SCO Changes Tune, Again: Linux Now Just a Riff on Unix

dr3vil writes "eWeek publishes an interview with SCO's Darl McBride and Chris Sontag about the IBM lawsuit. SCO now claim that Linux is a 'nonliteral implementation' of Unix, and compare their claim to those involving Harry Potter rip-offs and Vanilla Ice versus David Bowie and Queen." And ronaldb64 writes "Yahoo Business has a nice summary of the last couple of months of stock movement of SCO, and the reasons why. It contains quotes from business analysts ('Win or lose, the outcome is at least a couple of years away' - 'In the interim, we know the company is going to burn through its cash balance.'), the lack of interest in SCO licenses, the effect the license purchase of EveryOne Ltd. had, and its continuing battle with Novell. The explanation given by pro- and contra-SCO activists is interesting: the pro-SCO group (in the form of SCO CFO Robert Bench) says it is because SCO has been laying low lately, the contra-SCO group (in the form of Eben Moglen) says it is because investors are beginning to understand how weak SCO's case is."

The Money Shot

[themaddone]

Q: Why do you think SCO can win?

McBride: When I look at our case, I think anyone who has a rational mind would come down to the same conclusions I do.

You mean, just like IBM, and the FOSS movement in general?

In other news...

[Kirill Lokshin]

King Feature Syndicates claims Star Wars is "nonliteral implementation" of Flash Gordon, sues Lucasfilm for $10 billion.

So Linux is "Cool as Ice"

[Anonymous Coward]

"Free words of wisdom baby. Drop that zero, and get with the hero."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101615/quotes

It took them!

[MagiGraphX]

Investors are simply beginning to understand how weak SCO's case is.

Then why is Microsoft still invested... Oh, wait a minute...

Wow, Just Like This New Sim-Game..

[ackthpt]

I've been beta-testing Sim-Litigation for a while and it's a pretty gut wrenching thing to go through. The game is like most Sim Games, but in this one every Sim becomes a Sim-Lawyer or someone hiring one, it takes seeming years to play and when the revolution came and the Sim Lawyers all went up agains the wall there was nobody left to fire the bullets.

I noticed Sim-SCO was one of the first to die off.

Re:karma whoring opportunity! :D

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, a guy name Harry Potter invented a new type of ice cream and used a David Bowie song and the image of the Queen of England to sell it. He got sued but the case was thrown out.

Re:In other news...

[trmj]

Perhaps IBM should say that SCO's Unix is a "reverse parody" of Linux, and sue on the grounds of defamation of a good product by releasing one that's more of a joke?

:-p

Right on the money.

[demonic-halo]

SCOX definately should be sorted.

That company no longer has the ability to sustain itself from day to day operations.

Or Maybe it's better to buy 1 share of SCOX, wipe my ass with it, and mail it back to Darl McBride. It's just too hard to say what gives me more pleasure.

Ice Ice What the FUCK?!

[Tackhead]

> Darl McBride and Chris Sontag about the IBM lawsuit. SCO now claim that Linux is a 'nonliteral implementation' of Unix, and compare their claim to those involving Harry Potter rip-offs and Vanilla Ice versus David Bowie and Queen.

Now that lawyers are jumpin'
Billy Gates' cash in, and my analysts pumpin'
Insider trades, all the sales I'm makin'
Cooking short sellers like a pound of bacon
Burning them - if they're not quick and nimble
I go crazy when I see the symbol
of my high stock - S-C-O-X tempo,
I'm on a roll, it's time to go solo

(Rollin!) In shareholder dough,
Press releasin' now, up my stock will go,
Pamela's on standby, tryin' just to ask "why"?
(Did you stop?) No! I just drove by,
Kept on - I'm filin' to the next suit,
Judge busts me down, so I gotta try a new truth, -

That truth was dead, yo, so I continued to,
(IBM) - Lawsuit avenue!
Darl and Chris, wearing less than bikinis,
*** VIEWER PROTECTION FAULT - CORE DUMPED ***

best use ever for SCO letters

[rock_climbing_guy]

This is what SCO license demand letters were meant for [kde.org].

Re:What gets me...

[Anonymous Coward]

What ever happened to coming home to your kids and convicing yourself that you are decent human being?

It moved to Europe.

From the Queen/Bowie lyrics

[weeboo0104]

...It's the terror of knowing
What these lawsuits are about.
SCO investors screaming
Let me out.
Press-release tommorow - get the stock high, High, Hiiiiiiiiiiiiggh
Pressure on SCO - SCO on the brink.
Under pressure.

April Fools !!!

[Tsiangkun]

McBride: ...anyone who has a rational mind would come down to the same conclusions I do.

Yesterday ??? Over ??? Oh, sorry I thought I was just getting some bad lag.

--Tsiangkun

Re:What a joke

[mcc]

Sorry no more responses allowed after this, or else I'll sue you for non-literal illiterate literation.

But then wouldn't you open yourself up to being countersued for illegal levels of litigious alliteration?

Re:Wat een gelul

[Eberlin]

Here's a translation for some language:

d00d, SCO's f'ed up. They're like "we coo" and then IBM's like "nu uh!" and they were like "dude, we own you" and IBM's like "sh-yeah right. Like quit bein posers. Want some o' this?" then SCO was like "well, you're all just wannabe unices" then IBM was like "man, ya'll are trippin! Like fer sure!"

MUSIC! I missed the MUSIC!!!!!!

[74Carlton]

All this source code I've looked at, there's MUSIC that goes along with it? MUSIC? I missed the MUSIC!!!! No wonder I can't understand it, just looking at the words and not hearing the MUSIC!

Re:Ah lawyers! The next big thing!

[FCAdcock]

Never! Your JD is always good.

This assuming that by JD you mean Jack Daniels...

Re:Why does my "I hate SCO" meter just keep going

[Anonymous Coward]

"I think SCO just may be SATAN"

Hmm, and just having seen a particular Southpark episode, I then must conclude that SCO is gay, and not a mormon!

"some poor saps will loose a lot of money on SCO stock"

Nope. Those same poor saps have had over a year now to pull out. People buying SCOX are supporting them and therefore are equally evil as SCO...

Re:Then what about windows?

[Anonymous Coward]

God no! Debbie Gibson had talent, could play instruments, and wrote her own songs. And she didn't slut out when she started to get less popular, unlike the bleached one.

Not that I'm complaining, mind you - I'm waiting for the Playboy spread.

Re:Hey Rocky...

[Flower]

All right, because imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

McBride: Hey Rocky! Watch me pull a lawsuit out of my hat.
Rocky: AGAIN? But that trick never works!
McBride: Nuthin' in my brain... Presto!
*McBride pulls Nazgul head out of hat. We hear ear-piercing scream of Nazgul's mount. Wide-eyed Mcbride turns to camera trying to push Nazgul back into hat.*
McBride: Guess I need a better hat.
PAN TO ROCKY: Now here's something we hope you really like!
Off-camera we hear McBride screaming. Counter-claims? Motion to remand? DECLARATORY JUDGMENT!!!! Noooooooooo!

Re:Umm.... yeah.

[Ugmo]

You just summed up the state of IP law in the US most beautifully.

To sum it up perfectly he should add, after saying that he is writing a login function that is exactly the same as every other login function ... and I am now patenting the login function and the USPTO has granted me the patent. Now I am hiring a lawyer to sue everyone on the planet. Look I am winning the lawsuits and putting lots of companies out of business...Another visvtory for INNOVATION.

Re:Ah lawyers! The next big thing!

[Anonymous Coward]

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