SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register)

Posted Aug 6, 2003 0:24 UTC (Wed) by tjc (guest, #137) [Link]

Is there actually any evidence that companies will pay up?

It almost seems as if they don't want people to pay up, based on the cost of a license. I don't know how much Solaris runs these days, but $1399 seems high to me...

We all know Linux is good, but I never realized that it was this good. :-)

Posted Aug 6, 2003 0:42 UTC (Wed) by phil42 (guest, #5175) [Link]

Good point. Stand up to the bitch-assed punks.

Posted Aug 6, 2003 2:04 UTC (Wed) by dbhost (guest, #3461) [Link]

SCO has refused to show where they have any legitimate claim to any Intellectual property in Linux. They continue to distribute the Linux kernel with the GPL and all code as far as I have been able to ascertain intact and unmolested by removal of any SCO proprietary code. And now they want to charge me to use something they don't even own? Imagine the following call coming in to your local police station. (Redneck emphasis added to illustrate the absurdity of the situation).

Dispatcher. "911 what is your emergency"
McBumpkin "Billy Joe just broke into mah house an' stole stuff".
Dispatcher "Sir, could you tell me what stuff you claim Billy Joe took from you?"
McBumpkin "Ain't gonna do that. Then he'd give it back. I wan' that sonofab*tch shot now!"
Dispatcher "Sir, we can't just go out and shoot people. Now can you please tell me what exactly was stolen?"
McBumpkin "Ah already tol' you once! I ain't gonna do that. Then he'd give it back!"
Dispatcher "Ooookay. Sir. Can you prove that you ever owned whatever it was that you say was stolen?".
McBumpkin "Aw shur ah kin. Jim Bob here rote me a receet fer some stuff a while ago."
Dispatcher "So, what you are saying is that Jim Bob sold you some stuff, and that Billy Joe took all of that stuff from you without your permission?"
McBumpkin "Nah. Billy Joe took some tiny pieces of the stuff".
Dispatcher "Sir, what exactly should I tell the officer to look for when I send him out to talk to Billy Joe?"
McBumpkin "Is you stoopid er whut? Ah already tol' you, I ain't sayin
!"

(Dispatcher dimisses caller and gets on the radio to the patrol officer"

Dispatcher "All units be on the lookout for a drunk bumpkin. Claims to have been robbed of nefarious property he refuses to identify, and wants former friend, Billy Joe dead. Looks like McBumpkin lost another competition."

At best these guys are simpletons bumbling forward under the advice of a slimeball lawyer. I doubt it. I believe this is nothing short of Extortion and Racketeering.