Groklaw: Now They Say They Are Down -- Since Saturday Night | Linux Today

Groklaw: Now They Say They Are Down — Since Saturday Night

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 2, 2004

“It’s certainly hard to keep up with the changing SCO story. One
Groklaw reader says he thinks the explanation is that SCO is being
run by Eliza bots, and they can’t get the story straight as they
try to communicate, bot to bot.

“Now they say that actually some attack began Saturday evening
and they are knocked to their knees. Off the internet totally. But
they have some strategies to cope and by Monday they will tell us
what they are.

“How about implementing them now? Then you don’t have to tell us
anything. It seems now would be the operative moment. Someone tell
Hal to behave. Or Eliza. Or whoever is running that spaceship.

“Meanwhile, Microsoft, targeted for Tuesday, and being a
professional software company, has already said they expect to be
able to handle whatever comes their way. It seems the B version of
MyDoom has some bugs so it isn’t spreading well anyway. Ah, irony.
Here’s SCO’s press release about their inability to cope…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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