More on SCO vs. IBM Lawsuit

Colin Stanners writes "SCO has held a TeleConference and put up a page with information on their lawsuit against IBM. The key phrase (from their complaint) is: 'It is not possible for Linux to rapidly reach UNIX performance standards for complete enterprise functionality without the misappropriation of UNIX code, methods or concepts to achieve such performance, and coordination by a larger developer, such as IBM.' Their page also includes a Q&A, presentation, and exhibits, although these are mostly licensing agreements and not code." Bruce Perens had an interesting comment on the situation, more than one group is trying to organize a boycott, and Newsforge has a story based on SCO's press conference this morning. Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.

why?

[reaper20]

more than one group is trying to organize a boycott

The market has been "boycotting" SCO and it's crap for years, not like there needs to be a special effort.

Harsh link!

[TopShelf]

The lawsuit information found from the SCOSource link is an audio recording - it'll take about 1/10th of a normal /. effect to bring that to its knees!

However it turns out

[Anonymous Coward]

you have to admit that SCO is the better platform for rapping, because SCO rhymes with "fro", "dough", and "blow".

Ha ha! You beat me to it!

[Praxxus]

How do you boycott a product that nobody is using, anyway?

Does SCO even care that they:

1. Look like big, broke whiny crybabies
2. Are shooting themselves in the feet, knees, hips, spines, etc. and can kiss any business (save for the Rambus business model) goodbye for the rest of their pitiful existence??

I hope IBM bitchslaps them. Litigiously speaking, of course.

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Boycott SCO!

[sulli]

But I already don't use SCO! Nonetheless I'll use them even less!

Re:Whatever SCO

[tuffy]

"It is not possible for Linux to rapidly reach UNIX performance standards for complete enterprise functionality without the misappropriation of UNIX code"

Maybe SCO should subpoena IBM for the Linux source and find the offending code themselves ;)

Acronym

[daeley]

Market Cap of SCO: $25 million.

Desired SCO suit damages: $1 billion.

Having the biggest, baddest lawyers and patent holdings on the planet: Priceless.

SCO for corporate suicide; for everything else, there's Big Blue. ;)

Re:However it turns out

[Garfunkel]

yeah, but linux has:
sucks
bucks
ducks
fucks
trucks

You can make a pretty good rap out of that :)

SCO to IBM

[L7_]

"We know your develoers and they are not competant enough to do that. So obviously you ripped it off of us."

Re:However it turns out

[JimDabell]

Not to mention the all-important "yo".

Re:However it turns out

[Homebrewed]

You left out the most important one-- "slow."

Re:However it turns out

[Dr Caleb]

So?

McBride needs new board members

[pkunzipper]

And yet, SCO still offers products named OpenLinux. Is that going to change to ClosedUNIX or OpenLinuxfor$100.

Re:Fighting Back!

[dbc]

Great idea! And cheap, too! Should only take 4 or 5 guys a couple of weeks.

Bandwidth is Expensive

[Fished]

I just LOVE listening to the audio broadcast of this on SCO's site. I think I'll listen to it again, and again, and again. Maybe I could listen to it on every computer in my house...

Re:However it turns out

[TheViffer]

Oh no ...
Here we go ..

Anyone also note that

[einhverfr]

Their sales line is 1-888-GO-LINUX.

Please MR Linus--

Please make them license the trademark from you! ;)

They've committed one of the classic blunders!

[douglips]

The most well known of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." But only slightly less well known is "Never go up against IBM, when Intellectual Property is on the line!" A ha ha ha! A ha ha ha! A ha ha...
(thud)

No.

[burgburgburg]

Yao. Can I write a check?

Can't wear my SCO shirts anymore...

[ryanwright]

This is horse shit. I picked up some nice long sleeved shirts at SCO's booth @ LinuxWorld in January. They're great looking, comfortable shirts, and now I can't wear them...

SCO, you bastards.

Re:Better than a boycott?

[Anonymous Coward]

They already have difficulty identifying their real would-be customers (there aren't any left).

Re:However it turns out

[RadioTV]

Stop it now - I mean it
Anybody want a peanut

raising hand

[jbolden]

OK I'll hide my head in shame. Oce printing uses a SCO solution for their postscript control center:
(individual systems -> SCO master -> ?SCO slave? -> Postscript rip -> SCO slave/master -> ?IOCA RIP? -> Printer. Its switching to Linux but it isn't converted yet (since it works and scales big enough).

[Screams of "but its not my fault" in the background]

Re:SCO to IBM

[Xformer]

Unless they honestly believe that every developer that has worked on the Linux kernel is on IBM's payroll, that's completely ludicrous. No, wait... it still is.

Re:why?

[dolpho37]

Interestingly SCO itself appears to be boycotting SCO UNIX! Look what they're running! [netcraft.com]

Re:I asked this before, answer this time

[Zak3056]

Just a few off-the-cuff observations.

- You don't launch a land war in Asia.

- You don't launch a billion-dollar patent battle with IBM, if your
strategy is in fact to win that battle.

- NEVER go against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line!

Whoo hoo! Slashdot can fix this!

[multipartmixed]

Let's see. Somebody replying to the other article said they're worth 16 million bucks.

They probably pay a nickel per minute for their 888 number.

That means that we can bankrupt them by making 320 million minutes worth of useless calls, navigating their stupid voice menus! If we can each make 100 minutes worth of calls, we only need 3.2 million slashdotters to participate!

Looks like it's time for an offensive slashdotting, old school!

Sure You Can!

[multipartmixed]

You just need a big, fat, red magic marker. Make a circle-with-slash (e.g. No SCO!) logo out of it.

Then it will be truly 1337.