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Posted Aug 22, 2003 16:33 UTC (Fri) by allesfresser (guest, #216)
In reply to: Close by roystgnr
Parent article: SCO CEO says IBM behind open source attacks (InfoWorld)

Now, now... we don't actually know if McBride is LDS or not, do we? Even if he went to BYU (which I am not sure of, having not had the time to browse through his resume), it doesn't mean he necessarily is an LDS member (thought that is a high probability in that case), or even if he is technically a member, it's not certain that he is an active member or has a temple recommend or whatever... there's plenty of people that are religious in past connection or in name only. And I'm sure there's more than a few LDS members that abhor what he's doing.

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Posted Aug 22, 2003 17:02 UTC (Fri) by freethinker (guest, #4397) [Link]

Maybe, like Spock, he just did a little too much LDS...

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Posted Aug 22, 2003 17:18 UTC (Fri) by ccchips (subscriber, #3222) [Link]

I'm sure you're right; I can't imangine any good, spiritually-minded people approving of his behavior.

Though I tend to joke about religion sometimes (I love to go to http://www.subgenius.com), I don't mean them any harm. Just a little ribbing.

Maybe that's what DM is actually doing---joking about it.

...most everything else he says is a joke, so why not this?

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Posted Aug 22, 2003 18:55 UTC (Fri) by roystgnr (guest, #14278) [Link]

Please don't take my speculations too seriously; "Darl thinks he has a divine mandate" is just another hypothesis to put next to "SCOs execs are trying a pump and dump stock scheme" or "Darl is trying to get bought out by IBM" in your list of attempts to explain SCO's behavior, and I suspect that out of all the theories on that list Occam would prefer the simplicity of "They're idiots".

As for LDS members that abhor what he's doing, they're not hard to find: I think the Provo Linux Users' Group was the first to publically protest SCO, and they've got links on their webpage (currently at http://ruistech.com/mirrors/mirror.lug-nut.com/ ) to a half dozen other Utah LUGs that are probably at least 50% LDS and 99% PO'ed.