Parody: Modern SCO Executive
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Description: Lyrical summary of SCO suit and related events, in format of song 'I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major-General', from 'Pirates of Penzance', by Gilbert, Sullivan. With funny forum comments. [LWN: Linux Weekly News]
(June 03, 2003)
Parody: Modern SCO Executive [LWN.net] [Posted June 4, 2003 by corbet] Rick Moen <[email protected]> [linux-elitists] Modern SCO Executive Modern SCO Executive (Apologies to Gilbert, Sullivan, and most of humanity) (Send brickbats to: Rick Moen and Karsten Self) [The scene: Major-General Darl McBride has stepped up to the fo'castle of HMS SCaldera, which has just fought its first skirmish against the dread Pirates of Penguinance. He prepares to hold a press conference^W^W^W^W address the troops:] McBride: I am the very model of a modern SCO executive. Our market share is minuscule; our losses are consecutive. But from our labs deep in U-T, you very soon will surely see The ultimate, the pinnacle, in high-technolo-barratry. "Live free or die" philosophies are very well, but still, you see: Our contracts and our trade secrets make Unix seem our property. Never mind what we really own (a question not rhetorical): We have thirty thousand contracts, though most are quite historical. Lawyer Chorus: We have thirty thousand contracts, though most are quite historical. We have thirty thousand contracts, though most are quite historical. We have thirty thousand contracts, though most are quite historical. McBride: While our profit's been elusive, our tort claims are unremitting, And Blake Stowell's PR quota is still dozens at each sitting. In short, in matters litigual, continual, accusative, I am the very model of a modern SCO executive. Lawyer Chorus: In short, in matters litigual, continual, accusative, He is the very model of a modern SCO executive. McBride: Our history's mythological (per Eric, it's not factual). I answer simple questions with evasions indeciph'rable. I'm quoted in the IT press, first one and then another way, And if that's not quite sufficient, then Sontag runs some blocking play. I'm not so good with copyrights, Novell's got those (they say to us), Our patent holding's very slim, our valuation's perilous. But pleas
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