Foster Grant
October 19th, 2009, 05:33 PM
Trying to be nice ... trying to be nice ... ATTN: ATTEMPT FAILED
BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/10/sco-fires-ceo-darl-mcbride-architect-of-litigation-strategy.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
In an SEC filing published today, SCO revealed that CEO Darl McBride has been terminated and is no longer with the company. The decision to fire the controversial CEO is part of a restructuring plan that is based on recommendations made by the Chapter 11 trustee who was assigned to SCO by the justice department.
McBride was the architect and public face of SCO's misguided campaign against Linux. He claimed that the open source operating system infringed on SCO's copyright and included a significant quantity of code stolen from UNIX System V. On the basis of this claim, SCO threatened to sue a multitude of corporate Linux users and demanded hefty licensing fees. During the ensuing litigation fiasco, an internal SCO memo was revealed which indicated that SCO's own internal code audits of Linux found no actual evidence of infringement. The courts eventually determined that SCO never even owned the relevant UNIX copyrights (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/11/final-judgment-sco-owes-novell-millions-plus-interest.ars).
Even after SCO's deception was exposed and the company effectively lost its case, Darl McBride continued to insist (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/05/deluded-sco-ceo-on-witness-stand-linux-is-a-copy-of-unix.ars) that the company has evidence of System V code in Linux. No such evidence has been presented and McBride's argument directly contradicts testimony given by other SCO executives. McBride's stubborn detachment from reality has made him a subject of ridicule in the Linux community.
Na na naah na
Na na naaaah na
Hey hey hey
Goodbye!
:)
BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/10/sco-fires-ceo-darl-mcbride-architect-of-litigation-strategy.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
In an SEC filing published today, SCO revealed that CEO Darl McBride has been terminated and is no longer with the company. The decision to fire the controversial CEO is part of a restructuring plan that is based on recommendations made by the Chapter 11 trustee who was assigned to SCO by the justice department.
McBride was the architect and public face of SCO's misguided campaign against Linux. He claimed that the open source operating system infringed on SCO's copyright and included a significant quantity of code stolen from UNIX System V. On the basis of this claim, SCO threatened to sue a multitude of corporate Linux users and demanded hefty licensing fees. During the ensuing litigation fiasco, an internal SCO memo was revealed which indicated that SCO's own internal code audits of Linux found no actual evidence of infringement. The courts eventually determined that SCO never even owned the relevant UNIX copyrights (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/11/final-judgment-sco-owes-novell-millions-plus-interest.ars).
Even after SCO's deception was exposed and the company effectively lost its case, Darl McBride continued to insist (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/05/deluded-sco-ceo-on-witness-stand-linux-is-a-copy-of-unix.ars) that the company has evidence of System V code in Linux. No such evidence has been presented and McBride's argument directly contradicts testimony given by other SCO executives. McBride's stubborn detachment from reality has made him a subject of ridicule in the Linux community.
Na na naah na
Na na naaaah na
Hey hey hey
Goodbye!
:)