Uptime: the new crack

Darl McBride, CEO of stock-pumping concern SCO, in an interview on crn, dropping the enlightenment, baby:

There are only two industries who use the term ‘users,’ computers and drugs. Not sure if there’s a connection there.

Parents: have you talked to your kids about Linux? Your child spends hours on the computer. He could be doing Linux right under your nose. Watch for these four danger signs:

• Computer never seems to crash anymore
• Mysterious drop in virus and worm infections
• Unsolicited job offers from neighborhood ISPs
• “Penguin” symbol on clothing

McBride does step out of his hallucinogenic haze for long enough to get one thing right:

What’s at stake here at the end of the day is not just between SCO and IBM, it’s what’s in the balance for the computer industry. Is the future of software free or a traditional license model and the outcome will have a lot of impact on the industry going forward.

To coin a phrase: “indeed.”

(as seen on Slashdot)

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