SCO Blames Linux For Bankruptcy Filing 321
Stony Stevenson writes "SCO Group CEO Darl McBride is now claiming that competition from Linux was behind the company's filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 'In a court filing in support of SCO's bankruptcy petition, McBride noted that SCO's sales of Unix-based products "have been declining over the past several years." The slump, McBride said, "has been primarily attributable to significant competition from alternative operating systems, including Linux." McBride listed IBM, Red Hat, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems as distributors of Linux or other software that is "aggressively taking market share away from Unix.""
Tough noogies (Score:5, Funny)
Translation: (Score:1, Funny)
--Darl McBride
oh yeah? (Score:4, Funny)
Competition killed SCO. (Score:5, Funny)
So
Damn Microsoft (Score:3, Funny)
Excuse me... (Score:3, Funny)
SCO Blames Linux For Bankruptcy Filing (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Competition killed SCO. (Score:2, Funny)
My God.. STOP PRESS.. There are companies out there competing for market share..
If SCO couldn't see this is it any wonder that they are filing for bankruptcy???
Really indeed imagine that competors trying to put each other out of business. What is the world coming to??
Re:got to change with the times... (Score:3, Funny)
SGI didnt adjust.
Sure they did - they're called Nvidia now.
Re:Oh that Darl McBride! (Score:5, Funny)
Citing his vast experience, General Motors has announced Darl McBride is being named CEO, in hopes of ramping up flagging sales of GM products by suing Honda and Ford.
Damn users, running away when we sue them! (Score:5, Funny)
Furthermore, McBride also noted, "These alternate distributors neglect to sue their customers, a service which we provide for our own customers, and thus they are able to undercut our price of $699 per customer. Despite making a concerted effort to protect our intellectual property through the legal system, IBM has failed to buy us out, so the expected funds did not materialize which had been earmarked for expansion plans for my summer cottage --I mean, er, corporate conference facilities.
"We expect our recovery to be delayed somewhat while we initiate the appeals procedure. At that point, we anticipate a healthy rebound, as our business partner tells one of those investment firms to give us more money.
"Even though shares of our stock cost less than an order of French fries at McDonald's, we want to allay any concerns about being delisted for having a low price. Our accountants have said
Re:Caldera to SCO: Backing the wrong source (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Ice storms in Texas (Score:3, Funny)
Re:SCO is solvent (Score:1, Funny)
I think you misspelled "shredding".....
Re:oh yeah? (Score:5, Funny)
Not just any two, though, curiously enough.
We have not figured that part out yet.
We will stay on it, so to speak, till we do.
Re:Caldera to SCO: Backing the wrong source (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, and it let you play pacman while you waited for it to install. That was the most innovative thing Caldera ever did as far as I'm concerned.
Re:Damn users, running away when we sue them! (Score:2, Funny)
By that time, we should have identified another customer whom we can sue.
You might have something there. On their website it says this:
SCO intends to maintain business as usual throughout the Chapter 11 proceedings.
Re:Caldera to SCO: Backing the wrong source (Score:2, Funny)