The second, and third, shoes

Posted Aug 19, 2003 20:48 UTC (Tue) by ccchips (subscriber, #3222)
Parent article: Why SCO won't show the code

LWN: Are you aware that this revelation has really made it hard to get through to you?

Second shoe: When I was in NORML, I saw news "reports", on major television outlets, of sperm swimming in circles due to marijuana use. The scene they showed was actually a snippet from an old educational film about what sperm looked like under a microscope, while the announcer boldly announced these "important findings" by "research groups." Could this "code" actually be just something they threw up on a slide to mislead people that they were showing evidence?

The third shoe:

On this forum and otheres, I've occasionally seen quiet, second-hand and third-hand posts (a friend, a friend of a friend who worked at SCO) about SCO employees doing the *exact opposite* of what they claimed IBM did, but with no specification of where or when; in other words, these people claimed that they knew SCO employees who stole code, and were encouraged to do so.

I am waiting. If this is true, it's got to be heavy on *someone*'s conscience.

Getting through to LWN

Posted Aug 19, 2003 21:13 UTC (Tue) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (5 responses)

"LWN: Are you aware that this revelation has really made it hard to get through to you?"

Trust us, we noticed. Our bandwidth is there, but our poor server is sweating under the load. I think there's people at Rackspace standing by with fire extinguishers.

That's why we should have released the article under subscription - it would have kept the load down.

Seriously, though, it's clear that a stronger server has got to be in our future plans at some point.

Getting through to LWN

Posted Aug 20, 2003 7:51 UTC (Wed) by ekj (guest, #1524) [Link]

It's ok. If your server is sweating, it means lots of people is reading this.

Lots of people reading this can only be good. Let it sweat. Keep the extinguishers handy.

Getting through to LWN

Posted Aug 20, 2003 16:43 UTC (Wed) by colink (guest, #274) [Link] (3 responses)

Let this be a notice to all of us who aren't currently subscribed. LWN is not just looking to make a few bucks. They published this openly because it's very important that the community they server know this now! If you like LWN, think about giving up two cups of Starbucks per month and support these guys. I just did.

And why doesn't somebody like OSDL just buy y'all? Wouldn't it be great if a n industry wide consortium of companies interested in Linux gave back to the community that way?

Getting through to LWN

Posted Aug 21, 2003 0:04 UTC (Thu) by Germ (guest, #14284) [Link] (2 responses)

I'll subscribe if they change this awfull color scheme...it hurts my eyes and offends my sense of asthetics...

Getting through to LWN

Posted Aug 21, 2003 0:36 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (1 responses)

You can change the color scheme any time you like; just go into the customization section of the "my account" screen.

Awaiting your subscription...:)

Color changing is easy.

Posted Aug 21, 2003 5:43 UTC (Thu) by frazier (guest, #3060) [Link]

Sure enough, I changed the left column background to #ffffcc and I'm back to classic LWN color. Changing "Headline background" to #ffffff pretty much completes the look.

That was easy.