I AM DARL MCBRIDE]

[Alex Snow]

Great one!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Stivers" <stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org>
To: "Speakup List" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 1:55 PM
Subject: Fwd: I AM DARL MCBRIDE]


> Those following the SCO controversy might find this of interest.
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Dzuy Nguyen <dzuy at infinity-studios.com> -----
>
> >DEAR SIR/MADAM:
> >
> >I AM MR. DARL MCBRIDE CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
> >EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SCO GROUP, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CALDERA SYSTEMS
> >INTERNATIONAL, IN LINDON, UTAH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I KNOW THIS
> >LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOUR BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS
> >COMMUNICATIONS OR BUSINESS DEALINGS BEFORE NOW.
> >Note: This is a *parody* and should not be take seriously - Ed. MY
> >ASSOCIATES HAVE RECENTLY MADE CLAIM TO COMPUTER SOFTWARES WORTH AN
> >ESTIMATED $1 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS. I AM WRITING TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE
> >BECAUSE WE URGENTLY REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE TO OBTAIN THESE FUNDS. IN
> >THE EARLY 1970S THE AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION
> >DEVELOPED AT GREAT EXPENSE THE COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE KNOWN
> >AS UNIX. UNFORTUNATELY THE LAWS OF MY COUNTRY PROHIBITED THEM FROM
> >SELLING THESE SOFTWARES AND SO THEIR VALUABLE SOURCE CODES REMAINED
> >PRIVATELY HELD. UNDER A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT SOME PROGRAMMERS FROM THE
> >CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF BERKELEY DID ADD MORE CODES TO THIS OPERATING
> >SYSTEM, INCREASING ITS VALUE, BUT NOT IN ANY WAY TO DILUTE OR DISPARAGE
> >OUR FULL AND RIGHTFUL OWNERSHIP OF THESE CODES, DESPITE ANY AGREEMENT
> >BETWEEN AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH AND THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY
> >OF BERKELEY, WHICH AGREEMENT WE DENY AND DISAVOW. IN THE YEAR 1984 A
> >CHANGE OF REGIME IN MY COUNTRY ALLOWED THE AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND
> >TELEGRAPH CORPORATION TO MAKE PROFITS FROM THESE SOFTWARES. IN THE YEAR
> >1990 OWNERSHIP OF THESE SOFTWARES WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CORPORATION
> >UNIX SYSTEM LABORATORIES. IN THE YEAR 1993 THIS CORPORATION WAS SOLD TO
> >THE CORPORATION NOVELL. IN THE YEAR 1994 SOME EMPLOYEES OF NOVELL FORMED
> >THE CORPORATION CALDERA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, WHICH BEGAN TO DISTRIBUTE
> >AN UPSTART OPERATING SYSTEM KNOWN AS LINUX. IN THE YEAR 1995 NOVELL SOLD
> >THE UNIX SOFTWARE CODES TO SCO. IN THE YEAR 2001 OCCURRED A SEPARATION
> >OF SCO, AND THE SCO BRAND NAME AND UNIX CODES WERE ACQUIRED BY THE
> >CALDERA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, AND IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE CALDERA
> >SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL WAS RENAMED SCO GROUP, OF WHICH I CURRENTLY SERVE
> >AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
> >
> >MY ASSOCIATES AND I OF THE SCO GROUP ARE THEREFORE THE FULL AND RIGHTFUL
> >OWNERS OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARES KNOWN AS UNIX. OUR ENGINEERS
> >HAVE DISCOVERED THAT NO FEWER THAN SEVENTY (70) LINES OF OUR VALUABLE
> >AND PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODES HAVE APPEARED IN THE UPSTART OPERATING
> >SYSTEM LINUX. AS YOU CAN PLAINLY SEE, THIS GIVES US A CLAIM ON THE
> >MILLIONS OF LINES OF VALUABLE SOFTWARE CODES WHICH COMPRISE THIS LINUX
> >AND WHICH HAS BEEN SOLD AT GREAT PROFIT TO VERY MANY BUSINESS
> >ENTERPRISES. OUR LEGAL EXPERTS HAVE ADVISED US THAT OUR CONTRIBUTION TO
> >THESE CODES IS WORTH AN ESTIMATED ONE (1) BILLION U.S. DOLLARS.
> >
> >UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY EXTRACTING OUR FUNDS FROM THESE
> >COMPUTER SOFTWARES. TO THIS EFFECT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE MANDATE BY MY
> >COLLEAGUES TO CONTACT YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. WE ARE PREPARED
> >TO SELL YOU A SHARE IN THIS ENTERPRISE, WHICH WILL SOON BE VERY
> >PROFITABLE, THAT WILL GRANT YOU THE RIGHTS TO USE THESE VALUABLE
> >SOFTWARES IN YOUR BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NOT ABLE AT
> >THIS TIME TO SET A PRICE ON THESE RIGHTS. THEREFORE IT IS OUR RESPECTFUL
> >SUGGESTION, THAT YOU MAY BE IMMEDIATELY A PARTY TO THIS ENTERPRISE,
> >BEFORE OTHERS ACCEPT THESE LUCRATIVE TERMS, THAT YOU SEND US THE NUMBER
> >OF A BANKING ACCOUNT WHERE WE CAN WITHDRAW FUNDS OF A SUITABLE AMOUNT TO
> >GUARANTEE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS ENTERPRISE. AS AN ALTERNATIVE YOU
> >MAY SEND US THE NUMBER AND EXPIRATION DATE OF YOUR MAJOR CREDIT CARD, OR
> >YOU MAY SEND TO US A SIGNED CHECK FROM YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT PAYABLE TO
> >"SCO GROUP" AND WITH THE AMOUNT LEFT BLANK FOR US TO CONVENIENTLY
> >SUPPLY.
> >
> >KINDLY TREAT THIS REQUEST AS VERY IMPORTANT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. I
> >HONESTLY ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL AND RISK-FREE.
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
> --
> Unix is a user friendly operating system. It just picks its friends more
> carefully than others.
> Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org gpg: 45CBBABD
>
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