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:NetworkWorldFusion: SCO CEO says IBM Behind Open Source Attacks
NetworkWorldFusion: SCO CEO says IBM Behind Open Source Attacks
Aug 22, 2003, 13 :00 UTC (100 Talkback[s]) (15448 reads)
(Other stories by Robert McMillan)

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

"IBM has been quietly stage-managing the open source community's response to The SCO Group's $3 billion lawsuit over Big Blue's contributions to the Linux source code, SCO's CEO Darl McBride said in an interview at his company's SCO Forum user conference in Las Vegas this week.

"'We have absolute direct knowledge of this. If you go behind the scenes, the attacks that we get that don't have IBM's name on them, underneath the covers, are sponsored by IBM,' McBride said.

"Responding to criticism that his company is trying its case against IBM in the press, McBride said that SCO has simply been responding to attacks and standing up for its rights when attacked..."

Complete Story

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Torvalds, SCO Trade Media Blows(Aug 21, 2003)
Two on Backfire of SCO's "Smoking Gun"(Aug 20, 2003)
CRN Interview: SCO CEO Darl McBride(Aug 19, 2003)
eWeek: McBride Bullish on the Battle Over Unix(Aug 18, 2003)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
outrageous behavior, as they say, IMHO. ...   WHAT?!? This is simply   
Bastion
Aug 22, 2003, 13:08:44  
This is starting to look like a plain ol ...   starting to smell fishy   
Tim Hanson
Aug 22, 2003, 13:11:46  
...you wonder what colour the sky is in ...   sometimes...   
geoff lane
Aug 22, 2003, 13:17:19  
We merely thought you where off your roc ...   Dear Darl   
I R A Darth Aggie
Aug 22, 2003, 13:17:50  
... "PARANOID"! ...   One word...   
Rickard Osser
Aug 22, 2003, 13:18:02  
Oh that's rich. Saying that others a ...   'stringing' along.   
Threska
Aug 22, 2003, 13:19:25  
Oh, I just got my IBM paycheck today :). ...   I could not stop laughing...   
David McGuire
Aug 22, 2003, 13:19:48  
IBM stage-managing it all. Yeah sure... ...   You've got to be kidding   
Josef
Aug 22, 2003, 13:19:49  
Someone get McBride a foil hat. ...   He's losing it   
Larry
Aug 22, 2003, 13:20:47  
And guess which company is hidding behin ...   Yeah right   
xxx
Aug 22, 2003, 13:20:48  
paranoid ...   One word   
GerardM
Aug 22, 2003, 13:23:36  
This guy Darl McBride is so delusional t ...   What a whiner...   
MadDogTMC
Aug 22, 2003, 13:25:38  
Would someone help this guy into an stra ...   Silly Guy   
Sjaak Zomer
Aug 22, 2003, 13:28:36  
SCO you are the one that has started dow ...   community attack   
john janks
Aug 22, 2003, 13:33:25  
McBribe says:"You've got all of thes ...   I'm not a part of IBM...   
Jo Øiongen
Aug 22, 2003, 13:35:17  
....Paranoia, Delusions of grandure... H ...   Guess that settles it   
Keith
Aug 22, 2003, 13:35:21  
Once upon a time, elements of the United ...   Shades of McCarthy?   
Fra. 219
Aug 22, 2003, 13:36:33  
Darl is obviously an idiot. IBM can cer ...   Hold their own....   
Glen
Aug 22, 2003, 13:36:43  
I didn't think it was possible but I ...   Delusional...   
Dave Jablonski
Aug 22, 2003, 13:43:14  
No, I believe Linus has this one correct ...   Doubt it.   
lenski
Aug 22, 2003, 13:43:25  
There have been signs that Darl doesn&#3 ...   I think he's gone over the edge.   
John B
Aug 22, 2003, 13:45:58  
Does anyone else get the impression that ...   You've got to be kidding...   
Cassandra
Aug 22, 2003, 13:47:28  
Funnyman McBride, what a ham you are! St ...   More funny than the Iraqi Information Minister   
Doug Bostrom
Aug 22, 2003, 13:47:41  
The open source community is not being p ...   Who's really pulling who?   
Kevin Hudson
Aug 22, 2003, 13:48:13  
SCO seems to expect they can make outlan ...   Well, now what did you expect?   
codez
Aug 22, 2003, 13:48:18  
What idiot put this fool in charge of th ...   Attack This!   
Scott Hoffman
Aug 22, 2003, 13:48:33  
I am playing a violin for SCO. It happen ...   Poor SCO baby, ...   
billfish
Aug 22, 2003, 13:49:41  
It's simply amazing what keeps comin ...   Baghdad Bob at it again   
Harvey
Aug 22, 2003, 13:51:34  
I think I agree with Linus. "They are s ...   Crack? Yep.   
Bart Dorsey
Aug 22, 2003, 13:51:37  
In this episode, we see DMcB holding bac ...   "They are all against me! Boohoo!"   
aRTee
Aug 22, 2003, 13:52:00  
Better be hitting the lithium Darl, your ...   Paranoia will destroy ya   
Bill Nuxli
Aug 22, 2003, 13:52:16  
>> McBride proudly dumped two phone-book ...   more relevant ?   
Manoj
Aug 22, 2003, 13:53:54  
However, SCO's public relations depa ...   Relevant to whom?   
GreyGeek
Aug 22, 2003, 13:54:04  
Well, this explains a lot. The guy's ...   Looney Tunes   
Al
Aug 22, 2003, 13:54:21  
So the best response they can give to th ...   this is SCO's response?   
copy_chief
Aug 22, 2003, 13:59:16  
Really, really desperate :-): What did h ...   Talk about being...   
Joakim Hansson
Aug 22, 2003, 14:03:32  
Only "starting" to smell fishy? Your sen ...   Re: starting to smell fishy   
Dale Pontius
Aug 22, 2003, 14:06:08  
... of humor.This stuff just keeps getti ...   And for today's daily dose...   
Jeff Smith
Aug 22, 2003, 14:07:46  
i think it is either time for a:1. drug ...   drug test   
keith frost
Aug 22, 2003, 14:08:51  
Wow.What can one say when one hears such ...   wow   
phil
Aug 22, 2003, 14:09:21  
Excerpted from testimony of Darl McBride ...   Ask Darl about the strawberries   
Chris Keelan
Aug 22, 2003, 14:12:15  
Over here sir !!! We have your "client" ...   Over here sir !!   
linux__boy
Aug 22, 2003, 14:13:31  
McBride is a fruitcake. Too bad he has b ...   fruitcake   
John Helms
Aug 22, 2003, 14:17:01  
Just wait until SCO starts losing its ca ...   Its a Conspiracy!   
Anonymous Guy
Aug 22, 2003, 14:19:37  
> SCO's feelings are hurt. SCO does ...   Re: Poor SCO baby, ...   
Wogster
Aug 22, 2003, 14:23:33  
I asked around me if peoples were involv ...   He is right   
S. Chauveau
Aug 22, 2003, 14:24:33  
There's no difference in SCO saying ...   No Difference   
Jim
Aug 22, 2003, 14:28:55  
Talk about conspiracy theories!HA HA HA ...   ROTFLMAO!!   
Tom
Aug 22, 2003, 14:29:26  
>During the last days of WWII, there was ...   the whole world against him? not quite   
blacklight
Aug 22, 2003, 14:31:23  
I have no idea what the guy has been smo ...   Smoking....   
Anon
Aug 22, 2003, 14:34:15  
Bwoaaaaaahaaahaaaa, haaahahahaahaaa .... ...   Bwoaaaahahahaaahhaaaa....   
Steen Krøyer
Aug 22, 2003, 14:37:24  
I was just thinking about something. If ...   Thoughts   
a.c.
Aug 22, 2003, 14:38:20  
I learned through a reliable source that ...   Iraqi Connection   
PS
Aug 22, 2003, 14:43:41  
he'll eventually disappear. ...   just ignore him.   
hkn
Aug 22, 2003, 14:43:50  
I do not think that word means what McBr ...   Relevant?   
John Bell
Aug 22, 2003, 14:44:35  
It looks like Mr McBride has seen read ...   Next news: IBM is coowned by the CIA and the KGB   
JFM
Aug 22, 2003, 14:46:12  
I think I agree with Linus. "They are s ...   Re: Crack? Yep.   
I R A Darth Aggie
Aug 22, 2003, 14:49:55  
> i think it is either time for a:> 3. c ...   Re: drug test   
I R A Darth Aggie
Aug 22, 2003, 14:59:21  
> I think I agree with Linus. "They are ...   Re: Crack? Yep.   
Mike R.
Aug 22, 2003, 15:00:26  
It sounds like he has first hand knowled ...   SCO covering up Microsoft Backing?   
Tim W.
Aug 22, 2003, 15:01:34  
There's no difference in SCO saying ...   Re: No Difference   
I R A Darth Aggie
Aug 22, 2003, 15:04:05  
> McBride is now attacking the First Ame ...   Re: Attack This!   
Uno Engborg
Aug 22, 2003, 15:08:16  
> SCO's feelings are hurt. SCO does ...   Re: Poor SCO baby, ...   
Uno Engborg
Aug 22, 2003, 15:10:16  
http://www.anerispress.com/wltsim/ Yes, ...   I couldn't wait   
The Silent Majority
Aug 22, 2003, 15:21:13  
some of what this guy's smoking! It ...   I really want...   
ibmlackey
Aug 22, 2003, 15:37:06  
I hate to disagree, but this seems par f ...   Makes Sense   
Phill L
Aug 22, 2003, 15:45:26  
When did you fall off your pony and bang ...   Re: He is right   
maba
Aug 22, 2003, 15:51:08  
Okay, I don't get it. So what if IBM ...   So what?   
Warren Gamley
Aug 22, 2003, 15:56:12  
Ray Noorda, SCO board members and execs ...   Exit Strategy   
EdlinUser
Aug 22, 2003, 16:00:53  
We need to stop calling McBride delusion ...   McBride is not delusional   
TheClient
Aug 22, 2003, 16:03:11  
it would really not be a suprise,would i ...   SCO/microsofty?   
trinuke
Aug 22, 2003, 16:03:41  
Oh that's rich. Saying that others a ...   Re: 'stringing' along.   
horne
Aug 22, 2003, 16:08:12  
I don't like SCO or there scam lawsu ...   For the record.   
James
Aug 22, 2003, 16:16:49  
What next? Will McBride sue the America ...   NewsFlash: SCO sues APA   
Elmer Fudd
Aug 22, 2003, 16:18:12  
Oh that's rich. Saying that others a ...   Projection!   
JCCyC
Aug 22, 2003, 16:28:26  
I wish this was Slashdot so I could add ...   Re: Shades of McCarthy?   
JCCyC
Aug 22, 2003, 16:31:31  
SCO? (800-726-8649) I called and asked ...   Laugh of the day...   
Esko Woudenberg
Aug 22, 2003, 16:36:00  
Obvioulsy McBride is preparing his insan ...   Launching bad psychosis defense early   
Eric Laffoon
Aug 22, 2003, 16:39:18  
Oh. It's so clear to me now. IBM i ...   Sack of Hammers   
Joe User
Aug 22, 2003, 16:54:26  
"I can throw stones at you, but don' ...   Throwing Stones   
No Where Man
Aug 22, 2003, 17:35:15  
"McBride declined to reveal the sources ...   SCO's tag line   
Rufus Polson
Aug 22, 2003, 17:43:26  
What've they got to loose? You can& ...   Re: Hold their own....   
Charles Hixson
Aug 22, 2003, 18:01:52  
His comments may make sense, if you look ...   Pump and Dump   
zaxis
Aug 22, 2003, 18:02:43  
> We merely thought you where off your r ...   Re: Dear Darl   
Speedy
Aug 22, 2003, 18:09:08  
*My apologies to the Charlie Daniels Ban ...   The devil...   
Chris Pollard
Aug 22, 2003, 18:14:16  
> Once upon a time, elements of the Unit ...   Re: Shades of McCarthy?   
Donald A. Sime
Aug 22, 2003, 18:15:25  
McBride and that Iraqi Information Minis ...   He's like the Iraqi Information Minister   
abc
Aug 22, 2003, 19:19:15  
Subject says it all, this guy has to be ...   CaveMan McBride   
Matt
Aug 22, 2003, 20:13:06  
OK, let me get this straight, in one cor ...   Who'd a thunk it?   
Ed Craig
Aug 22, 2003, 21:21:12  
James Bond has overdosed.Remove fruit to ...   Can't help myself   
Charles Esson
Aug 22, 2003, 21:22:07  
> ....> Paranoia, Delusions of grandure. ...   Re: Guess that settles it   
agaragar
Aug 22, 2003, 21:37:10  
be very gentle and reasuring with him. ...   Next time you run into Darl   
Hunt
Aug 22, 2003, 22:52:58  
When is McBride going to be the bride of ...   wedding   
james
Aug 22, 2003, 23:12:19  
Hey, I've been protesting...WHERE&#3 ...   If we're all being sponsored by IBM...   
AdamW
Aug 23, 2003, 00:37:56  
> How do you email giving someone the fi ...   Re: Re: Poor SCO baby, ...   
Glenn Alexander
Aug 23, 2003, 00:45:57  
Please don't throw away this email. ...   Please read this email   
Glenn Alexander
Aug 23, 2003, 01:00:46  
> I am sure the history of science and t ...   Re: more relevant ?   
Glenn Alexander
Aug 23, 2003, 01:09:49  
> If we analyze his book of press clippi ...   Re: Relevant to whom?   
Glenn Alexander
Aug 23, 2003, 01:12:29  
Bulletproof insanity plea. ...   Brilliant SCO strategy!   
Glenn Alexander
Aug 23, 2003, 01:30:09  
>What idiot put this fool in charge of t ...   What idiot put this fool in charge of their compan   
Byran Lee
Aug 23, 2003, 14:28:33  
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