patent portfolio...
SCO: Yes, then you'll drive us into bankruptcy...
IBM: No, your company I shall leave intact so that every business who worked with you can stare upon your hideousness and say, "My god, what a hideous company"...
Or something like that.
Re:Brilliant, put I think the other part... (Score:2, Funny)
IBM lies as before, not a muscle has moved, his head is still on the headboard, Yellin's sword at his side. Linux is alongside the bed; her eyes never leave his face.
Linux: Oh, IBM, will you ever forgive me?
IBM: What hideous sin have you committed lately?
Linux: I got 0wn3d. I didn't want to. It all happened so fast.
IBM: It never happened.
Linux: What?
IBM: It never happened.
Linux: But it did. I was there. Darl said, "All your code are belong to us."
IBM: Did
BRAVO!!! (Score:1)
Re:OT: (You forgot the best part....) (Score:2)
I thought Alan lives in Wales (Swansea?), not England. It's certainly the impression one gets from his diary [linux.org.uk]..
It is important to note (for non-British /.ers) that Wales is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island, as is England, and thus, Wales cannot be part of England.
This distinction is something that has been fought over for many hundreds of years.
Re:OT: (You forgot the best part....) (Score:2)
You also make the assumption that I take issue with the distinction between Welsh and English nationality. I do not. Despite being born in England, I consider myself British, not English, as that is what it says on my passport.