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Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 04:46 PM EST
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Long-time Groklaw reader Scott Lazar has written a parody, "The Grinch Who Stole Linux," which he sent to me. I found it delightful, and with his permission, I am sharing it with all of you. Sometimes, it's nice to take a break and just smile. Thanks, Scott.
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The Grinch Who Stole Linux
-- by Scott Lazar
Every GNU
Down in GNU-ville
Liked Linux a lot...
But SCO,
who lived just North of GNU-ville,
Did NOT!
SCO hated Linux! The GNU Linux season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that their heads weren't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that their shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that their bank account was two sizes too small.
But,
Whatever the reason,
Their wallet or their shoes,
They stood there looking at Linux, hating the GNUs,
Staring down from their cave with a sour, SCOy frown
At the warm lighted windows below in their town.
For they knew every GNU down in GNU-ville beneath
Was busy now, hanging a free wreath.
"And they're hanging their copyrights!" they snarled with a sneer.
"It's free software! It's practically here!"
Then they growled, with their SCO fingers nervously drumming,
"We MUST find a way to keep Linux from coming!"
For, tomorrow, they knew...
...All the GNU girls and boys
Would wake up bright and early. They'd rush for their GNU toys!
And then! Oh, the noise! Oh, the noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!
That's one thing they hated! The NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!
Then the GNUs, young and old, would sit down to a feast.
And they'd feast! And they'd feast!
And they'd FEAST! FEAST! FEAST! FEAST!
They would start on GNU-pudding, and rare GNU-roast-beast
Which was something SCO couldn't stand in the least!
And THEN
They'd do something he liked least of all!
Every GNU down in GNU-ville, the tall and the small,
Would stand close together, with Linux bells ringing.
They'd stand hand-in-hand. And the GNUs would start coding and singing!
They'd code! And they'd sing!
AND they'd CODE! SING! CODE! SING!
And the more SCO thought of the GNU/Linux Sing
The more SCO thought, "We must stop this GNU/Linux thing!
"Why for twelve years we've put up with it now!
We MUST stop Linux from coming!
...But HOW?"
Then they got an idea!
An awful idea!
SCO GOT A WONDERFUL, AWFUL IDEA!
"We know just what to do!" SCO laughed in their throats.
And they made a quick license out of vapors and quotes.
And they chuckled, and clucked, "What a great SCO trick!
"With this license, We'll look just so smart and quick!"
"All we need is a reason..."
SCO looked around.
But since reasons were scarce, there was none to be found.
Did that stop SCO...?
No! SCO simply said,
"If we can't find a reason, we'll make one instead!"
So they called their dog Micro. Then they took some red thread
And they tied a big SUN on top of his head.
THEN
They loaded some bags
And some old empty code
On a ramshakle sleigh
And they hitched up old Micro.
Then SCO said, "Giddyap!"
And the sleigh started down
Toward the homes where the GNUs
Lay a-snooze in their town.
All their windows were dark. Quiet snow filled the air.
All the GNUs were all dreaming sweet dreams without care
When they came to the first house in the square.
"This is stop number one," SCO hissed
And they climbed to the roof, empty bags in their fist.
Then they slid down the chimney. A rather tight hole.
But if Santa could do it, then so could SCO.
They got stuck only once, for a moment or two.
Then they stuck their heads out of the fireplace flue
Where the little GNU copyrights all hung in a row.
"These copyrights," they grinned, "are the first things to go!"
Then they slithered and slunk, with smiles most unpleasant,
Around the GNU's room, and they took every present!
NUMAs! And JFS's! Sambas! Drums!
Checkerboards! Tricycles! Popcorn! And plums!
And they stuffed them in bags. Then SCO, very nimbly,
Stuffed all the bags, one by one, up the chimney!
Then they slunk to the icebox. They took the GNUs' feast!
They took the GNU-pudding! They took the roast beast!
They cleaned out that icebox as quick as a flash.
Why, that SCO even took their last can of GNU-hash!
Then they stuffed all the food up the chimney with glee.
"And NOW!" grinned SCO, "I will take what is free!"
And SCO grabbed the free software, and they started to shove
When they heard a small sound like the coo of a dove.
They turned around fast, and they saw a small GNU!
Little Cindy-Lou GNU, who was not more than two.
SCO had been caught by this little GNU daughter
who'd got out of bed for a cup of cold water.
She stared at SCO and said, "SCO, why,
"Why are you taking our free Linux? WHY?"
But, you know, that SCO was so smart and so slick
They thought up a lie, and they thought it up quick!
"Why, my sweet little tot," the two-faced leader lied,
"There's code on this tree that won't work on my side.
"So we're taking it home to our workshop, my dear.
"We'll fix it up there. Then we'll bring it back here."
And their fib fooled the child. Then they patted her head
And they got her a drink and they sent her to bed.
And when Cindy-Lou GNU went to bed with her cup,
They went to the chimney and stuffed the code up!
Then the last thing they took
Was the log for their fire.
Then they went up the chimney themselves, the liars.
On their walls they left nothing but hooks, and some wires.
And the one speck of food
They left in the house
Was a crumb that was even too small for a mouse.
Then
They did the same thing
To the other GNUs' houses
Leaving crumbs
Much too small
For the other GNUs' mouses!
It was quarter past dawn...
All the GNUs, still a-bed
All the GNUs, still a-snooze
When they packed up their sled,
Packed it up with their code! The copyrights! The patents!
The free licenses! Wrapped them up in their lies and pronouncements !
Three thousand feet up! Up the side of Mount Crumpit,
They rode to the tiptop to dump it!
"Pooh-pooh to the GNUs!" they were SCO-ish-ly humming.
"They're finding out now that no Linux is coming!
"They're just waking up! We know just what they'll do!
"Their mouths will hang open a minute or two
"Then all the GNUs down in GNU-ville will all cry Boo Hoo!"
"That's a noise," grinned SCO,
"That we simply must hear!"
So they paused. And SCO put a hand to their ears.
And they did hear a sound rising over the snow.
It started in low. Then it started to grow...
But the sound wasn't sad!
Why, this sound sounded merry!
It couldn't be so!
But it WAS merry! VERY!
They stared down at GNU-ville!
SCO popped their eyes!
Then they shook!
What they saw was a shocking surprise!
Every GNU down in GNU-ville, the tall and the small,
Was singing and coding! Without any worries at all!
They HADN'T stopped Linux from coming!
IT CAME!
Somehow or other, it came just the same!
And SCO, with their SCO-feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?
It came without charges! It came without price!
"It came without warranties, indemnification or gripes!"
And they puzzled three hours, `till their puzzler was sore.
Then SCO thought of something they hadn't before!
"Maybe Linux," they thought, "doesn't come from a store.
"Maybe Linux...perhaps...is worth little bit more!"
And what happened then...?
Well...in GNU-ville they say
That SCO's small heart
Shrank three sizes that day!
At that minute the feeling in their wallets didn't feel quite so fun,
as they whizzed home with their ill-gotten load through the bright Utah sun.
For IBM had arrived, and there was no place to run!
Later that day,
the hero of the GNU's sat at the head of the table,
Sharpening their knives, all willing and able.
And they smiled at the GNU's and said with a grin,
"Who wants the first slice?"
Then the carving would begin....
And all through the night the GNU's enjoyed their free feast,
SCO stew, SCO pie and of course, roast SCO beast.
Copyright © 2003 Scott Lazar
In appreciation and thanks to Dr. Seuss.
http://www.seussville.com/seussville/
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 05:23 PM EST |
ROFLMAO!!!!
wonderful!!!
troy
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| Authored by: Alan Bell on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 05:34 PM EST |
| very very clever, I wonder if IBM could submit that to the court! [ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 05:41 PM EST |
Absolutely fabulous!
I brings back memories of watching "How The Grinch
Stole Crhistmas" when I was a wee tike.
How amazingly fitting this
story is when likened to the SCO debacle. The Grinch is played by Darl McBride,
of course. Somehow, I tend to like the Grinch more. At least his heart was
able to grow several sizes bigger. Darl will never come around like the grinch,
because he is an industry pariah now (some stupid company will hire him, to
which I will make a point of not using/buying their product(s)).
I
think it's time for some Photoshops of Darl as the Grinch.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 06:43 PM EST |
thank you
perfect score 10-10-10-10
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| Authored by: NZheretic on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 07:13 PM EST |
| First
posted to slashdot in reply to What's the Business
Case for Microsoft and Open Source
With apologies to Dr "Suse", to the
tune of "Green Eggs and Ham".
Linux can. Linux can .Use
Linux
That Linux can! That Linux can! I do not like that Linux
can!
Do you like open sourcing plan?
I do not like that Linux
can. I do not like the open sourcing plan.
Would you like to free source
share?
I would not like to free source share. I would not like it
anywhere. I do not like open sourcing plan. I do not like that Linux
can.
Would you like it very stable? Would you like it to
enable?
I do not like it very stable. I do not like it to enable. I do
not like to free source share. I do not like it anywhere. I do not like the open
sourcing plan. I do not like that Linux can.
Would you use it in a X-Box?
Would you use it if it ROCKS?
Not on X-box. Not if it rocks. Not if very
stable. Not to enable. I would not let them free source share. I would not let
them anywhere. I would not allow open sourcing plan. I do not like that Linux
can.
Would you? Could you? In your biz? Use it! Use it! Here it
is.
I would not, could not, in our biz.
You may like it. You will
see. You may like it if it's free!
I would not, could not if it's free.
Not in our biz! It should never be!
I do not like it on the X-box. I do not
like it that it rocks. I do not like it amongst our biz. I do not like it that
it is. I do not like they free source share. I do not like that anywhere. I do
not like that Linux can. I do not like you Linux man!
Service! service!
service! service! Could you, would you, as a service?
Not as a service!
Not if it's free! Not in my biz! Man! Let not it be! I would not, could not, on
a X-box. I could not, would not, if it rocks. I will not use it if its stable. I
will not use it even to enable. I will not let them free source share. I will
not let them anywhere. I do not like open sourcing plan. I do not like that
Linux can.
Say! if in copyleft? always free copyleft! Would you, could
you, copyleft?
I would not, could not, in copyleft.
Would you,
could you, why so nervous?
I would not, could not, I'm NOT nervous. Not
as copyleft. Not as a service. Not in my biz. Not if it's free. I do not like
that it can, you see. Not if it's stable. Not on X-box. Not to enable. Not if it
rocks. I will not let them free source share. I do not like it
anywhere!
You do not like open sourcing plan?
I do not like that
Linux can.
Could you, would you use what we wrote?
I would not,
could not, use what you wrote!
Would you, could you, to avoid your
bloat?
I could not, would not, avoid bloat. I will not, will not, use
what you wrote. I will not compete with them as a service. I will not because it
makes us nervous. Not in our biz! Not if it's free! Not if it is! You let me be!
I do not like it on the X-Box. I do not like it that it Rocks. I will not use it
if it's stable. I do not like that it does enable. I do not like they free
source share. I do not like it ANYWHERE I do not like open sourcing plan!I do
not like that, Linux can.
You do not like it. So you say. Try it! Try it!
And you may. Try it and you may, I say.
Man! If you will let me be, I
will try it. You will see.
Say! I like open sourcing plan! I do! I like
that, Linux can! And I would use it because it's stable. And I could use it to
enable...
And I could charge for providing a service. And I could copyleft
without being nervous. And in my biz. And still source free. For you can still
charge for a service fee!
So I will use it on the networked X-box. And I
will promote it because it ROCKS. And I will use it because it's stable. And I
will use it to enable.
And I will use it here and there. Say! I can use it
ANYWHERE!
I do so like open sourcing plan! Thank you! Thank you, Linux
man!
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By The Cat with the Red Hat[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Ed L. on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 07:18 PM EST |
I know, as a parody it richly stands as its own. But in the same spirit, an
"With apologies to Theodor Geisel (a.k.a Dr. Suse...8)" would also
be keeping in the GNU spirit!
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"Hold on there. You can't just round up the lyin' bunch of horse thieves
and hang 'em from the highest tree. No, this is America!"[ Reply to This | # ]
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- Apologies? - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 07:35 PM EST
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 07:40 PM EST |
| For more humour, see this and
this ... funny,
huh? :) Darl does remind me of the Iraqi Information Minister for some
reason... Enjoy! [ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Charles Holton on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 07:58 PM EST |
Very nice. Would the author object if I used it on my personal
site, with proper attribution and copyright notice of course? [ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: shadowman99 on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 08:01 PM EST |
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Authored by: Tim Rushing on Tuesday, October 14 2003 @ 03:11 PM
EDT
This is the code that Jack wrote.
This is the function that lay
in the code that Jack wrote.
This the RCU that used the function that lay in
the code that Jack wrote.
This is the AIX that shipped with the RCU that
used the function that lay in the
code that Jack wrote.
This is SCO that
claimed the AIX that shipped with the RCU that used the
function that lay in the
code that Jack wrote.
This is the license offered by SCO that claimed the
AIX that shipped with the
RCU that used the function that lay in the code that
Jack wrote.
This is the NDA that protected the license offered by SCO that
claimed the AIX
that shipped with the RCU that used the function that lay in the
code that Jack
wrote.
This is the website that mentioned the NDA that
protected the license offered by
SCO that claimed the AIX that shipped with the
RCU that used the function that
lay in the code that Jack wrote.
This is the
customer who searched the website that mentioned the NDA that
protected the
license offered by SCO that claimed the AIX that shipped with the
RCU that used
the function that lay in the code that Jack wrote.
This is the confusion
felt by the customer who searched the website that
mentioned the NDA that
protected the license offered by SCO that claimed the AIX
that shipped with the
RCU that used the function that lay in the code that Jack
wrote.
This is the
Red Hat lawsuit that mentioned the confusion felt by the customer
who searched
the website that mentioned the NDA that protected the license
offered by SCO
that claimed the AIX that shipped with the RCU that used the
function that lay
in the code that Jack wrote.
Here is the SCO Press Release decrying the Red
Hat lawsuit that mentioned the
confusion felt by the customer who searched the
website that mentioned the NDA
that protected the license offered by SCO that
claimed the AIX that shipped with
the RCU that used the function that lay in the
code that Jack wrote.
Here is the SCOX stock propped up by the SCO Press
Release decrying the Red Hat
lawsuit that mentioned the confusion felt by the
customer who searched the
website that mentioned the NDA that protected the
license offered by SCO that
claimed the AIX that shipped with the RCU that used
the function that lay in the
code that Jack wrote.
Here is the IBM
countersuit that mentions the SCOX stock propped up by the SCO
Press Release
decrying the Red Hat lawsuit that mentioned the confusion felt by
the customer
who searched the website that mentioned the NDA that protected the
license
offered by SCO that claimed the AIX that shipped with the RCU that used
the
function that lay in the code that Jack wrote.
Here are the SCOForum code
samples referenced in the IBM countersuit that
mentions the SCOX stock propped
up by the SCO Press Release decrying the Red Hat
lawsuit that mentioned the
confusion felt by the customer who searched the
website that mentioned the NDA
that protected the license offered by SCO that
claimed the AIX that shipped with
the RCU that used the function that lay in the
code that Jack wrote.
Here is
another NDA that once covered the SCOForum code samples referenced in
the IBM
countersuit that mentions the SCOX stock propped up by the SCO Press
Release
decrying the Red Hat lawsuit that mentioned the confusion felt by the
customer
who searched the website that mentioned the NDA that protected the
license
offered by SCO that claimed the AIX that shipped with the RCU that used
the
function that lay in the code that Jack wrote.
Here are the clueless
analysts who signed the NDA that once covered the SCOForum
code samples
referenced in the IBM countersuit that mentions the SCOX stock
propped up by the
SCO Press Release decrying the Red Hat lawsuit that mentioned
the confusion felt
by the customer who searched the website that mentioned the
NDA that protected
the license offered by SCO that claimed the AIX that shipped
with the RCU that
used the function that lay in the code that Jack wrote.
Here are the bizarre
conclusions from the clueless analysts who signed the NDA
that once covered the
SCOForum code samples referenced in the IBM countersuit
that mentions the SCOX
stock propped up by the SCO Press Release decrying the
Red Hat lawsuit that
mentioned the confusion felt by the customer who searched
the website that
mentioned the NDA that protected the license offered by SCO
that claimed the AIX
that shipped with the RCU that used the function that lay
in the code that Jack
wrote.
Here is the Linux community rebutting the bizarre conclusions from
the clueless
analysts who signed the NDA that once covered the SCOForum code
samples
referenced in the IBM countersuit that mentions the SCOX stock propped
up by the
SCO Press Release decrying the Red Hat lawsuit that mentioned the
confusion felt
by the customer who searched the website that mentioned the NDA
that protected
the license offered by SCO that claimed the AIX that shipped with
the RCU that
used the function that lay in the code that Jack wrote.
Here is
the business world watching the Linux community rebutting the
bizarre
conclusions from the clueless analysts who signed the NDA that once
covered the
SCOForum code samples referenced in the IBM countersuit that
mentions the SCOX
stock propped up by the SCO Press Release decrying the Red Hat
lawsuit that
mentioned the confusion felt by the customer who searched the
website that
mentioned the NDA that protected the license offered by SCO that
claimed the AIX
that shipped with the RCU that used the function that lay in the
code that Jack
wrote.
Here is the misunderstanding felt in the business
world watching the Linux
community rebutting the bizarre conclusions drawn by
the clueless analysts who
signed the NDA that once covered the SCOForum code
samples referenced in the IBM
countersuit that mentions the SCOX stock propped
up by the SCO Press Release
decrying the Red Hat lawsuit that discusses the
confusion felt by the customer
who searched the website that mentioned the NDA
that protected the license
offered by SCO that claimed the AIX that shipped with
the RCU that called the
function that lay in the code that Jack
wrote.
Copyright (c) 2003 by Tim Rushing. This material may be distributed
only subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication
License, v1.0 or
later (the latest version is presently available
at
http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/).
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| Authored by: pfefferz on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 08:30 PM EST |
You know whats the best, you know what's just great poor Darl McBride will
never be able to enjoy the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. This wonderful writer has
destroyed his fond memories. An instant classic to share with your coding
family.
-Zach
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Zachary A Pfeffer
Linux Programmer
Chip Designer[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 08:55 PM EST |
Very nice, but poetry-wise, the IBM appearence in the end was too sudden, it was
supposed to be introduced earlier or not at all.[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: jrc on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 09:03 PM EST |
Bravo! This prolonged legal saga desperately needed some humor. Thank you!
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_____________________________
LAMP developer
IT/IP policy wonk in-training
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| Authored by: Clifton Hyatt on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 10:05 PM EST |
ummm... I don't remember the grinch getting eaten.
Is this the Brothers Grimm version?
;)
kudos[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, November 06 2003 @ 11:34 PM EST |
ah man, that was great, i await the tux in the hat...
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| Authored by: Dick Gingras on Friday, November 07 2003 @ 02:04 AM EST |
Thank you, Scott!
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SCO Caro Mortuum Erit![ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Tsu Dho Nimh on Friday, November 07 2003 @ 08:22 AM EST |
Scott -
I'm suffering a serious case of parody envy. That was brilliant, especially
the roast-SCO-beast
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| Authored by: chrism on Friday, November 07 2003 @ 09:17 AM EST |
And my favorite part by far was:
"Maybe Linux," they thought, "doesn't come from a store.
"Maybe Linux...perhaps...is worth little bit more!"
Bravo![ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: darthaggie on Friday, November 07 2003 @ 10:16 AM EST |
| This is an unathorized derivative! As the new owners of all Dr. Suess
Intellectual Property, we intend to protect our rights against you pirates and
thieves. We will give you an opportunity to purchase a Suess IP License (SIPL)
for the introductory rate of $32 for a verse, or $799 for an entire
piece. Failure to comply will result in a Day of Reckoning.
You've been
warned. Neener-neener!
Your buddy,
Darl McBride [ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, November 07 2003 @ 09:34 PM EST |
"So they called their dog Micro. Then they took some red thread
And they tied a big SUN on top of his head"
I like this brilliant sentence... the dog reminds me of micro..ft ....ha
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, November 07 2003 @ 11:04 PM EST |
The 'Dukes of Hazzard' parody is great too!
http://www.arie.org/doh/
-irieiam[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, November 08 2003 @ 12:50 AM EST |
| Great stuff. You guys need to incorporate that stuff into a flash cartoon! [ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, November 08 2003 @ 03:12 AM EST |
There was another parody "Modern SCO executive" (with apologies to
Gilbert, Sullivan, most of humanity, but especially anyone who has ever seen
"Pirates of Penzance". You can suffer the tune here:
http://lwn.net/Articles/34848/[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, November 08 2003 @ 12:51 PM EST |
What a wonderful piece.
It was absolutely fantastic
and just like the original,
it's bound to be a classic
But just like Linux
it came with out bows.
It came without price tags
saying this much you owe
So happy coding to the OSS community including GNU
as we shout out a simple message to SCO
SCREW YOU.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, November 08 2003 @ 03:44 PM EST |
Please have another go, at Eolas this time :
The grinch who stole browser plugins
(Maybe we can kill off the techno-extortionists by ridiculing them to death)[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, November 08 2003 @ 07:00 PM EST |
Great idea, i website dedicated to linux/software/codeing parodys. this stuff
rocks[ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, November 09 2003 @ 05:22 AM EST |
| Copyright © 2003 Scott Lazar ?!?!
For a work based on a previous work,
for a work that may be fun to modify a bit more with more Suess-speak, and for a
work that attempts to make the Gnu point, Copyright is the license of
hypocrisy. Scott, may I suggest re-releasing it Copylefted. [ Reply to This | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, November 09 2003 @ 10:53 AM EST |
High above GNU-ville sittle aloft,
Behind a curtain, lurked Bill Microsoft.
SCO only moved like a puppet on string,
To the whimsy of Bill, and Microsoft ching.
Bill stayed hidden and stolen from view,
To appear far removed from the hulabaloo.
But all the GNUs knew from historical past,
That Bill had a hand straight up SCOs ass.
By flexing his fingers, and wiggling his hand,
The edict came down, "Destroy GNU land!"
Through speech and rhetoric, lip service and FUD,
Bill through SCO would drag GNU through the mud.
"The code is stolen and not bona-fide!"
Proclaimed talking-head, Darrell McBride
"The license is fake, a black, viral plague!"
Cried head number 2, Chris Sontag
But way down below in the din of it all,
GNU-ville and others brought proof to the brawl.
"Your talking of Code public, and free"
"Released sometime 'round 1973"
"Your claims are wrong, and your proof is weak"
"show us more code, your case is bleak"
"You are inflating your stock with all your FUD"
"To simply sell your worthless crud"
This the reply that SCO did not like,
They turned to Bill for a monetary spike.
Bill went to the bank - Canada, RB and C,
to invest some cash into the melee.
Still not enough, a telephone call,
He made to Baystar Capital.
"I need some cash, I'll rub your feet"
"If you deliver to SCO, this capital treat"
So then it was done, SCO had some cash,
To spread their FUD like an insipid rash.
yapping and blathering to the whims of Bill,
SCO rained more FUD in the town of GNU-ville.
But the GNUs mouths watered, for they knew at least,
They would all get a slice, ala SCO, roast beast.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, November 09 2003 @ 11:37 AM EST |
| Here's a picture of
SCO's crack legal team.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, November 10 2003 @ 10:40 AM EST |
| Is it merely coincidence that SCO is located just north of Novell? [ Reply to This | # ]
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