There's an opportunity here.
Posted Jan 17, 2004 0:00 UTC (Sat) by
jre (guest, #2807)
Parent article:
Linux users face licence cash call (BBC News)
We are now at the point where SCO has made a significant number of threats which have proven to be empty. Examples include:
Darl's thuggish talk of suing Hollywood, including the statement "They can choose licensing or litigation. If someone says they want to see a court ruling before they pay, we'll say, Fine, you're the lucky winner. We'll take you first. I'd be surprised if we make it to the end of the year without filing a lawsuit." (emphasis added).
And who can forget the infamous threats of invoices? On September 2nd,
Blake Stowell said "the company will begin the more active approach of sending invoices requesting payment to commercial Linux users, 'probably some time this month.'" (emphasis added). They flogged that one for all it was worth, then, finding nobody spineless enough to pay, and facing criminal prosecution if they followed through, they cravenly bailed out by October 15th.
As I recall, Darl also promised in the Dec. 22nd conference call to sue someone early this year. With a pattern this blatant and consistent, don't we now have an opportunity to create a "SCO Big Bluff Page" with the whole sorry spectacle spread out for all to see? It might go a long way toward stiffening the spines of the waverers.
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