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SCO's bluff is called

Message ID: 76765 Posted By: atul666 Posted On: 2003-12-31 06:35:00 Subject: SCO's bluff is called Recs: 15 Here's a hillarious open letter to SCO from the head of a nonprofit computer recycling outfit. It's quite an enjoyable read. http://www.accrc.org/sco.html My favourite bit: "To be more specific you claim that Gnu/Linux is a derivative of your Unix IP and as such is your IP. After extensive research on my own part and reviewing the considered opinions of those in the field of IP litigation I have concluded to my own satisfaction that your position consists of bullpuckey." (IMHO the correct term is "bullsco", however.) It occurs to me that SCO's entire strategy is based on the idea that nobody outside their company is familiar with the concept of "bluffing" and won't see it for what it is. Yet more evidence of the Mad SCO Disease epidemic now ravaging parts of Utah. -----------------------------------

Question to the "strong buy" people

Message ID: 73058 Posted By: rex007can Posted On: 2003-12-18 12:43:00 Subject: question to the "strong buy" people Recs: 0 I am really wondering and mean absolutely no insult or anything bad. I'm just curious. How do you guys who think SCOX is a good investment evaluate this? Is it because even though we havent seen anything as of yet you believe that their case against IBM is strong enough to bet your money on? Is it because you think the chance on immense gain is worth the gamble? Is it just because you hate Linux or you just like to stir controversy? I'm genuinly curious. I know what my position is, and I don't take personally anything that's happening there (contrary to a lot of other people) but I've read everything I could find and tried to evaluate their chances of surviving this with all the available info, and frankly, I can't find a good reason why I would want to bet my money on them, unless it's money I don't m

Latest from Groklaw

Message ID: 66869 Posted By: phandsvrta Posted On: 2003-12-02 10:49:00 Subject: Latest from Groklaw... Recs: 1 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031130210334574 ------------------------------------------------------------ The text of this Yahoo Message Board post has been licensed for copying and distribution by the Yahoo Message Board user "phandsvrta" under the following license: License:  CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike v2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------