Grokking SCO's Demise

An anonymous reader writes "You have already heard the news that the SCO Group's US$5 billion threat against Linux is effectively finished. It was the Web site Groklaw.net that broke the news and posted the complete 102-page ruling; after that, it was picked up by mainstream media and trade press. In fact, it's Groklaw that has covered every aspect of SCO's legal fights with Linux vendors IBM , Novell and Red Hat and Linux users Daimler Chrysler and AutoZone ever since paralegal Pamela Jones started the site as a hobby in 2003. This feature does a great job of chronicling Groklaws' hand in the demise of SCO's case."

Wait a minute...

[bigtallmofo]

SCO is dead!? I just bought a new SCO Source license yesterday for $699! Why wasn't I told about this sooner? Thanks a lot, guys.

Anyway, I'm still glad I have the peace of mind of fully licensing all of SCO's Unix intellectual property within my installation of Ubuntu. If you'd like this peace of mind, buy today at:

http://www.caldera.com/scosource/ [caldera.com]

Now does anyone know where I can purchase a rock that wards off tigers?

Re:A Self Contradictory Smear.

[Zerth]

If, after looking at everything carefully, you conclude that the GNU/Linux people were right, how can you call what they say, "partisan crowd noise" ?

Well, it is well known that reality has a GNU/Linux bias.

Re:Props to Groklaw...

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh look, an angry Microsoft/SCO shill! Amusing.

Re:eh

[Anonymous Coward]

No, am she wasn't not.

Re:Cravath and IBM should get more credit

[onkelonkel]

Must have been an amazing sight, each morning as the lawyers from CS&M landed their fell beasts on the courthouse steps, Armani suits so dark they seem to drink the light, Morghul briefcases clutched in their skeletal hands, eyes glowing with lambent red flame as they gleefully contemplated slicing off and devouring tiny slivers of Darl's withered soul.

Re:Interesting?!

[cp.tar]

There was an AC who was bitter
That frosty piss belonged to twitter.
For twitter is boring
When he's karma-whoring
Ain't he a loathsome critter?

Re:Interesting?!

[Chris Mattern]

The only way this drivel is "interesting" is if you're observing the posting habits of bitter, spite-driven, FSF worshiping Zealots.

Darl, is that you doing AC posts to Slashdot again?

Used to Be 98 shades

[c1t1z3nk41n3]

Well actually Microsoft used to be 98 shades of evil. Then they tried to make evil pretty for the MillEnnium. After that they grew to 2000 shades of evil. Eventually they became eXPerienced at being evil. Finally nowadays they've moved to a much broader form of evil. A VISTA if you will.

Re:Wait a minute...

[dreamchaser]

Yes, it is dead. Netcraft confirms it.

Re:A Self Contradictory Smear.

[laejoh]

how can you call what they say, "partisan crowd noise" ?

You're absolutely right, it should be GNU/partisan crowd noise!

Re:A Self Contradictory Smear.

[Anonymous Coward]

Ah, but we can't see the source or recompile it. Only someone with the username "God" has any access to the CVS repository. And it supposedly takes days to compile modreality.

Re:A Self Contradictory Smear.

[pdusen]

Ah, Twitter. I was starting to miss you and the phrase 'M$'. Slashdot has seemed too rational without you.

Re:I'd like to put a face on Pamela Jones

[pimpimpim]

I don't see why you are so obsessed with knowing someone's face, but I did some googling and found an interview with her [youtube.com]. She's the one on the left, if you didn't notice that.

Re:A Self Contradictory Smear.

[Anonymous Coward]

Didn't you see God's Googletalk about git and how he called CVS "ugly and stupid"?

Oh, sorry, I'm confusing God with Linus....