SCO Turns Up the Heat on Linux Users (eWeek) [LWN.net]

SCO Turns Up the Heat on Linux Users (eWeek)

Posted Aug 19, 2003 13:14 UTC (Tue) by monk234 (guest, #11260)
Parent article: SCO Turns Up the Heat on Linux Users (eWeek)

Two things:

1. McBride is desparate.
2. He figures he's got no real chance of winning so he might as well try to steal the whole kit 'n' kaboodle.

I picture him in his office with his favorite bottle of Irish whisky slurring "I'll sshshow those ^&*%$$# damn users!!! Make a fafafool out of me will they? <fade to incoherant babbling>"

So he'll continue to make a lot of noise but his audience will diminish.

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It's Like a SLAPP Suit

Posted Aug 19, 2003 18:06 UTC (Tue) by wweber (guest, #11678) [Link]

SCO doesn't really need to win. The same way the SLAPP suits threw wet blankets over other grassroots movements, if they can be a big enough bother to Linux users SCO may accomplish what they want through the mere threats.

Ever consider that M$ could study that Linux setup they have and work out a way to probe for Samba systems from a Windows machine on a network? Then they could build this capability into their future Treach^H^H^H^Husted Computing model. A Trusted Windows computer would probe the network and if it found a Linux/Samba box, send e-mail to SCO, saying "We found another Linux Box - send over the Audit Team!"

It's Like a SLAPP Suit

Posted Aug 20, 2003 8:19 UTC (Wed) by ekj (subscriber, #1524) [Link]

Except for one thing. They are the cockroach, and we are the giant. There's no chanse in hell that SCO will ever manage to intimidate us.

Infact there's probably thousands, like me, ready to bounce on them with restraining orders and lawsuits the minute I become aware that they're even issuing statements with libelous claims about Linux in my jurisdiction.

The thing that surprises me is that they don't already have thousands of cases demanding gag-orders against them in the US, maybe this is connected to the ridiculous price and time needed for a suit in the US ?

In Germany, SCO was already given a gag-order as a result of a suit brougth by LinuxTag which claimed (legitimately) that SCO where making unsubstantiated libellous claims hurting their bussiness. SCO was ordered to show evidence of the likelihood of the claims holding water, or shut up. Unsurprisingly they choose to shut up. Try visiting www.sco.de and finding anything negative about Linux. There's none whatsoever, not even a mention of their bogus "licensing program".

Why doesn't thousands of people demand the same thing in the US ?