I tell ya what. As a refugee of the dot com failure and an unemployed systems engineer they can take it out of my paycheck.
On Star Date Wednesday 06 August 2003 08:57 pm, PlugHead sent this sub-space message. > Personally, I can't wait for (and will happily participate in) the class > action lawsuit that SCO will inevitably get slapped with. > > Frankly, that would be one settlement that I'd be happy if the lawyers got > a *big* paycheck at the end and I nothing. As long as it was a *really* > *BIG* paycheck... > > Unfortunately, the problem [as I see it] is that, this is what they call an > "exit strategy" for the SCO scumbag... er... execs--i.e. they'll drive > their share-price as high as they can, with the promise of billions in > pay-out, then sell their stock and bail out. > > At that point, the company will become worthless... Guess who the only > winners will be? Given the individuals involved, they'll probably manage > to get their sleazy hands into some other venture in short order... :( > Maybe someone should notify the FTC (or is it the SEC) of this probability? > > But I digress... When is beta 2 comming out?? :) > -Jason > > On Wednesday 06 August 2003 03:24 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > For the copy of Mandrake you now have. Wait...check that: it's $1399.00 > > for every CPU that's running a copy of kernel 2.4 or above. > > > > Who's ready to pay? > > > > SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU > > By Ashlee Vance in Chicago > > Posted: 05/08/2003 at 21:35 GM > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/32187.html > > > > -----------Small slice of the article ------------- > > > > Linux users face a serious question. Is $699 too much to pay for a good > > bath? > > > > The $699 scrubbing fee is exactly how much SCO wants for one CPU's worth > > of a Linux license, and that's just for the time being. Come October 15, > > the single CPU fee jumps to a whopping $1,399. > > > > This is the latest word from SCO handed down by Mr. Clean himself - SCO > > CEO Darl McBride, during a Tuesday conference call. SCO had been holding > > out on exactly how much it planned to charge Linux users for their use > > of what it claims is borrowed Unix code, but now all has been made clear > > - crystal clear. ..................... > > > > > > LX
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