SCO Sucks

[David A. Bandel]

On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 11:01:39 +1000
Shane Broomhall (AUS) <shanebroomhall at computer.org> wrote:

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> > James McDonald <james at jamesmcdonald.id.au> wrote:
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> > > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 18:52:21 -0400
> > > Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
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> > >> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030805/latu094_1.html
> > >>
> > >> A desktop license is only $199; single CPU servers are $699.
> > >> After October 15th, prices go up, so act now! Fucking bastards.
> > >>
> > >
> > > I bet this sells about as well as Yugos!
> > >
> > 
> > So hang on the court case hasn't even proved yes or no regarding
> > SCO's
> > claims... what would possess anyone to pay over money for a license?
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> i would be guessing fear, and the desire to save money.  If people
> perceive that they will be saving money by getting in early, they
> might go for it.  Most will not question the need to purchase, unless
> they are better informed.  
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> If MS or Novell, or someone else walked into a comercial business and
> stated you need to buy X ammount of licences to be legal, most would
> not question would they, especially if they thought that they were
> getting a special rate, and would avoid prosecution.
> 
> If they get some peple paying money havent the had a win ?? even if it
> fails in court ??
> 

If SCO wins in court (unlikely), everyone will be pushed to buy a
license (they'll just hire the BSA enforcement goons^H^H^H^H^Hteam that
M$ uses).  If SCO loses (likely), all the suckers that bought licenses
(along with a whole slew of others) will sue SCO (SCO will, however, be
out of business and broke long before their trial).

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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