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I removed the following comment from the main page -- llywrch 17:43 19 Jun 2003 (UTC)
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I removed the comment "So Gates still retains top honors at the most hated man in the industry." It's a bit controversial and pretty much irrelevant anyways. I also changed "Bill Gates has funded" to "Microsoft has funded", as Gates himself hasn't funded anything and coupled with the other comment I removed it seemed to just be an attack on Billy.
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This is a bit biased, no? Somebody should edit this article to make sure it's purely factual.
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I removed the comment "It has since been learned that, in fact, Microsoft has funded McBride in the attacks on Linux." Although many of us believe that this is in fact true, it can not be proven beyond a doubt.
The article says that McBride's severance fee was $1.14. Should this be $1.14 M? Riordanmr 02:26, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
yes, obviously. why don't people just fix obvious errors instead of talking them??
Quoting http://news.com.com/2010-7344-5083904.html
One of my peers in Novell was Darl McBride, who today leads SCO as its CEO...Today, McBride is leading a charge against Linux based on three allegations: ... 3 The open-source movement is a communist affront to capitalism and should not be allowed to interfere in the profitable business of proprietary software. He thereby implies that it is un-American to support the open-source movement.
I would find it interesting to find some of the things he (Mac B) said where he uses the word communist (the c-word is still a strong word in some parts of the world).
/Per PER9000 07:48, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
"holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University citation needed and received a Master's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. citation needed"
McBride has also resorted to personal verbal attacks criticizing journalists covering the SCO litigation, and spending time on company conference calls describing how he's investigating their backgrounds: "All is not as appeared as it is in Groklaw land. … We're digging into who Pam Jones is, and we're close to the bottom."
I have edited this section to correct the claim that he will resign from SCO, since the plan that called for his resignation has been withdrawn. Perhaps the whole section should be deleted? Captain Nemo III ( talk) 19:40, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
For the record, I have a very serious COI regarding Darl McBride and my feelings about SCO's Linux lawsuit being a dishonest scam from the start. I therefore will not be editing his BLP. However, I believe that reverting vandalism is allowable regardless of any COI. Pfagerburg ( talk) 23:28, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
All the external links are broken except the one to Groklaw.
The two that link to caldera.com are being redirected to sco.com, and of those two, one is redirecting to a page that does not exist.
Also, Darlmcbride.com no longer exists. Perhaps if there is to be a link to Darl McBride's personal website you might need to use the Wayback machine (the internet archive). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.101.84.114 ( talk) 03:50, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
Article claims he got:
sent to his home as a "hostile" act. Pardon if I'm not agreeing that that is a hostile act, even if intended so. Earthworms are useful for gardens and fishing. Dirt can be used in gardens too. Rursus dixit. ( mbork3!) 13:35, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
The lede of this article contains inaccurate information regarding when Caldera/SCO purchased the UNIX business from Santa Cruz Organization. That particular piece of information has been the subject of edit warring and vandalism.
This article says that McBride became CEO of Caldera on 28 June 2002, and that some time after that, Caldera purchased the UNIX business from Santa Cruz.
However, Santa Cruz Operation clearly states, in the lede, that then-SCO sold the UNIX business in 2001.
Clearly one of those is wrong, and I believe it is the statement that Caldera bought the UNIX business after McBride became CEO. Pfagerburg ( talk) 21:57, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
Following the information provided in this Groklaw article, which points out that inquiries regarding copied code predate McBride joining in as a CEO, I am removing conceived of from the sentence that reads McBride conceived of and initiated a strategy of claiming.... From what Groklaw says, that appears to have been a preconcocted strategy by the time he joined in (they even suggest his appointment as CEO might have been as a result, rather than the cause, of this strategy).
On a side note, is he really a Mormon? If so, that explains a lot in my view.-- 81.42.164.73 00:04, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
Yes, he's really a Mormon. As to it "EXPLAINING A LOT IN YOUR VIEW", I'd like an explanation of that. UrbanTerrorist 06:26, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
It explains exactly zip. I have no idea where this guy came from and I really don't know any other Mormon like him. Darl is a product of his own creation. Just a side note, by the way, the church has made a point of demonstrating their use of open source software by running Joomla on a Linux server at tech.lds.org. I don't know if its still what they're doing, but it was for a good long time. see https://tech.lds.org/wiki/Tech.lds.org You'll find none of Darl's strange beliefs about copyright in any of the leaders of the Church. 71.142.54.29 ( talk) 08:32, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
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I removed the following comment from the main page -- llywrch 17:43 19 Jun 2003 (UTC)
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I removed the comment "So Gates still retains top honors at the most hated man in the industry." It's a bit controversial and pretty much irrelevant anyways. I also changed "Bill Gates has funded" to "Microsoft has funded", as Gates himself hasn't funded anything and coupled with the other comment I removed it seemed to just be an attack on Billy.
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This is a bit biased, no? Somebody should edit this article to make sure it's purely factual.
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I removed the comment "It has since been learned that, in fact, Microsoft has funded McBride in the attacks on Linux." Although many of us believe that this is in fact true, it can not be proven beyond a doubt.
The article says that McBride's severance fee was $1.14. Should this be $1.14 M? Riordanmr 02:26, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
yes, obviously. why don't people just fix obvious errors instead of talking them??
Quoting http://news.com.com/2010-7344-5083904.html
One of my peers in Novell was Darl McBride, who today leads SCO as its CEO...Today, McBride is leading a charge against Linux based on three allegations: ... 3 The open-source movement is a communist affront to capitalism and should not be allowed to interfere in the profitable business of proprietary software. He thereby implies that it is un-American to support the open-source movement.
I would find it interesting to find some of the things he (Mac B) said where he uses the word communist (the c-word is still a strong word in some parts of the world).
/Per PER9000 07:48, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
"holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University citation needed and received a Master's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. citation needed"
McBride has also resorted to personal verbal attacks criticizing journalists covering the SCO litigation, and spending time on company conference calls describing how he's investigating their backgrounds: "All is not as appeared as it is in Groklaw land. … We're digging into who Pam Jones is, and we're close to the bottom."
I have edited this section to correct the claim that he will resign from SCO, since the plan that called for his resignation has been withdrawn. Perhaps the whole section should be deleted? Captain Nemo III ( talk) 19:40, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
For the record, I have a very serious COI regarding Darl McBride and my feelings about SCO's Linux lawsuit being a dishonest scam from the start. I therefore will not be editing his BLP. However, I believe that reverting vandalism is allowable regardless of any COI. Pfagerburg ( talk) 23:28, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
All the external links are broken except the one to Groklaw.
The two that link to caldera.com are being redirected to sco.com, and of those two, one is redirecting to a page that does not exist.
Also, Darlmcbride.com no longer exists. Perhaps if there is to be a link to Darl McBride's personal website you might need to use the Wayback machine (the internet archive). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.101.84.114 ( talk) 03:50, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
Article claims he got:
sent to his home as a "hostile" act. Pardon if I'm not agreeing that that is a hostile act, even if intended so. Earthworms are useful for gardens and fishing. Dirt can be used in gardens too. Rursus dixit. ( mbork3!) 13:35, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
The lede of this article contains inaccurate information regarding when Caldera/SCO purchased the UNIX business from Santa Cruz Organization. That particular piece of information has been the subject of edit warring and vandalism.
This article says that McBride became CEO of Caldera on 28 June 2002, and that some time after that, Caldera purchased the UNIX business from Santa Cruz.
However, Santa Cruz Operation clearly states, in the lede, that then-SCO sold the UNIX business in 2001.
Clearly one of those is wrong, and I believe it is the statement that Caldera bought the UNIX business after McBride became CEO. Pfagerburg ( talk) 21:57, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
Following the information provided in this Groklaw article, which points out that inquiries regarding copied code predate McBride joining in as a CEO, I am removing conceived of from the sentence that reads McBride conceived of and initiated a strategy of claiming.... From what Groklaw says, that appears to have been a preconcocted strategy by the time he joined in (they even suggest his appointment as CEO might have been as a result, rather than the cause, of this strategy).
On a side note, is he really a Mormon? If so, that explains a lot in my view.-- 81.42.164.73 00:04, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
Yes, he's really a Mormon. As to it "EXPLAINING A LOT IN YOUR VIEW", I'd like an explanation of that. UrbanTerrorist 06:26, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
It explains exactly zip. I have no idea where this guy came from and I really don't know any other Mormon like him. Darl is a product of his own creation. Just a side note, by the way, the church has made a point of demonstrating their use of open source software by running Joomla on a Linux server at tech.lds.org. I don't know if its still what they're doing, but it was for a good long time. see https://tech.lds.org/wiki/Tech.lds.org You'll find none of Darl's strange beliefs about copyright in any of the leaders of the Church. 71.142.54.29 ( talk) 08:32, 12 July 2015 (UTC)