SCO offers $250k for arrest and conviction of MyDoom author

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LINDON, Utah, Jan 27, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX), the owner of the UNIX(R) operating system and a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions, today confirmed that it is experiencing a distributed Denial-of-Service (DDOS) attack. SCO announced that it is offering a reward of up to a total of $250,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for creating the Mydoom virus.

SCO Press Release

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[Megatomic]

You might want to change the $$$ amount in the title, you are missing 3 zeros. 🙂

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
You might want to change the $$$ amount in the title, you are missing 3 zeros. 🙂

I agree. I wouldn't want to waste time tracking someone for $250. 🙂

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Man...$250 ain't much of a reward. I doubt they'll have to pay it, either, SCO is probably the #1 hated company in technology right now.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
Man...$250 ain't much of a reward. I doubt they'll have to pay it, either, SCO is probably the #1 hated company in technology right now.

If you read the article you will find that is actually $250,000. And why is SCO so hated?

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
Man...$250 ain't much of a reward. I doubt they'll have to pay it, either, SCO is probably the #1 hated company in technology right now.

If you read the article you will find that is actually $250,000. And why is SCO so hated?

I know it's $250,000, I'm just giving the OP some grief. SCO is hated because they're essentially claiming ownership of Linux when they have no legitimate evidence.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
Man...$250 ain't much of a reward. I doubt they'll have to pay it, either, SCO is probably the #1 hated company in technology right now.

If you read the article you will find that is actually $250,000. And why is SCO so hated?

Because they are suing IBM, Red Hat, and are trying to take down the OSS movement down a few notches. They have enlisted the help of David Boies and hes firm. Boies old firm is representing IBM.

David Boies is being paid in large part by stock, but he will also get a rather high precentage if SCO should win their case.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
Man...$250 ain't much of a reward. I doubt they'll have to pay it, either, SCO is probably the #1 hated company in technology right now.

If you read the article you will find that is actually $250,000. And why is SCO so hated?

I know it's $250,000, I'm just giving the OP some grief. SCO is hated because they're essentially claiming ownership of Linux when they have no legitimate evidence.

You mean they haven't publically disclosed legitimate evidence, which they are not required to. They only have to show the evidence to the courts. And they are not claiming ownership of Linux, they are claiming ownership to parts of Linux.