Comment Please Do Not Feed The Troll (Score 1) 1659
No, I don't mean any of the previous posters. I mean that big ol' troll in the article, the one with SCO on its forehead. Every time we pay the slightest bit of attention to him, he wins, and he gets a boost to his share price rather than his ego.
Seriously people isn't it obvious? The board of SCO is stuffed with people who've learnt and live by the mantra "There's a sucker born every minute", and have applied it to law suits and stock prices.
1. Launch a big, complicated contract lawsuit against a major player.
2. Spread FUD about a vaguely related tech subject that will make techies scream.
3. Profit!
Of course its a little more complicated than that. They have to string this out in the courts for the next few years (easy), while they make a few million each selling ridiculously over-valued shares. Then they have to find some patsies to take the fall (cf Enron) once they've sold out and the law suit finally falls apart.
They don't care in the slightest about Linux, Unix IP or what anyone thinks of them. They just want publicity, which boosts their share price, which makes them money. This is going to go on for years, and I'm already sick of seeing us fall for their every ridiculous announcement.
I know I'm urinating into the prevailing direction of air particle movement but Quit Posting SCO Stories.
Seriously people isn't it obvious? The board of SCO is stuffed with people who've learnt and live by the mantra "There's a sucker born every minute", and have applied it to law suits and stock prices.
1. Launch a big, complicated contract lawsuit against a major player.
2. Spread FUD about a vaguely related tech subject that will make techies scream.
3. Profit!
Of course its a little more complicated than that. They have to string this out in the courts for the next few years (easy), while they make a few million each selling ridiculously over-valued shares. Then they have to find some patsies to take the fall (cf Enron) once they've sold out and the law suit finally falls apart.
They don't care in the slightest about Linux, Unix IP or what anyone thinks of them. They just want publicity, which boosts their share price, which makes them money. This is going to go on for years, and I'm already sick of seeing us fall for their every ridiculous announcement.
I know I'm urinating into the prevailing direction of air particle movement but Quit Posting SCO Stories.
