Total War; SCO is only the beginning

[JoeHill]

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 01:14:08 -0500
Walter Dnes disseminated the following:

>   I've never considered myself a Richard Stallman follower in the past,
> but I fear that there is no middle road.  Either Open Source wins or
> Closed Source wins.  Them or Us.  I'd prefer peaceful co-existance, but
> as the BBC article points out...

Well, I *am* Richard Stallman'ish, and it is total war, and I think the outcome
has broad implications for some of our most fundamental and cherished rights.

Have no fear, though, their house-of-cards is beginning to get a bit shaky:

"Although the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) never officially makes
public when it investigates an organization, an SEC staff member told NewsForge
that complaints and tips about suspected under-the-table funding, stock-kiting,
illegal insider trading, and money-laundering involving Microsoft or
Microsoft-connected individuals to the financially struggling SCO Group have
been coming into the agency with regularity since last August. The SEC "does not
take such complaints lightly," the source said."

Link:

http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/03/08/0457259

The thing these people don't get is that they are fighting with people who are
organized, motivated, well-equipped, and in most cases, highly intelligent
adversaries. They simply cannot win, no matter the underhanded tactics. The
competition is just too flexible and non-local for them to deal with. People
like Batista and King George found that out the hard way ;-)

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