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- Sorry Simon, but you're still screwing up
- Sorry Simon, but you're still screwing upSorry Dana, but you scewed upHi Dana,I totally agree that more transparency would be a good thing for Sun and its products and projects, and more openness would be the next big step. Beyond that I don't agree with much that you wrote here.>...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Unixfication II
- Unixfication IIUnixification II: The AwakeningSure, I think that some unixification is good for the sake of interoperability but I like having different OSs to rely on--call them niche or whatever but there is even a place for Windows...the only non-Unix OS left.I don't want just one open source OS, no...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- Bruce is back, does OSI still want him?
- Bruce is back, does OSI still want him?Bruce, Bruce, Bruce...Personally, I think Perens is a has been. He wants a seat on the OSI board to try to become relevant again.His "campaign" seems to be based on fear-mongering. He writes "I think that vendor-domination of Open Source inevitably...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-20
- Who gave SCO that $100 million lifeline?
- Who gave SCO that $100 million lifeline?Actually......the lawsuits need to be settled and buried and current management must be removed (contracts bought out, if necessary) if SCO is to survive. The former and maybe the latter will take lots of money and this man appears to have it, but...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-14
- Mapping a submarine volcano with a robot
- Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WHOI have recently used their robotic underwater vehicle called ABE short for Autonomous Benthic Explorer to 'paint' stunning images of a submarine volcano submerged about a mile deep in the Pacific Ocean, and located about 290 nautical miles northeast of New Zealand. As...
- Blog posts 2007-12-21
- SCO bankruptcy was celebrated online in 2007
- SCO bankruptcy was celebrated online in 2007SCO "Suing Commendable Operating_systems"Like a game of all-in no limit poker, SCO thought they had 4 aces and called all in. Linux said, "we'll call", and flopped the Royal Flush". Whether or not SCO had any legitimacy to it's claims, the way they went...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-15
- SCO legerdemain gives us Cattleback to worry about
- SCO legerdemain gives us Cattleback to worry aboutGet at least *some* of the facts rightThe only transfer to Cattleback was precisely 1 one patent -- not "unix patents." The patent in question has nothing to do with Unix, as it happens, and Caldera/SCOX have no Unix patents at this...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- AIX vs Solaris (5)
- AIX vs Solaris (5)Sun at risk.Quoting:"Within Sun the commitment to Solaris/SPARC is pretty absolute - and open sourcing just about everything has reduced the benefit a big competitor might get if someone launched a financial attack on the company."Yes, giving away things of value makes the company less interesting to...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-24
- Is Acacia link with Microsoft just smoke?
- Is Acacia link with Microsoft just smoke?Nope,"Does that mean you are the aforementioned Microsoft flunky?"Nope, you have it backwards, Microsoft is my flunky. Truth is I bribed to courts to make software patentable so I could control the entire world. Muwahahahaha, All your Liunx are belong to me...I...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-23
- The most exciting thing in IT
- The most exciting thing in ITAh yes, the best of the past . . .I was a great fan of the QMS printers - they were tough and the support was excellent - on par with Sun service!The HP workstations (HP735 et al) were workhorses that were tough and worked...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Podcast: IDF, Dreamforce, Zimbra Yahoo, SCO and more...
- Podcast: IDF, Dreamforce, Zimbra Yahoo, SCO and more...Four freaking years already![i]We also chat about the demise of SCO, which had tried to build a business licensing patents and copyrights associated with Unix[/i]How many times do we have to correct this?Caldera/SCOX never claimed to have [b]patents[/b] at issue. Never. ...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-20
- SCO, it was good to know ya... you coulda been so much more
- SCO, it was good to know ya... you coulda been so much moreBelated obituaryThe Santa Cruz Operation died in 2002. The pieces were sold to Caldera (a Linux distributor, mind) and the rest eventually went to Sun Microsystems.The last five years haven't been so much a long slide into...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-19
- SCO files for bankruptcy
- SCO files for bankruptcyBWAHAHAHAGood riddance to an irrevelant company.RE: SCO files for bankruptcyThis was expected. I see they're still optimistic enough to file a Chapter 11, but they're going to need some very lucky breaks to avoid liquidation. Always tragic to see a company go under due to...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-14
- huh? SCO and knowing what I don't know
- huh? SCO and knowing what I don't knowPot - kettle - kettle - potMurph - you are doing exactly what you are accusing other reporters of doing, [i]i.e.[/i] running with a story on the basis of your prejudices.[i]"... it’s hard to believe that all of the agreements got rewritten...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- huh? SCO and knowing what I don't know
- One of the things I'm sure you'll have noticed for yourself is that the accuracy and completeness of news stories seems to vary inversely with that you know about the subject -the more you know, the less accurate and/or complete media coverage generally seems to be.Conversely, the less independent knowledge...
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- Where does SCO go from here?
- Where does SCO go from here?Whither ...Well, by 31 August they're going to have to file a statement with Judge Kimball on where this leaves the [i]IBM[/i] case. That should be interesting, since they're caught between their usual shenanigans and Hizzoner's less-than-jovial appreciation of same.Then, in just one month...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- A comment about SCO/Novell
- A comment about SCO/NovellWhat goes around comes aroundSco's attack on Linux using baseless claims of Unix IP violations has come full circle. They've more or less put themselves out of business by betting on a FUD campaign founded on nothing more than wishful thinking.[the copyright issue really has nothing to...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-12
- Another nail in SCO's Linux lawsuit coffin
- Another nail in SCO's Linux lawsuit coffinToo badAll those wasted resources that could have gone toward development and sales. Instead they weighed themselves with negative PR and an increasing isolation from would be customers.Dan, a small correction for you...[i]I interviewed [b]former[/b] SCO CEO Darl McBride..[/i]He's still the CEO, at...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-11
- Novell CEO Calls For New Linux Distro ISV Standard, Praises FSF
- Novell CEO Calls For New Linux Distro ISV Standard, Praises FSFWhat about this Ron !http://www.boycottnovell.com/You are doing everything you can to destroy Linux. Thanks!Enforcing order.de facto standards are influential. Red Hat controls the commercial Linux market so thoroughly that Oracle may have the right idea of how to create...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- Why desktop Linux fails in big organizations
- Why desktop Linux fails in big organizationsthe answare is :)I think you are wrong. The PC/Intel platform was the base of MS Dos and not Unix. Unix/Linux is now available o nevery hardware platform.Windows is on the most of the PC-s because MS has contracts with hardware vendors. :( Will...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
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