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SCO in the SD Times 100
The SCO Group has sent out a press release
proclaiming its being named in the "SD Times 100." ""SCO is honored
to be named among the many influential companies that comprise the SD Times
100. We pride ourselves in the work we do to create world renowned
Unix-based solutions designed by some of the most experienced and
outstanding engineers in the industry." For the curious, here is the SD Times 100;
SCO appears under "Influencers" in the company of Apache, Eclipse,
O'Reilly, OSDL, and the W3C; the entry reads "The company's legal
assaults on IBM and Linux users dominated 2003's tech headlines and shook
up the open-source community. No other IT topic inspires such fervent
debate, fear, uncertainty and doubt." Honored, indeed.
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SCO in the SD Times 100 Posted May 17, 2004 15:33 UTC (Mon) by Cato (subscriber, #7643) [Link] I've just sent a (polite) email of protest about this to the feedback address on the article, and I hope others will too - it's outrageous that SCO should be honoured for its shenanigans.
SCO in the SD Times 100 Posted May 17, 2004 15:47 UTC (Mon) by jstomel (guest, #14271) [Link] It sounds to me that SCO isn't being honored, it is being mocked.
SCO in the SD Times 100 Posted May 17, 2004 16:01 UTC (Mon) by dcoutts (subscriber, #5387) [Link] "No other IT topic inspires such fervent debate, fear, uncertainty and doubt." Mocking indeed.
SCO in the SD Times 100 Posted May 17, 2004 16:50 UTC (Mon) by chel (guest, #11544) [Link] It is funny they are so stupid they feel "honored"
SCO in the SD Times 100 Posted May 18, 2004 6:42 UTC (Tue) by evgeny (subscriber, #774) [Link] > It sounds to me that SCO isn't being honored, it is being mocked.Yet, the main title of the page reads "The Best of the Best", so I'd expect an unaware (not necessarily an inattentive one) reader would indeed consider this a honor.
SCO in the SD Times 100 Posted May 18, 2004 8:13 UTC (Tue) by Cato (subscriber, #7643) [Link] Exactly - and of course, SCO has put out a positive press release. Any mocking of SCO should be sufficiently clear that they can't twist things to look positive. Calling SCO an influencer is like calling the Black Death a force for health improvement.
SCO in the SD Times 100 Posted May 18, 2004 14:56 UTC (Tue) by dcoutts (subscriber, #5387) [Link] No, it's not the same. It's like saying the Black Death was a significant event in the history of public health.They said "Influencers", they didn't say positive influence or negative influence.
SCO in the SD Times 100 Posted May 17, 2004 19:56 UTC (Mon) by smoogen (subscriber, #97) [Link] For the first time, SCO has been honest about itself. We should applaud them.
SCO in the SD Times 100 Posted May 18, 2004 1:53 UTC (Tue) by JoeF (subscriber, #4486) [Link] Hmm, they of course couldn't stop lying in their press release:"SCO was recognized for its influence in software development as owners of the UNIX Operating System." Whereas, the SD Times says "The company’s legal assaults on IBM and Linux users dominated 2003’s tech headlines and shook up the open-source community. No other IT topic inspires such fervent debate, fear, uncertainty and doubt."
SCO in the SD Times 100 Posted May 18, 2004 8:06 UTC (Tue) by keithmo (subscriber, #12811) [Link] "SCO was recognized for its influence in software development..." in much the same way as the HIV virus has been recognized for its influence on modern society...
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