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"We blame Linux" "But Darl, your company used to be one of the biggest Linux distributors..."

That is the key missing element in this whole rant of his, the even ention that SCO used to run one of the largest US distributors on the market. Hell, I RAN their Linux until the day they started this. They abandoned their installed user base, and now are whining because they went elsewhere? Oh cry me a river Darl.

This dutch language always makes me feel vaguely uncomfortable...

Yes, if it hadn't been so successful, it wouldn't have been worth their while sueing and they could have got on with running some sort of business instead. Maybe making OS's or something like that...

In Dutch, we have a saying: hij die kaatst, kan de bal verwachten.

In English, we have a saying: What?

Let's see: you abandoned your user base, then spread FUD and lies while attempting to levy a baseless lawsuit against your former customers and everyone else who uses an OS you used to distribute.

Maybe I missed something here, but who in the hell decided this was a great idea? This whole SCO drama just sounded to me like a CEO on a crack cocaine binge...

Hopefully the larger industry at whole will calm down with all the frivolous and irrational 'I.P.' claims.

I wonder if IBM settled their claim with Amazon.com over IBM's patents regarding 'online retail'. It's another perfect example of a company trying to get money for work they didn't do.

And in Latin they say
Quia ventum seminabunt, et turbinem metent
so what's so f--king special about Dutch?

Ofwel boontje komt voor zijn loontje, en wie een kuil graaft voor een ander valt er zelf in.

;)

Seriously, the one reason Dutch people are excellent English speakers is the fact that not a single rock on this planet can make heads or tails of the Dutch language.

So when quoting in another language, remember to translate as it "skulle var jävligt korkat att skriva något som ingen annan kan förstå" as we say in Swedish...

In brazilian portuguese we use to say "Já vai tarde malandro".

Darl, I too have a saying - and you're full of it.

let me say to SCO,

"Good night, and good luck"

"he that throws back, can the ball expect". Now I get why they call that fish the "Babel"

Hold nu bare kæft, hvis i ikke har noget ordentligt at bidrage med...

Did I miss something, or didn't they sue everybody and that way created the bad publicity, all by themself?


Hávamál #36:
A small hut of one's own is better,
A man is his master at home:
A couple of goats and a corded roof
Still are better than begging.

SCO:

Billy Joel " WE DIDN'T START THIS FIRE"

But we DAMN sure put it out! Now bend over and take it in your USB port, one DISTRO @ a time!

Bah Weep Grah Nah Weep Ninni Bong!

And SCO gets what they deserve,

the saying in latin meant that those who will sow wind will be harvesting a storm.

the comment in swedish was: it would be damn stupid to write something if nobody else could understand it (is that right?)

with a smattering of german one can understand written dutch. however idioms are so idiomatic... you just can't expect to render them.

i guess it was: if you throw the ball you should expect it (thrown back at yourself) (kaatsen = Engl. cast; verwachten = Ger. erwarten)

There's a saying in Italy as well: Chi è causa del suo mal, pianga se stesso. It roughly translates to if you're the cause of your own misfortune just cry over yourself. It makes a great epitaph. For SCO.

and in Russia we say:
Не капай другому яму, сам в неё попадёшь

"aki könnyüvérü nönek megy, ne csodálkozzon, ha lefektetik"
if you turn to be prostitute, do not be surprised if you get laid

Edited 2007-09-21 13:36

SCO == "The knights who say, Ni!"

I think SCO should now sue all linux users because of bad publicity, that should get them back on the track !!!

Edited 2007-09-21 13:37

in Scotland - "Get it up you!"

Voi Pillu

I love the way SCO are unable to take the blame, it's like a kid screaming 'It ain't fair!'.

I read in a recent article that half of they're accountants have left SCO; some because of reorganization but most because they quit. Some of these accountants have been with the company for over ten years! Guess they knew which way the wind was blowing.

We have a another good English saying: You reap what you sow.

And in Ireland: Me hole it's not your fault!

Edit: Added ancient Irish saying ;-)

Edited 2007-09-21 14:02 UTC

I remember SCO making a variant of Unix, not linux, but the name escapes me. What is going to happen to that OS?

So is there any way to pin any of this on Microsoft or Sun in any way? Or they walk out pretty squeaky clean after bankrolling SCO to make them live longer?

Basically whoever was holding stock or had invested in SCO saw their money thrown away on obviously frivilous, absolutely non ethical, (criminal) lawsuits.

So were they put up to this? Any smoking gun anywhere or just rumours and a few scattered emails?

Obviously he won't stop:

"We believe the inclusion of Unix code and derivative works in Linux has been a contributor to the decline in our Unix business because users of Linux generally do not pay for the operating system itself, but pay for services and maintenance."

My understanding of the recent ruling is that this had no issue on whether Unix code is used in Linux, but rather ownership of the Unix copyright (belonging to Novell). If this is the case, and Linux does contain Unix code, could it not be that if Novell falls on hard times they turn around and claim ownership?

SCO really reminds me of Rambus, who never really did anything other than demand royalties from other manufacturers for DDR memory technology they had no right to claim in the first place.

I attended to the SCO press conference back in 2003. I have not seen a single proof or evidence since.

Lets say we work for 35 years before retirement. I make living working with Linux and SCO spent 4 years attacking source of my income _without_ showing a reason of its attacks. I presume SCO will be around for at least a year because of bankruptcy filling, still poisoning and spreading FUD, making it 5 out of 35 of my productive years. Damn.

Management of SCO will benefit from ordering PLMAG for the years to come, I presume. http://www.plmag.org/

"Si tu craches en l'air, ça va te retomber sur le nez."

This does not look good for SCO. i suggest to whoever is running SCO products needs to upgrade to something else.

to me it was more a fast trying to make money despite of all risks. It is like "play with someone else money" and/or as a proxy. If you lose, well, was not your money anyway, and you still have a change to collect something.

I hope Darl and whoever collaborated with him on this "vendetta" get their own accounts used to minor the loss and GET IN JAIL as an example to whoever wants to follow the same path.

with crap spewed in every direction to misdirect the media. The pump & dump rewarded the execs by many $100Ks as they drove SCOX from $2 to near $20. Darl cashed out when it reached $12 (see EDGAR). Their stock options plan was designed to reap from the stock price which they then controlled at will with any media lies they liked.

Mike Anderer and Darl had a IP litigation history from their previous ventures.
When Darl replaced Love at Caldera, he brought in Mike to look for gold in the 95 APA. He told Darl their was no copyright transfer but who would ever know. There was too much APA info for the media to digest so they got to cherry pick or mis represent it very easily. One of the biggest lies that persisted was that old SCO paid over $100M when they really they issued $50 in stock to Novell. When old SCO sold this business to Caldera, the price about $15M IIRC.

Darl,

I'm sure some idiot venture capitalist will find another company for you to screw up...........heh-heh, but then again perhaps not.

bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay'

Seriously, we should be grateful to Darl for making himself flypaper for idiots like Rob Enderle.

Here today, SCO-n tomorrow!

"Ah'm gonna warsh mai dawg an rench 'im auf!"

I'm from New Mexico where the official language is actually Spanish and the language of business is English.

We generally hire translators to understand mono-lingual Texan speakers.

In any case, E'Dios SCO.

I posted a couple of items on my blog concerning this whole SCO mess. Frankly, I lay the blame at Darl boy's feet. Linux killed SCO? Yeah, I don't think so. If Linux was such a big nasty threat to a company such as SCO, which from what I recall had a fairly good sized customer base, then why has MS been able to pick up so much steam in the server room? And, why hasn't Linux killed Sun?

My comments are here:
http://itjobsrus.blogspot.com/2007/09/sco-darl-screwed-you.html

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http://itjobsrus.blogspot.com/2007/09/sco-my-condolences.html

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http://itjobrus.blogspot.com

LOL It's couldn't have happened to a better company. So long SCO, stick it in your A$%

Isn't this actually a bad thing? Linux was never proven in a court of law to not contain any UNIX code- granted, it's pretty obvious that SCO didn't have a case and was just stalling with all their legal might, but the end of this lawsuit accomplishes nothing.

SCO and whoever else wants to can still get away with claim Linux contains infringing code, because it was never demonstrated in a court of law that it doesn't. Granted, all the evidence points to Linux being completely free of it, but we've been saying that for years.

IBM get your office supply here.

New business for SCO- Copyright of name?

Edited 2007-09-21 20:14

Hasta la vista Sco.

c'est la vi

In the 23rd century we have a saying:

"They're dead, Jim; Let's go have a mint julep." ;-)

In german, we say:

Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja!...
Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!

:)

We have a saying: Rätt åt de giriga fanskapen!

Please, tell me when I should stop laughing. The article's quotes from Darl have got to be the best piece of standup comedy this side of (insert name of *really good* comedian here).

I think if there were ever any Unix code in Linux (doubtful), its long gone/replaced by now.

SCO is just using their lawsuit in hopes of scoring a big win and saving their company. But the fact of the matter is...their stock is at 16 cents per share and they are to be delisted from NASDAC in just a few days.

...it's a bad loser.

Good riddance to bad rubbish, say I.